CGI_Ram said:
What do we make of this game?
I watched the first half, but missed the second.
The stat sheet looks pretty ugly for Kaeperdick; 13/28 for 127yds, 3 INT. He did not compete a pass over 15 yards the entire game.
Russell Wilson was marginally better; 8/19 for 142yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.
Frank Gore averaged 1.8ypc.
Lynch seems to be getting the headlines, but even he averaged a paltry 3.5ypc.
What we are to make of it CG is this,if every stadium in the league were allowed to artificially raise the noise level to match that of the crowds in Seattle, Pete Carrol would be the first to complain.
It's not football.
Don't get me wrong,I am all for enthusiasm from a home crowd,but like most good things ,idiots can over do it and ruin the whole thing for everyone.
I actually turned the game off last night because if I kept the sound up loud enough to hear the announcers,the crowd noise was a distraction and so constant I couldn't enjoy watching the game,that could be the only episode of Boardwalk Empire I see in it's first showing all year.
Some laud the Seattle fans for it ,the stadium was built to make the noise as intense as possible .
BTW I also wrote an e-mail to the league complaining about it, it's something IMO that goes beyond an ordinary home field advantage,fact is with a league so concerned about cultivating an image of sensitivity toward player safety I think letting in deed encouraging this sort of thing puts the lie to their contentions in two ways.
I am completely confident that an activist OSHA inspector could come into that stadium measure the crowd noise and determine that anyone working there from the players to the concessionaires were being exposed to noise levels for which ear plugs needed to be provided.
On the second front, the encouragement of raucous behavior to that extent is IMO no small part of why fan violence toward visiting fans is such a problem. Whipping large crowds into frenzy has a long and storied history of getting out of hand ,causing mass hysteria and resulting in horrendous acts of violence.
There was a day when officials could and would stop games to calm and quiet crowds ,they would even penalize home teams if visiting teams were forced to delay games repeatedly after the officials asked for quiet.
I just went to the US Open the largest single sporting event other than the Olympics in the world, you aren't allowed out of your seat during points if you are in the players field of vision because the USTA is committed to the integrity of the competition.
I mentioned the size of the event because I wanted to make the point that attendance is not seemingly an issue because the governing body for the sport demands civility from the fans.
Back to the what use to be vs. the now,I'm not a lawyer but it would seem to me that since the old rule existed and no longer does a case could be made that the league wants this and so if someone chose to claim damages as a result of their implicit encouragement ,the league would be caught with their pants around their ankles trying to defend themselves against a claim.
I watched the fans of the Minnesota Twins blow whistles, the stadium turn their AC fans on which blew in from center field when the Cardinals were batting and literally rob the St.Louis Cardinals of a World Series Championship opportunity. Now I'm watching the Seattle Seahawks enjoy an artificial advantage that endangers fans and players ,I think it's time for the league to set this right or quit pretending they care about fans, players, soda vendors ,anyone or thing except the generation of profit regardless who gets hurt.
X, PLEASE consider forwarding this post to Kevin Demoff for his next Q&A and ask him this question, Why does the rules committee,which our coach sits on allow this obscene miscarriage of competitive justice continue if NOT for the generation of profit regardless the dangers and costs ?
