The politics Murdoch allows us in a mundane cesspool of centrist right wing political bullshit is what you should fear most.

Judging by your dull posts you have already been taken into this line of thought.

Cultural appropriation, Fucking gag

CHEER SQUAD!

#legitimacy

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2015-02-06/new-active-area-launched-for-2015

the cringe fest is upon us

the fascist salutes are especially inspiring

Funny to see AFL types doing a 180 on notion that fan segregation in football causes violence etc.

chulls!

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euroleague games especially red star/partizan/olympiacos etc are amazing

i saw an promo video for the upcoming AFL season with them trying to pass of about 7 or 8 different matches as derbies its cute but ...

It's always been a thing in other sports in Europe and South America etc, rugby or basketball games are incredible (the basque rugby derby between Biarritz and Bayonne in French top 14 was just mind blowing). it's just in Australia where sport has funeral like atmosphere.

I've noticed the AFL and NRL have been trying to flog more terminology like derby or active support a lot more than they used to in the last 5 years.

Edited by melbourne_terrace: 21/1/2015 11:33:24 PM

every time i see this i cringe..

Port Adelaide games are probably the closest thing in the AFL to active support. Well at least the singing to "Never Tear Us Apart" when the players walk onto the field and the pre match march from the City to the stadium

Last year I noticed the League pushing The Burrow for Souths and The Kennel for the Bulldogs.

They can see how good an atmosphere it can generate if implemented well. Ultimately riding on the coat tails of the rising football influence, but they can't lie about the crowd at their finals being "the best ever" anymore

Yes, songs/chants in Aussie sports are pretty bad currently, but this topic is about the possible building of active support and crowd noise across Australian sport. If that is the case, the future could be quite interesting across the board, including the attitude towards football supporters. The general fan possibly being more accustomed to and willing to get behind their player/team and let lose of the apathetic attitude of the average Aussie spectator.

I forgot to mention basketball. I'm not sure how the league is going at the moment, but basketball has always been a sport that has encouraged home ground advantage, usually through indiscriminate cheering and banging. I wonder how that is going.

Has been posted before, but .....

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You really can't get any better than that.

The AFL in particular are really pushing clubs to get on board with creating active support.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in active, vocal support in sports outside of football? It might just be me, but there seems to be more willingness of fans and in some instances sporting bodies to promote fan engagement and support at live events. This comes after a long period of pushing sport towards TV friendly entertainment without regard for match day attendance and experience. Are we at the point of the pendulum swing where sports move away from being TV centric and cater strongly to the live fan experience?


Last season in the AFL there was a big push from the Adelaide teams to create an imposing crowd atmosphere. I think other teams looked on with envy and are wanting to emulate that. In addition, the sporting administration are slowing implementing measures to encourage live attendance instead of caving into every wish of the TV stations.

In the cricket, in particular the big bash, there is constant talk from the commentary teams about the crowd getting behind their team. I never noticed this as a focus in previous seasons. I've not been to any games outside of a test match to comment first hand though.

In the tennis now, there seems to be a lot more cheering and chanting during games, between points. Maybe this is due to an increased enthusiasm from the current group of Aussies playing?

I have no idea how either of the rugby codes are fairing, but would welcome observations.