>http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030207WABrulesbooingLJ.10e27de5.html
>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/
>
>... because booing is oppressive.
>Watch out for those boo police... no foam fingers in the stand.
>
>Why not just ban competitive sports? After all a goal of competitive sports is to impose your will on your opponent.
>
>Pretty soon golf will be the only game in town.


Along with tennis it is the only one where spectators are expected to act like they're at a Quaker meeting. Baseball players try to hit 90 mph fastballs with the crowd roaring. Football receivers and kickers try to make plays in similar bedlam. Basketball free throwers. But Tiger Woods have to hear a hiccup before he drives? Uncivilized!