MLS should impose league wide ban on all thrown objects on field during corner kicks

Seriously, do you care that much. Someone else who has nothing else to write about...

 

Let's ban booing too, it might actually disrupt a player taking a corner or a thow-in. Then again, let's just ban fans - they could potentially be distracting! God knows what would happen if a visiting team actually thought that maybe the home crowd didn't want them to win.

Hockey allows fist-fights in its games, football involves 300lb men trying to hurt each other on every single play, the goal of boxing is for two guys to beat the living pulp out of each other.

And you're whining about boody tissue paper distracting a player?

Coins and any object that could in any way injure someone, I say arrest the morons that do this. Abusive language - we all know there's a limit. But give up this ridiculous tirade about tissue paper.

 

I know, who would think a balloon could effect play on the field, but it has happened.

Fans should not physically effect play on the field. They should effect the game mentally by providing the atmosphere and driving their team on to victory and making the opposing team feel unwelcome.

Streamers won't cause an injury, except if a player taking a kick steps on a wad of them and rolls his ankle. But they can effect the kick, just as a balloon can effect play as well.

A true supporter of the game should have enough respect of the game to not interfere physically in the game, no matter how insignificant it seems.

 

What is to stop some nimrod from wrapping a battery, or another hard object, with streamer paper and hucking it at somebody. Besides the danger of something harder being thrown, there is the time wasted cleaning the shit up that is never accounted for in stoppage time. That extra minute or two could be the difference for the home team as well as the visitors. I thin if you throw anything on the field of play you should be ejected.

 

the only time it bugs me is when people at TFC games throw streamers during corners... when we need a goal. wtf?? if we need all the time we can get, why waste the time they can use to milk the clock in removing streamers?

 

thoughts:

*if goldenballs shows up in mls, im sure he'll get a few golden showers of beer from fans, and frankly i think he deserves it

*the rainbow colored streamers for landon were ridiculously funny

*my response to the jmu situation, its the only college i've ever known where the girls are so desperate for guys, for a cheerleader to get wrecked by a visiting schools basketball player is a normal occurrence

*the streamers during corner kicks slow the game down, and makes us look mickey mouse, thread started by mighty mouse, no irony there

*nebraska sends balloons into the air after the first touchdown at football games, its actually kinda cool when 80,000 fans do it all at the same time

*we (virginia tech) had to stop using the "stick it in" chant everytime we got in the redzone cuz the entire stadium would start humping air at the "stick it in" parts, only for some big time booster to get all riled about the sexual innuendo, suprisingly, shirts that say "gobble gobble bitches" are still allowed

*i hate tfc, therefore, i hate the streamers

*fans should never interfere with the game, especially if you're a cubs fan, that guy seriously wants to kill himself

*seriously though, the streamers are annoying, and i am sick of 'em

*seriously, if you're in need, just make a stop at james madison univ, you will be guaranteed at the very least, the fat chick in the corner

 

Video please?

 

Is El Naranja spanish for the "big idiot?" Please tell me you honestly don't believe that Streamers are what brings a sold out crowd to BMO field for every game. As mentioned earlier, the supporters groups that own the corners have decided that streamers will not be thrown anymore during the corners. It will be phased out in due time.

 

Props are given for any team which does not delay the game via such shenanigans ~ I would like to think the MLS is better than this.

 

I actually clicked on this thread expecting to see a resurrected thread and continued discussion from last year.

 

Well said. It's a bit of frigging paper. Does anyone on here remember WC '78 in Argentina and all the home made confetti that was thrown on the pitch every time Argentina played? That was a serious amount of paper, and probably gave the groundsmen nightmares, but it looked brilliant as it floated down from the stands.

 

What a difference a couple of years makes. I remember when the streamers first started flying -- even to suggest that maybe fans shouldn't be disrupting the game got you instantly labelled as some kind of killjoy anti-tifo p*ssy.

For anyone who still thinks throwing streamers at a player trying to take a corner kick is cool, here's a little analogy:

Would they let you distract a player by running onto the field, waving your hands in his face and shouting "Gonnamissit! Gonnamissit!" I mean, you're not touching the guy, just distracting him, so that would be fine, right?

Right, right, that's a pitch invasion. Okay, so how about a long arm on a pole that you could stick out from the front row, wave it in front of his face, tap him on the shoulder, shit like that? Would that be okay? I mean, you're not hurting the guy, right? Yet, somehow I think you'd get tossed out.

Well, then why is it okay to physically distract a player by throwing streamers over his body and face? I don't think there's really any difference, except the big one: once the streamer is in the air, it's next to impossible to trace it back to the pr*ck who threw it. It's a pitch invasion with anonymity, and that's why I can't stand it.

------RM

 

for the "its just a piece of paper" crowd, we've already seen bottles start to be thrown. i'd rather not wait until bottles become the norm.

 

But bottles aren't just pieces of paper. Clearly, this is an entirely different thing and anyone caught doing this should be dealt with to the full extent of the law.

OK having read the thread, I've altered my position somewhat, and whilst still thinking the streamers at Toronto add to the atmosphere and cause no problems the first one or two corners, the continuation of throwing streamers well into the game gets a little boring and does cause unnecessary delays to the game.

 

oss, being from the UK, i'm sure you understand what iron clad rules on behavior at a match looks like. i'd rather avoid that by setting clear lines from the beginning, while allowing a vibrant, passionate crowd in acceptable avenues.

i think a clear line to draw is no throwing anything at any player at anytime. throw streamers in the stands, wave massive flags, hell light off flares if you do it correctly and avoid potential catastrophe, but don't throw anything at the players.

its only going to take one bad incident to cause a clamp down on support groups, who as a rule get hassled enough by security as it is. all i'm saying is close the avenue off that can easily be escalated into a real issue, and funnel that energy into other ways of showing your passionate support for your side.

 

Amen and props to you - this thread should die, and those who think it's okay to throw stuff onto the field, at players, or those who think to delay the game......... nuff said

 

If you, as a member of the home crowd, want to distract a player in hopes that he'll miss it, then you and your friends should make as much noise as humanly possible. React to absolutely everything he does, and start cheers (in good taste) directed at him. Throwing streamers distracts him cause he's afraid he's going to be hit by something; that kind of outside interference should be banned.
There is little more satisfying, as a fan, than knowing that the home crowd has really gotten under a player's skin. But when you start physically messing with people, you're crossing a line.

 

Since it is players who are targets of these vicious streamers, and not BS posters sitting at their computers, I would really like to know which players have complained about this. I do know that quite a few players have said that they love the atmosphere at BMO, including the streamers.

And I hate to break it to people who see streamers as a gateway projectile to harder objects, if you're theory was true after two years now we would be throwing cinder blocks. If some drunk douchebag thinks its ok to throw a bottle at a player, he would do it irregardless of whether people are or aren't throwing streamers.

Having said all that, the streamers are overused and I think there will be less use of them in the future.

 

Well, the players thought it was a big enough deal that MLS officially banned streamers being thrown at players.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/06/streamers_on_probation.html

That, and it significantly slows down the flow of the game. There have been instances where players have had to wait until streamers are done flying at them to take corner kicks. Some players have said they like the break it gives them, but even that's a good argument against them, if you ask me.