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Oregon Daily Emerald S ports ■ If you’re going to be a fan, you gotta follow rules This spat <• wits originally going to hi' taken up with an heartbreaking (tmmwtl tarv on tin' amazing dismantling of tin' Oil I Ins (.1 iw hoy s. featuring lorry Jones and liniinv Johnson, hut tilings i hanged Afti-r taking a frnuid to llio bus station this morning, I had the opportunity to road four newspapers while vvuti fling the 10 00 bus slowly turn into the 10 4S departun' I’ve read enough common taries and different angles oil the breakup to make me sic k and they combined to tout h all the points I hoped to. so I won't bore you with any more of this besides, .IS a lifelong Cowboy fan. I'm having a little trouble keeping my eyes drv as the sound of Johnson's "How bout them Cowboys" and sight of Jones and Johnson, arm-in-arm with the Super Howl trophy raised high runs through my brain So as I Ml here and mourn tin* i rippling ol mv beloved Cow boys, I'd like to lit IW uIkiiiI the art of being a fan OK, maybe I'm taking sports a little seriously by railing the ai lions of fans an art. but it really is So ns we study the fans, or artists let's look at the ground rules RULE NO. 1- Pick a team, any team, hut just one team The [irst step in Iteing a fan is finding a team to root for and stu king with them I Ins is not as easy as it may sound, because if you're going lo lie ci true fan. it's a it' 1 i sum Ili.il will affi*i I von for v ears There is nothing more frus tralmg Ilian .1 person who 1 hanges favorite If a ms People ofli'ii trv justifying this In saving linn Iratii'tl their favorite plavt-r. dr.ifli'il someone thev don’t like di However, none of these e si uses are good enough You jin k the team, vou keep the team A friend of mine was a Philadelphia 7(.ers fan until Iasi \e.ir when thev drafted Shawn lirudlev His hate (or Hradlev made him unable to root for the 7(>ers anymore and he is now in purgatory, trying to find a new team lo like This is a dirts t vio lation of fandom Rule No 1 Also, no i boosing two or three teams ns ii favorite !l is ok to Imvi! a i unpin of olfuir teams you like, but (hurt! should always lie one team that is the real (nvnntr team Another friend of mine has made a habit of < boosing a new baseball team every year, and it's no (.nine.idem.e that every year it's a good team that can contend This too is unfair and in diret t violation of Kule No 1 RIU.F NO. 2-No Bandwagon fans allowed I'll use an exam (ib* to make this rule i lear 1-et s take the case of talk show host Arsenic "I'll root for you only if it’s hip to" Hall, who was one of the mainstays at the Forum lor Srm Mims I A lakers games during their sin i essful run 111 the mm is When tlie l akers went had last \ear. Hall sold his i ourtside seats to the games It made sense to hint, hei ause the l.akers weren't on teles ision mill h am more and so it wasn't hip to he .It the I oruiil So what's the use of shelling out the lug bin ks if there's no 1 V < ameras to show it However. last week "Manic Johnson, (ho loader of.lho 1‘lHOs Showtime Lakers, was namoci head c one h and it became hip to go to the games again. Jack Nii holson led a pai k of stars who returned to the- seats that made them as famous as any movie in tlie 1‘tttOs However, by jumping riff the bandwagon, flail was left out in the c old and had to buy seats There is nothing more frus trating than a bandwagon fan Ibis is the type of person who rmits for the team during its sin t essful years and then cpm kly jumps to a new team when bad times hit It's amazing how few 1. A I nkers and Boston Celtic s ( lothw I see niivinon Sty lc is another aspet t of the bandwagon. I've never been known for inv dapper dressing styles so I »ill refrain front telling anyone how to dress lint it does bet ome annoying vs ben people wear hats and other things of te,mis that they have no lovalty I" Before anyone tails in the At I I' bet ause I nt taking a wav freetloin of tlress. I want to reit erate that it is just my wish that people would only wear the t lothes of the teams they like Isn't that the point of buying t lothes ss itli team logos, to show support' l or .1 while now. I've been i onsidering going around ( am |ms and asking people at ran dorn with baseball hats on to name at least five people on the team of the hat they an' wearing I wonder how many rwallv mold do this' Another part of this rule is to continue rooting for a team no matter how bad the season is going Even if vour favorite base ball team is ^H-127 