I agree entirely with your sentiment about hockey being a sport of emotion, and I am one of the rowdiest fans you'll see at a game. Also, I am not personally offended by vulgarity, as words are only words and will never hurt anyone. I merely object to the blatant copying of other schools' chants and the ADDITION of vulgarity to the chants associated with Falcon hockey. "They still suck" was added to "that's debatable" sometime in the late 90's, and I feel that it took some of the cleverness away from a fantastic crowd chant. Also, I think it made participating in the chants less appealing to parents and community members who attended games, thus reducing the number of people participating in the heckling. Any cheer, chant, or heckle is far more effective when performed by the entire crowd than when just performed by the students.PegCityFalcon wrote:NO VULGARITY IN HOCKEY!! This is the sport of mass emotion. If the word "sucks" offends you then maybe golf or baseball is your sport. Cussing out the officals, the opponets is part of hockey always has been and always will be. It is part of the passion for the game. I agree that Michigan's penalty chant is extreme as they use every possible vulger word...but come on people THIS IS A GAME WHERE PLAYERS HOOK, SLASH, CHECK, and at other levels FIGHT. To sit back sip tea and slow clap is an insult to the game.[/i]
To quote the late Isaac Asimov: "... humor is more effective when the ribaldry is only hinted at. The listener fills in the lacunae in his mind according to his own tastes." Why not let the visiting players think about the implications of "that's debatable" and come to their own conclusions about what we think of their hockey skills. While they're busy pondering that, our Falcons can grab the puck and score a couple of goals!
