re: Vandy whistler threatened to be ejected from CWS!

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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.