# Stupid sports trends **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643 "2008-06-03T16:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/1 "2008-06-03T16:09:16Z")
Reading [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470334) thread about tossing things onto the ice reminded me of the copycat Florida Panthers and their fair weather fans tossing rats onto the ice. Any other sports trends you don’t like? For me, the number one trend would be tossing back the home run ball as if you were at Wrigley Field. Rally caps are also stupid. I’m glad the rally monkey and the thundersticks are gone from baseball. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/2 "2008-06-03T16:35:13Z")
Sweet Caroline. Paying $4.75 for a hot dog and $7.50 for a bottle of Bud Light, or thereabouts. “Rally caps” are stupid? What are you referring to here? The thing about doing something weird to your hat (wearing it inside out, for example) when your team is trailing after the 7th inning is not a recent trend; I’ve seen people doing that for at least 30 years. I know we used to do it as kids back in the late 1970s while _playing_ baseball. Or are there pre-made, official rally caps now? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/3 "2008-06-03T16:37:47Z")
Cotton-Eye Joe. The ten minute “God Bless America” I Know it’s not new, but “YMCA” still sucks. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/4 "2008-06-03T17:18:39Z")
The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. The wave. I feel pretty strongly about it. Any degenerate above the age of eight who is amused by it, and is it strongly intent about starting it throughout the game, should be immediately removed and given a lifetime banishment. **I hate the wave.** ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/5 "2008-06-03T17:23:37Z")
Another one I don’t care for is playing someone’s theme song when they come up to bad. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/6 "2008-06-03T17:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=mshar253] \I feel pretty strongly about it. Any degenerate above the age of eight who is amused by it, and is it strongly intent about starting it throughout the game, should be immediately removed and given a lifetime banishment. **I hate the wave.** [/QUOTE] I agree. The only thing worse than some asshole with seats behind the plate waving at the camera for four straight innings is some asshole who runs up and down the aisle berating people to do the wave like there are angry gods that need appeasing. Shut the fuck up and sit down, and (here’s an idea) watch the goddamn baseball game. How come these are never the ones who get plonked by foul balls? > [@robardin](#): > > Or are there pre-made, official rally caps now? The Giants did have a rally-hat giveaway. White hats with the black “seams” radiating from the button. I thought it was pretty stupid. I haven’t seen then used much, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/7 "2008-06-03T17:56:06Z")
Blaming steroids for any random/unexpected achievment. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/8 "2008-06-03T18:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] The ten minute “God Bless America” [/QUOTE] I agree. I think it’s un-American to not sing “Take me out to the Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/9 "2008-06-03T18:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] Cotton-Eye Joe. The ten minute “God Bless America” [/QUOTE] It could be worse. Someone somewhere could merge these two trends by playing a techno/dance remix of “God Bless America”. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/10 "2008-06-03T18:49:40Z")
The new style baseball uniforms that look like a vest worn over spandex. Add to that the new “aerodynamic!” or whatever-the-fuck helmets and you have a bunch of really stupid looking guys on the field. I say bring back the old raglan-style uniforms, with 3/4 length sleeves and enough baginess to make a gangster rapper jealous. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brandon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/11 "2008-06-03T19:01:27Z")
The mock basketball shot celebration after any accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/12 "2008-06-03T20:02:47Z")
pyrotechnics/fireworks… [Lewis Black] \*inside a basketball gym! \*[/LB] ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/13 "2008-06-03T20:06:15Z")
The Wave. Harry Caray crowned as a deity. On field celebrations in football for anything except a TD. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/14 "2008-06-03T20:08:22Z")
The annoying, albeit short-lived, basketball “tradition” which I remember is the tossing of colored streamers (in some copycat places, just toilet paper) after the home team’s opening basket. This practice apparently began at Philadelphia’s storied [Palestra](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?id=2324767), and at least had local quirkiness going for it. Once it spread to such hotbeds of Big Five hoops as Central Michigan’s Rose Arena, however, its fifteen minutes of faddishness were officially over. Not quite as bad, but still inspiring literal “give it a rest” sentiments from me: the practice of standing up until your team hits its first bucket, even if you’re seated directly front of someone who has leg problems and thus prefers not to remain on his/her feet any longer than absolutely necessary. If it weren’t for the fact that some people would be inconvenienced, I’d like to see these clowns watch their team get shut out. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/15 "2008-06-03T20:24:05Z")
Automatically denying any wrongdoing until the evidence is shown to you, followed by stating how terrible you feel about betraying the trust of your family and fans and how you’ve turned your life around and how much of a better person you are for admitting to the wrongdoing. Of course, that’s still better than the “untrendy” Roger Clemens who will simply just deny everything forever all the way to the prison cell and deathbed (apparently). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/16 "2008-06-03T20:30:57Z")
I went to Notre Dame and have always been a Notre Dame fan, but I wish the marching band would stop playing [Darth Vader’s Theme Music](http://www.last.fm/music/John+Williams/_/The+Imperial+March+(Darth+Vader's+Theme)) every other play. When I was there back in the late 1980s they played it once a game. Now they play it so often it is just ridiculous. I’m also not fond of the trend of Notre Dame having lousy football teams, but that’s not what the OP had in mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/17 "2008-06-03T20:36:13Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] On field celebrations in football for anything except a TD. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that gets real tiresome. You don’t see Omar Vizquel throwing air-punches and receiving butt slaps every time he throws a catcher out at first. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/18 "2008-06-03T20:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] On field celebrations in football for anything except a TD. [/QUOTE] On the flipside, the idea that any show of excitement or emotion for a good play is “showing up” the opposition. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/19 "2008-06-03T23:43:29Z")
Yelling "[OH](http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2006/12/question_should_the_national_a.html) " during the National Anthem is juvinile and (IMHO) disrepectful unless you are in Baltimore or Ohio or Oregon. Many Nats and Redskin fans grew up on Baltimore Orioles baseball and do it – it is still sorta heard at Wizards games but seems to be dying at the Nationals games. Take a chill pill right? Why let it bug you: The first skins home game after 9-11 there was a pretty major Nationally televised ceremony at Fedex before the 'Skins game to honor the events of a few weeks before and as the National Anthem played I prayed “Don’t do it j@ckasses Please don’t do it” Sure enough Loud and drunk and Proud and totally clueless to the dignity of the moment and place probably 15% of the Stadium yelled “O” - I never saw it as harmless yahooism again. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643/20 "2008-06-04T02:24:26Z")
Though it seems to have died, raising the roof was atrocious. The celebratory “pull on the part of my jersey with the team name after making a big play like we all forgot which team you played for” move. Hiring Isiah Thomas in a leadership capacity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sports-trends/451643.md?page=2)