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The old me would rip Cincinnati Bearcats fans for booing their team in last weekend’s loss to Kansas.
Not now, though.
Players wanted to be paid like professional athletes, and they got it with name, image and likeness deals. They wanted free agency like professional athletes, and the players got it with the transfer portal. They wanted to be able to jump from highest bidder to highest bidder without restrictions. They wanted to join the Lack of Loyalty Club, where their coaches have been card-carrying members for decades.
It’s all opened the door for college athletes to be subject to more criticism. Welcome to professional sports, gentlemen. Boo-hoo if your feelings get hurt over being booed.
In fairness, none of the UC players complained about the boobirds at Fifth Third Arena after last Saturday’s 54-40 loss to the Jayhawks. Perhaps most of the fans’ ire was directed toward coach Wes Miller, whose offensively challenged team is winless in Big 12 play.
I’m certainly not praising Bearcat Brian and Clifton Caitlin for being boobirds. But I’m also not telling them to keep their boos to themselves, either.
Booing players, coaches and officials at any level of sports is generally classless. The rare exception should be made if a player, coach or team is showing abhorrently poor sportsmanship or has clearly quit putting forth any effort. That wasn’t the case in the UC-Kansas game.
Booing doesn’t break any official fan conduct rules, but it’s always a little jarring to hear boos not directed at officials during a college game. College fans tend to show more respect toward their team, typically because they have some type of deep attachment to the school as an alum, a family member of a graduate and/or a donor. The amateur status of 18- to 22-year-olds also likely has kept the boobirds at bay for a long time in…
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Publish date : 2025-01-15 05:25:00
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