subject: Why Your Presence Is So Important When It Comes To Games [print this page] Even if you're not part of the schools varsity team, it doesn't matter that you don't have a role in helping your team win games. Sure you may not be there in all their games. It's understandable that attending road games and keeping your focus on your studies isn't exactly like bread and butter. You can't follow your team to every place they go but when they do play at home, it's important that you get off that library chair, put on your school colors and get yourself into your school's stadium.
Do whatever you can, shout your lungs out, bang those thunder sticks until they break and cheer for your home team. It would mean more to them than you could possibly think it would. To yourself you may just be one man, but to your school you're part of something bigger. You're part of an entire body of fans that have made their way to this game, to see their home team win. By yourself you may not be as daunting as you would want to, but if you're backed by 50,000 other fans, well my, oh my, that's a lot of voices chanting for the same thing; victory.
1. Your cheers and your encouragement can help motivate your home team.
You see it all the time on NBA games; teams playing at home definitely have more vigor and more energy. They would never want to let their fans down and they definitely wouldn't want to get beat on their own turf. College teams are no different. It's all about winning and school pride. Nobody likes to get beat in their own backyard right? You have a role in ensuring that this never happens. All those cheers and loud noises could be quite daunting to the visiting opponent. Like say for example there's only 2 seconds left in the clock and it's the opponent's possession, it's hard for their players to concentrate and perform excellently during those two seconds when the crowd in the house is all against them.
2. Inspire them to aspire for greatness.
Nobody wants to play for a school that doesn't support them. Besides playing for the championship, they're also playing for respect and admiration from their peers and from everyone at their school. You don't really have to win the championship per se, although it would be awesome, but all you need to do is to play your hearts out. People would definitely admire you for playing like that despite clinching the title.
3. It's about the fans as well.
NCAA games aren't just for their athletes to be recognized by scouts and be drafted into professional teams; it's also to allow you, the ordinary person that we see everyday, to have a chance to enjoy and be part of something wonderful. It's nice to know that your school has such a wonderful athletic program. Talent can come from anywhere and we're not just talking about talent in sports here. It's important to recognize them wherever they may be. And recognizing athletic ability shows that schools don't just look at those with a high SAT score, a high leaping ability or a sweet jump shot. They recognize talent in everybody.
