Favorite Team

Date: Tue Nov 15 5:24 PM, 2005

Favorite Team

Date: Tue Nov 15 10:37 PM, 2005

It's a little hard to keep things positive when your favorite isn't listed. Why single out particular teams? Really, what's positive about that? We already had a similar post where we all got to list our favorites. Now that was a positive post.

Date: Tue Nov 15 10:45 PM, 2005

Mine isn't listed either...

Date: Wed Nov 16 12:55 AM, 2005

Any time you single out anyone or pick a "favorite", then it will become a negative topic. Look at all the other topics on this board already.

Date: Wed Nov 16 8:15 AM, 2005

I disagree, it's perfectly fine to choose a favorite; those posts have been positive. What's not fine is to select your own list and have everyone vote.

Date: Wed Nov 16 8:24 AM, 2005

besides sometimes voting is to bias!

Date: Sat Nov 19 1:58 PM, 2005

i like south bay elite, but we sat behind their parents at last saturdays ab comp, and their parents are the most obnoxious ever!!

i think pyramids is good too.

Date: Sat Nov 19 2:58 PM, 2005

You probably had a bad experience sitting by a group of parents, but don't generalize and say SB parents are that way in general. Every program has parents and fans who exhibit bad sportsmanship and bad behavior in general.

Date: Fri Nov 25 12:26 AM, 2005

You are right, people shouldn't generalize, but this just goes to show you...... if you behave negatively, your ENTIRE team and program is frowned upon. Parents beware. You could be putting a negative tone on your entire program from only one persons behavior. It just happened here!!!! And trust me, I have met parents who weren't very nice and I looked upon that gym negatively. It's very hard not to. And there's a difference between being supportive of your gym and being so supportive that you're obnoxious.....

Date: Fri Nov 25 11:31 AM, 2005

I know what you mean about taking parents' behavior and attitudes out on the team, but I know better than to judge any team or organization on anything other than their skills and performances at competitions. That is all that counts, the rest just comes with the territory and can easily be ignored, if you choose to do so. Some of the most rudest judgemental parents that I've seen come from the gyms that push the good sportmanship thing the most. Go figure.

Date: Fri Nov 25 12:45 PM, 2005

Amen.

Date: Sun Nov 27 7:07 PM, 2005

Mattie-
You cannot base your opinion of a team or the program on the parents. Yes i agree that there are many parents who are obnoxious but thats the parents, not the athletes or the coaches THE PARENTS. Some parents live through there children and get crazy when they perform. Dont take pride and excitment as obnoxious. There are programs other than SOUTHBAY that are like that, for instace POWER's parents and crazy as well, but again there just supporting there team, like SOUTHBAY. They are all just taking pride in there children and in there gym. So please dont make a judgement on a program or team by the parents.

GOOD LUCK TOO ALL TEAMS THIS YEAR!!

Date: Mon Nov 28 10:59 AM, 2005

Yes but the program's children are raised by those parents. And those parent's are supposedly adults. Now we all know that just cause you can make a kid doesn't make you a good parent. And just cause you come of age doesn't make you behave like an adult. But when you are sitting there and "cheerleading gym A" parents are being rude, saving seats for cheerleaders who aren't there, saying mean things, etc..... you find it hard NOT to think of the gym as a whole. Now, as an adult, you know you shouldn't place judgment, but as a human being, you can feel it anyway. Unfortunatly, alot of parents seem to forget their manners at a competition. It's not the gyms fault for that one. But either way, try not to be the Terrel Owens of your gym. It just looks bad on everyone if you are.....

Date: Mon Nov 28 5:34 PM, 2005

well i think that theres a difference between being "obnoxious" in the overly excited and crazy way and being rude. I don't think that type of obnoxiousness is bad, doesn't matter what program its from.

Date: Mon Nov 28 6:04 PM, 2005

You are so right Um -- I don't think it's obnoxious AT ALL for parents to be excited, even overly excited, about their teams. Not one bit. But I'll give you a very good example of rude and unacceptable behavior that I saw at a Nationals competition a couple years ago (didn't recognize the organization this parent was from). This parent actually cheered when a girl from an opposing team fell during a stunt. Everyone turned around and looked at him (yeah, it was a dad). I think he realized he had gone too far on that one and that there is never any excuse for that. I hope so anyway! But even then, I would never take it out on that organization as a whole or for the athletes giving their all on that stage.

Bottom line -- parents who are supportive and positive and excited (even overly excited) for their team are great (kudos to them for being there)! Better that than to have parents who don't show up, right? The saving seats thing is just something we all have to deal with, unfortunately. It happens at EVERY sports event I can think of (just had it happen at a high school football game). Again, who would take that out on the team playing? Nobody with common sense.

Date: Mon Nov 28 10:27 PM, 2005

Someone saved a seat for a football player at a football game??? Now that is pretty odd. But then again, the cheer parents do that for their competitors when they have specific seating, so I guess I'm not surprised.

Date: Tue Nov 29 12:38 AM, 2005

I meant some parents saved a bunch of seats for their friends, similiar to cheer parents saving seats for other cheer parents. Sorry for the confusion, you're right, nobody would save seats for the players themselves, but that's because the players don't go out there for two minutes and then sit and wait for the results.

Date: Tue Nov 29 2:50 PM, 2005

Thanks. I was wondering the same thing. Holding seats for parents is one thing, but seeing the girls jackets and bags everywhere and then not being able to sit cause cheerleaders are supposedly sitting there isn't right. That happened to me last year in Aneheim. A nor cal team ( a HS team that is maroon and red I believe) was holding seats for their ENTIRE team in prime seating areas. It was crazy! But then one of the moms was seriously angry cause we asked to sit there. She said her coach said to sit there and that they would be back after their performance. When I found out it was a former cheergyms girl who was coaching, I knew it wasn't true. This parent had lied to keep the seats and was willing to throw the coach under the bus in order to keep those seats. I was appaled at this parents behavior. Now, I know the coach personally and KNOW she wouldn't have done this nor behaved in this manner, so it was easier for me to not be angry with that team but I couldn't believe this parents behavior. It was truly sad. Your cheerleader has a place with her team to sit. Yes, grandma has to use the restroom and of course you should save her seat. But please be kind to others by not saving seats for your entire team in prime seating areas. That's just plain rude.

Date: Tue Nov 29 2:51 PM, 2005

I meant maroon and blue.... sheesh. lol

Date: Tue Nov 29 3:27 PM, 2005

what happened to the original topic....."favorite teams"?