re: Vandy whistler threatened to be ejected from CWS!

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This is a no win situation, IMO. I think if the noises are disruptive to the fan experience and people complain, then it should stop. However, that sets a precedent that if an opposing team doesn't like your "superfan , then they can complain to get it to stop.

Teams like Mississippi St have the cowbells, and Vandy has the whistlers. It is hard for me to watch Vandy baseball because of the whistlers, but I don't think there is a solution to the problem that won't offend fanbases.

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Oh geez quit being a pussy.

Its 2 guys ruining the game for others. There is not some consensus support for them from Vandy fans. Most don't want them whistling.

Just get the SEC commissioner to ask Corbin to tell them to stop. They will stop if that happens.

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However, that sets a precedent that if an opposing team doesn't like your "superfan , then they can complain to get it to stop.

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Not at all IMO.

The difference is that the whistlers have a direct correlation with decreased viewership and according to a poster above, decreased attendance at some Vandy home games.

When the “superfan” starts costing the networks and by extension the schools and baseball programs money, then the fan needs to be reigned in or removed.

Likewise for anyone damaging the fan experience for others.

It’s not that hard. Common decency is (or at least should be) common enough that most can agree when something is clearly over-the-line and unacceptable.

Common decency standards would not dictate that someone like Guillot be removed or asked to stop. Common decency dictates that the whistlers should have stopped their antics the moment they learned that they were a nuisance to everyone else in attendance and watching on TV/streaming.

The only precedent is that anyone who bothers a majority of other fans be forced to discontinue the bothersome behavior or leave the venue. I have no problem with that.

That precedent would not affect Guillot. Deangelo Sanchez? Probably. But not Guillot, K-lady or other “superfans” whose behavior doesn’t cause people to leave or change the channel.

This would not impact cowbells either because the majority in the stadium participate and have no objection.