ChipperF1
10-07-2002, 12:04 PM
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In a new season, a lot of new changes and new faces. New coaches have come. New players are in. Its like the changing of seasons.
And this fan has also decided to make a change.
In looking back at last season, I realize that I have forgotten a cardinal rule. I had forgotten that these wonderful players are first flesh-and-blood human beings and foremost somebody's daughter, somebody's friend, somebody's sister. Some one on this earth loves that player very much, even if she didn't perform well and had an off night.
Therefore this season I will institute a No-Bashing Policy.
On this board I will not bash ANY player, coach or fan. There will not be any demeaning nicknames towards any player, coach or fan that are unwarranted or not even to the level of performance. All posts will be of a more positive tone at all times or an even tone.
This does not mean that the Organisation will not continue to have strong opinions. It just means that those opinions will not be of a mean-spirited nature of last season in regards to my own team or any team.
What led me to this policy was hearing from a friend of mine who was the target of some of my barbs of last season. Her response. "I prayed for you, because there was so much ill in your heart to want to hurt another person, even on here."
I honestly felt 1-inch high hearing that. I let being a fan, and being a bad fan at that, get above being human, and that was wrong.
This year most likely will not be successful for the team I choose to root for, but at the same time should they venture here they should not have to be subjected to some "fan" ripping them every five minutes, losing is hard enough.
[This message has been edited by ChipperF1 (edited 10-07-2002).]
In a new season, a lot of new changes and new faces. New coaches have come. New players are in. Its like the changing of seasons.
And this fan has also decided to make a change.
In looking back at last season, I realize that I have forgotten a cardinal rule. I had forgotten that these wonderful players are first flesh-and-blood human beings and foremost somebody's daughter, somebody's friend, somebody's sister. Some one on this earth loves that player very much, even if she didn't perform well and had an off night.
Therefore this season I will institute a No-Bashing Policy.
On this board I will not bash ANY player, coach or fan. There will not be any demeaning nicknames towards any player, coach or fan that are unwarranted or not even to the level of performance. All posts will be of a more positive tone at all times or an even tone.
This does not mean that the Organisation will not continue to have strong opinions. It just means that those opinions will not be of a mean-spirited nature of last season in regards to my own team or any team.
What led me to this policy was hearing from a friend of mine who was the target of some of my barbs of last season. Her response. "I prayed for you, because there was so much ill in your heart to want to hurt another person, even on here."
I honestly felt 1-inch high hearing that. I let being a fan, and being a bad fan at that, get above being human, and that was wrong.
This year most likely will not be successful for the team I choose to root for, but at the same time should they venture here they should not have to be subjected to some "fan" ripping them every five minutes, losing is hard enough.
[This message has been edited by ChipperF1 (edited 10-07-2002).]