heading into the final week of the season, you should he rooting for them to win ea< h gume This |ust has to do with pride. RULE NO 3- Enjoy the good times Believe me, as a fa.ii there are only a limited number of sue (esses and even fewer titles, so when c hampionships ore ur, i (definite For me. the recent bai k to h.n k ( oWhoy s tit Ics were onlv the sis ond and third .1 favorite team of mine fins won si nee ! followed thom. going along with tin- Kansas , it\ Res Ills 19S 1 World Series tit e There aren't mans times that are as rewarding as when the team vnu follow at tuallv wills the i hampionship It quit klv makes all the early plnvoff fail ures and heartbreaking losses go nwav As someone who took a lot of grief for the Cowboys 1 1 r> record in 1989. it has been fun to gloat now Kspei uillv in front of people who followed the Cowboys in the 1970 s and 1 mho's, before finding a new team when the Cowboys slipped So iill you fans out then*, keep up the ( heenng and the support, hut try to follow a couple guide lines that make it fair for all of us I don't mind hearing a life long fan brag about his team's sui c ess However, when the same person roots for the Lakers in 1991 to beat my Blazers and the Bulls hi 199.;. it gets a little unfair And annoying However, if your one and only team does win. go ahead and holler, you've earned it And while you're at it. enjoy it while it lasts because pretty soon that team might do something that kills you like hire Barry Switzer S/eve Mims is the Sports Fill tor of the Kmeraid SPRING FLING SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 25 - SATURDAY, APRIL 2 ^ • ALL 93 BICYCLES $20-5130 OFF • INTRODUCTORY PRICES ON 94 BICYCLES SAVE S15-S50 • WE NOW CARRY KHS COMP BIKE OF THE YEAR only S709 • ALL ACCESSORIES 20% OFF • ALL CLOTHING 30% OFF • ALL PARTS & TOOLS 10% OFF ncpa ms \ :yclcs ( 1340 WILLAMETTE • 687-0288 r ATTENTION WRITERS Of POETRY AND FKTIONt In the first week of the coming Spring Term the ( rralivr Writing Program will be accepting applications tor not year j Kidd TbtmrimL Hr d likr to encourage ail students who are interested in developing their potential as writers lo apph for this unique program Friday, April IS, 1994 »iB be the dradlme for application to this program and will also be the deadline for entering the competition for the Kidd Priirs m fiction and poctrv Submissions must be rrcnred in the ( reative Writing Office ( olumbia Kail. Room 144 Heat's the KM TaUriaJ all abtit? The goal of the program is to encourage undergraduate writing by giving students the opportunity lo do intensive wort in small groups (or a full year i bach trmi students enroll in CRHK 410 a four unit class which may be taken for a gradr oe for crrdil ) Students are espreted to write a great deal lu participate in workshops and to hold conferences with their tutors They are espec ted to read a great deal as well the goal bring to irarn to read as writers that is to read poetr> arid fiction cfosrh with an eve for craft legairmrals: H* rr taking for full time undergraduates who havr a strong desire to write a willingness to work hard and the ability to give and receive constructive criticism Students frum ail grade Irvrb majors and wnting backgrounds mav apph Hr would abo like to rn< *uragr minority students lo apph While it is usuaih helpful to havr takrn previous courv wock in creative writing it is not required Haw !• apply: Admission to the Kidd Tutorial is based upon two things a sample of portr\ or fiction and a statement of interest in the program >ou ruav include a separate page which lists am literature and'or writing courses vou hair taken and if they wrrr taken here at l O the names of the instructors this would be in support of vour application and not required (Vase put your name on everything vou submit. dip or staple your work together and atu« h a • >rr slvret which mrludrs your name student It* number addrrss and trieph' -.r number The writing sample: Helioi writers * ' s ’ ;nit or abort ston •_!w s? .rt s' f stones There is no page requirement however vou sh old give us a sample which is long !or us to fairh aaaess o . * »\ ri Ki st - ■ ■ ■.%! be typed Poets should submit four to sis poems The statement of interest: s' i us Hr a/*- not looking 1m creative rrspons We're hoping to ripaad the program seat yrar. so don't be shy about applying \gali, the deadiiae for submitting work to the Kidd Tutonai and the hjdd Prices Is Irtday, April IS. 1994. in the (realise Writing Office. 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