Why do you only cheer for your team?

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For instance I was watching my little sister Katelyn play softball. the opposing team hit a ball practically out of the park Katelyn missed catching it even! The batter ran 3 bases!! !! ! IMO WOW! So I clapped and was happy for the other team since IMO it was a good hit. Dad snapped at me and was mad that I cheered the other team. He says he does as well quietly to himself. IMO I think it's stupid to ONLY cheer for your team vs. something that's a good play + your team. Why is there this social order rule BS?? Is that just the way society is??? After tonight I'm considering NOT going to anymore games!! !! ! SHEESH!! !! !!

Loyalty is an important thing to people, so picking sides and staying with them is also a big deal. It's fine and dandy to quietly root for the other team, but if you're especially vocal about it, it can strike people as insulting and disloyal. It seems petty, doing this over a game, but sports are kinda ~serious business~.

File this under "Bizarre NT Behavior," but be careful: that file cabinet is so stuffed that it's in danger of exploding.

Sports are like politics and religion. They appeal to the two needs that so many people have: to feel like a part of something big, and to hate another group.

But I don't have much of a problem with people who take sports too seriously, because unlike religion and politics, the stupidity and herd mentality of those involved don't affect my life.

Maybe your dad misinterpreted what you were doing and thought you were trying to be mean. He thought it was your way of indicating you hoped your sister's team lost, so he got aggravated. I have seen people do that just to annoy others. They will cheer when an opponent does something to get the lead over whoever it is they know and don't want to win. It goes beyond wanting the opponent to win because they are somehow connected. They only want the opponent to win because they don't like who they are playing.

Its not as bizarre as one might think it is. Imagine how your little sister might feel if she saw you rooting for the other team. Or better yet, how would you feel if you were in a competition and your sister cheered when the other did better than you did. Just put it in perspective. If people watch a competition, they have something invested in it, more than jsut performance. Just give it a little thought

Its not as bizarre as one might think it is. Imagine how your little sister might feel if she saw you rooting for the other team. Or better yet, how would you feel if you were in a competition and your sister cheered when the other did better than you did. Just put it in perspective. If people watch a competition, they have something invested in it, more than jsut performance. Just give it a little thought

I've done this at my brother's basketball games. I don't intentionally cheer the other team on...I just automatically clap if someone performs an impressive feat, no matter what team it is. I've embarrassed myself a time or two, because I know that it seems odd to clap or cheer for the opposing team.

Its ok. It can be hard and embarrassing. Sometimes it just helps to follow NT rules, even if they dont quite make sense to us. Unfair though it might be, it usually saves a lot of grief

It's your little sister. You're suppose to be rooting for her. Seeing you root for the other team could be really embarrassing for her.

My brother is the NT sports fan in our family. I went with him once to a hockey game. His loyalty is steadfast and heartfelt to our local team. When the other side scored he was just crushed, dropping his head between his knees for a moment of grief. Then he sat up and clapped his hands together three times, slowly. I asked why and he said, "It was well done."