Im-Part 2: Home and Away - Fan-Zones

"So, where ya' been, lately?" Whether explicitly stated or more subtly im-plied, at the beginning of a season, or even just after "half-time" in form of either a more formal "Welcome back!" or a nudge, due to a "slight increase" in the cost of either a "single game, family pack...combination...whole season..." It will cost you...And if you are simply a reader, whether a first timer, or more loyal follower, it will only cost you a few minutes of your precious time (feel valued?)...in order to catch up, the second of two parts (the first still available for free if you'll just go back one season, to December 30th...)

"Only fare" That, regardless of which sequence the two games are played, that you, the fan, get to experience the "home and away" perspective. Which tends to take place when your team is playing another in your own "division" (which may have been adjusted a bit after the league officials and owners co-opted during what's called the "off season" -- which for us around our home town has been "off" for more than a decade...). While being "home" is supposed to offer you and your team just a bit of advantage (not due to "homie" officials, timekeepers, of course) but in a few instances, might find the loyal locals booing!!! their own team, cheering the opposite, or a bit "derisively" (it's my right, after all, I bought a ticket) when my team finally scores, does something unexpected...around here...

States of Neutrality: Only theoretically speaking as, given the huge rise is sports betting out-lets, just about everyone has a so-called skin in the game. So, even if you seek a venue where the best time keepers are kept, it's highly dubious that even the Swiss can be counted on here...probably best to keep it closer to home... 

"Well, seated..." As in "Well, find a seat already, would ya'...you're blocking my view...sit down and watch the game...you're always getting up, to go...don't ask me what you missed...!" An extension, as the game has begun, from the simple directional, from the "usher" or stadium volunteer, who is offering to help you to simply find your seat, especially if you are a "visitor" -- which could even be if you are from the home town, or if you are coming into a "brand spanking new" venue...or even found your-selves "locked out!" due to "circumstances beyond our control" -- say the owners, due to a "player strike"...

Well suited: Referring to what you are probably donning, laid out the night before, along with all the other increasingly complex "tailgate" accessories, an industry in and of itself...around here, as well as there -- home and away, crazed fans...geared-up (more ways than one)...Sometimes even dressed in layers, so as to pose as either an im-poster! or when you are trying to see which team to place your loyalties...if you as an employee, your-self having gone through a recent "transfer portal" (another increasingly popular way to change sides). When combined with where you are sitting, as in the "Home" or "Vistors" section, will determine what's considered ruly or "UN" -- "NOW, make a lot of noise, says the public announcer! But not so much as to cause a distraction, a flag to be thrown, our team to get penalized..."

"What's a fan to do😕😖😡?!" Going to have to cover this in what in baseball (not sure if it's still ranked as "America's national pastime" but sure is way "past due!" around here), referred to as "extra innings" (you didn't even get charged extra, but expected to stay, if you consider your-self loyal)...in football "over-time" and in "futbol" simply referred to as "extra" which could, if it's still "undecided" eventuate in a "penalty shootout"...fan crazed, con-fused? Either or, hope you'll return for the final period...as it's gonna' be a...

"Sell-out!" The Part-ed 3


   

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