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Nosebleeds are $700?
The knicks are on a crazy 10 game run never done before and 1 game away from being in the finals which they havent made since 1999. Tickets would normally be kind of high, but all of this and the demand is high by fans. Its been so crazy that ticket sales and audience attendees at away games are showing more knicks fans over the home team.
Wait. They let away fans sit in the home team section?
There are no sections, you can sit where you want.
Im pretty sure they let them sit wherever they can get tickets. I also heard attendance was so bad for the 2 76ers home games they donated a lot just to fill seats. If its that bad it's no wonder knicks fans are taking over at away games.
Yeah, weirdly we totally missed out on hooliganism in the US. Sports games are just people watching sports.
Philadelphia fans "Are we joke?"
https://haverfordclerk.com/proudly-the-worst-fans-in-america/
Booed Santa Claus.
https://time.com/6324292/phillies-fans-appreciation-philadelphia-eagles/
https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/two-maple-leafs-fans-get-brutally-attacked-at-flyers-game-in-viral-video
Booing "Santa Clause", who was actually a drunk they found at the last minute happened in the 1960s.
The only reason Philly fans are the "worst" is the rest of the country needs a scapegoat to ignore their own shitty fans.
In fact yes, they are a complete joke.
https://www.imedd.org/opinion-article-fan-violence-ultras-and-hooligans/
https://hir.harvard.edu/fanaticism-and-the-ultras-movement/
My goodness, they threw a phone out of a seat? Those utter bastards.
Bread and circuses. The biggest difference is we tend to riot after our team wins. 🤷♂️ ‘Murica.
Honestly, the US doesn't have anything that even resembles hooliganism, let alone the fucking insanity of Ultras. The occasional overly enthusiastic celebration after a team win sure maybe minor damage to like a streetlamp or a couple broken windows; when was the last time fans of the losing team were murdered while it was happening?
Like can you imagine the outrage in the US if people tried to pull this shit at the superbowl?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-we-know-about-the-shooting-near-the-kansas-city-chiefs-parade
I agree the US doesn’t produce hooliganism, that was my point. We unfortunately translate the vibe in our own way that ends up much worse.
The one incident doesn't mean it's overall "much worse".
You’re arguing both sides when it’s convenient. In one response the country is full of shitty fans trying to scapegoat a single incident, in another example eight kids getting injured isn’t “much worse” overall. What are you even trying to prove, that non-American hooliganism and violence is somehow more nobly hooliganistic and violent because it’s non-American? A bunch of dipshits ransacking their town because their favorite sports team won or lost is still a bunch of dipshits ransacking their town. By all means, kill each other over a game if that’s how invested you both are, but don’t drag those uninvolved into your shenanigans.
That's not arguing "both sides". I never said the "country is full of shitty fans" I said every fanbase has SOME shitty fans. The vast majority or normal people who just enjoy sports.
My point is consistent. In either case, smaller incidents shouldn't be considered worse than the much more frequent and widespread hooliganism seen around the world.
I'm not trying to "prove" anything. Just pointing out that your singular example is not a legit comparison to the historical violence of hooliganism in other countries. It is certainly not proof that that level of hooliganism exists in the US or is somehow worse in the US.
No response to point three?
For the playoffs, yeah.
I'm not a sports person but I went looking and found this:
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/knicks-cavaliers-game-2-ticket-prices-at-msg-higher-than-all-3-series-games-in-cleveland-combined-172124898.html
Presume "get-in price" means absolute minimum?
Not normally.
I don't keep up on the NBA, but I've been watching Desus' new podcast and apparently the Knicks are in a playoff push and all of NYC is convinced they'll make it.
It's not as much about the team as it is about NYC. Tickets prices aren't up because people want to see the game, it's a cultural event.
Oh for fuck's sake it's the playoffs. New Yorkers understand.
Everyone else in the world isn't drowning in garbage. You don't have to act like an asshole on the internet just because your town stinks like one.