People with the CLAP!!!

Even during a National Championship???

Ruthless said:
Now what does get under my skin is a bunch of TV Screamers watching "Foolball" (football). Anyone that screams or claps at a TV isn't but a few cents short of a bus ride to the funny farm in my opinion.

Merry Christmas All :)
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Ruthless...
Does that mean that you'll be watching the Gators/Buckeyes game in total silence??...I might bet a few dollars there...Mike
 
TR_Frank said:
You make a good point, but without sound I lose any attention I had left. Watching women's 9Ball is boring anyway, and I'd rather be playing pool than watching them. If only there was a good co-ed televised straight pool tournament.
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OMG!!!

You would have to time it with a calender.
 
sjm said:
Well, I'll defend the clappers every time.

Is pro hoops hurt by the fact that the crowd cheers after a made free throw, a proposition that is better than 75% at pro level. Is pro golf hurt by cheers for the three foot putt successfully holed, over an 80% proposition at that level? Should we not cheer when Pedro Martinez strikes out the opposing pitcher because it was almost a foregone conclusion he would once the count went to 0 - 2? Are viewers deluded into believing that the free throw was difficult, that the holing of the three foot putt was a monumental achievement, that striking out the opposing pitcher was a big deal? I don't think so. Ever cheered for an extra point in football? That's almost a 99% proposition.

Sports fans applaud even the most modest accomplishments of those they are cheering for, and that's as it should be. When the applause dies down, we're in trouble.
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How about a long game of one pocket. Now that could be the exception.
 
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Mike_Mason said:
Ruthless...
Does that mean that you'll be watching the Gators/Buckeyes game in total silence??...I might bet a few dollars there...Mike
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I'm not into a bunch of sweaty men patting each other on the rump :) No football fan here, now womens sports may get my interest a little more :D

(the Gators avatar is basically out of respect as an alumni)
 
Rich R. said:
If you are talking about what you see on TV, the audience is told to applaud after every shot, by the TV production people.
If you attended the tournament, you would find that they don't do that, other than the TV rounds.
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Usually when you run a nice rack they sit there like zombies...
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As for basketball and football, those are rowdy games. Fans are screaming almost the entire game and there is also the difference of those being team sports. As for the golf clap for easy shots, I hate that as well. Just because people do it doesn't make it right.

I'll get behind the clap when I can go to a pool tournament and scream curse words at the players, boo them, make signs, and when I see pool highlights on SportsCenter.

For now I like the idea of just hitting mute after every shot for a couple seconds.

-TR
 
sjm said:
Well, I'll defend the clappers every time.

Is pro hoops hurt by the fact that the crowd cheers after a made free throw, a proposition that is better than 75% at pro level. Is pro golf hurt by cheers for the three foot putt successfully holed, over an 80% proposition at that level? Should we not cheer when Pedro Martinez strikes out the opposing pitcher because it was almost a foregone conclusion he would once the count went to 0 - 2? Are viewers deluded into believing that the free throw was difficult, that the holing of the three foot putt was a monumental achievement, that striking out the opposing pitcher was a big deal? I don't think so. Ever cheered for an extra point in football? That's almost a 99% proposition.

Sports fans applaud even the most modest accomplishments of those they are cheering for, and that's as it should be. When the applause dies down, we're in trouble.
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Well there are just respectable clapps and the there are clapps for great shots. So they are never the same clapp. I think clapping is good for our sport regardless of the situation.=)
 
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