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Take heart, ye of little endurance
Purchasing a ticket to a sporting event is no miniscule venture for many fans.
Depending on the sport, depending on the day, the team, the town, your hard-earned money could be stretched or saved for a simple seat inches from what is considered nosebleed on the 12-yard-line or within arm’s reach of the foul pole.
In the instance
it’s a wintery evening game, you layer or drink up and make your way to
your seat, anticipating the game’s start.
Whether
it is nine innings, four quarters, two halves, or five sets you have
spent your money reserving a seat, you have spent your time getting
there, and you deliberately planned to spend more time watching the
game.
It starts to get a little colder, however; you’re prepared, hand warmers, hot chocolate and all.
The people directly in front of you though are not.
It is
half way through the game and your team appears to be in the clear
advantage to win, so these people due to their discomfort, boredom or
other unknown ailment decide to leave.
Part of
the thrill of attending a sporting event is the adrenaline in the
atmosphere, the camaraderie with other fans, everyone joining together
for a few mere hours in pursuit of a common goal, a win.
The
other part of the enjoyment of attending a sporting event is the
possibility of witnessing something great, something that doesn’t
happen every day, something that will make the highlight reels
–something that will be remembered.
Most of
those great things, the things that are unexpected and develop
throughout the game, happen as the game goes down to the wire.
Most of them do not occur before the silent streams of fans commence the early departure up and down the aisles.
Luckily
for Appalachian athletics, the charge to students is bypassed,
encouraging the jam-packed Kidd Brewer Stadium to sell out game after
game.
In
addition to that fact, it is understandable when Appalachian is winning
by multiple touchdowns, and students have not paid to enter the game
that under some of Boone’s more winter-like weather conditions fans opt
out around half time.
The
question is forced to be asked upon fans at professional sporting
events, however; why spend your money and time in getting to an event
if you aren’t going to stay the entire time?
Oct. 17 the Boston Red Sox played Game Five of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
As the game aired floods of red and blue exited Fenway Park in the seventh inning as the Sox trailed by seven runs.
Granted,
seven seems like a sealed game, however; the fans that remained in the
stands were able to walk away from the game, at it’s close, after
seeing the Red Sox rebound in three innings to win 8-7 in what turned
out to be a thrilling closure.
So next
time you’re snuggled into your seat, and the prospect of skipping out a
little early crosses your mind, perhaps you can consider all of the
highlights you might miss, or cause others to miss in the distraction
of gathering all your things and persons.
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