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I'll be honest I thought that this was about the posters
I have never disliked Dallas in the past but I'm learning. We went to the two Dallas games. On Saturday, my DH was punched in the back and pushed several times as he walked down the hallway (and it wasn't by accident). Since he uses a cane due to arthritis, these Dallas fans seemed a little low class and I hoped that it was just a few bad "sports" and not the mentality of the general population of Dallas. On Monday, after the game was over, I couldn't believe how aggressive, ugly and rude many of the mavs fans were. We were cursed, yelled at and shown obscene gestures. I am not a nervous type of woman, but I thought briefly about getting security to try to make it out of the building at one point. It really made me uncomfortable and I couldn't believe such poor sports. Individually, many of the Mavs fans were pleasant to talk to but when we were walking, several groups of young men wanted to accoust us, screaming, ranting and hatred for all things Spurs. Now this is not a case of young mavs fans giving trash talk to other young men. We are an older couple and are probably their parents' or grandparents' age. I can understand folks yelling for their team and being excited about their team winning the game etc. but to be that rude to visitors is not acceptable. I have never seen San Antonio fans treat visitors like that. We are from Austin and I have a new respect for the people of San Antonio. Can't say the same for Dallas.
I'll be honest I thought that this was about the posters
You brought a Designated Hitter to the game with you?*
*DH?
Having been to every home game for the past 3 years, I can assure you that the bad bunch is a very small minority. But there are plenty of cops, ushers and security guards around. If you run into an issue where you feel threatened, seek one out and they'll be sure to help you out. While I think razzing within limits is acceptable everywhere, it should never get to the point where someone should have to defend themselves against physical harm especially if it's unprovoked.
Damn they hit a guy with a cane, not hit him with a cane but he had a cane and they hit him
DH = dear husband
We were there Saturday. And yes, they were terrible. I'm all for screaming your heart out for your team. A little ribbing is all in good fun. But there were tons of these guys that were complete asshats. They didn't like it when they couldn't piss us off or have us run off.
Dallas is building some really bad Karma with all this .
Not Saturday they weren't. At least not where we were. In the arena wasn't so bad, besides the complete jackass sitting 2 seats down. But while we were in the hall and leaving? It was very bad. And the worst part was, they were stupid about it. If you're going to try and put down someone's team, don't prove that you're an idiot. Calling Tim Duncan over-rated didn't earn them any points.
And having been to almost every home game and all play-off games for 3 years in San Antonio, I have to say that the Dallas fans are now the worst. For a while, it was Lakers' fans.
I can tell you that not all Mavs fans are like this. Every city has fans like this, even San Antonio.
Still no excuse tho... I apologize for the rude behavior. Especially to a mature couple deserving courtesy and respect.
There is a reason why that thread was locked, Moron. Apparently you aren't bright enough to figure it out.
WTF?
Keep this up and you will be banished to the realm of no return and all evidence of your existence will be turned to dust. Kinda like in Timecop
I experienced almost every single thing you just mentioned at both Mavs-Spurs games in SA this regular season.
Don't act like Dallas is the only city that has fans that act like jackasses. EVERY team has bad fans.
where did you sit, and what happemed to your cane?
Wow, spurastic. I'm sorry that happened.
But honestly, there's bad fans in every arena. It sucks but some people just can't handle themselves.
I'm glad it wasn't any worse.
I hope the bird flu hits Dallas first.
Spare me the nonsense. It sucks that older people were involved (if they really were, given the Spurs fanbase's current state I wouldn't be surprised at everything in the original post being fabricated out of frustration), but that doesn't mean that what I and my friends experienced in SA was any more "classy."
My buddy, really polite and subdued guy, had a 40ish year old Spurs fan threaten to "kick his pasty ass" because he offered to shake his hand after the April game and said "Good game.", then threw a cup of beer at him.
As for where I sat, section 214 during the April game. Don't remember in March.
I know the couple in the original post. They aren't going to fabricate anything for the sake of fabricating.
I'll take your word for it, but that doesn't change the crux of my point here.
I know you've already agreed with what I'm saying, but what's with others thinking that SA fans are angels?
That is just wrong-But it has me
spurastic- that is awful! I hope your husband is okay.
Yeah I agree with you. I've been in about 20 NBA arenas. There's a few bad apples everywhere.
and the only the spurs game i've been to. i was never rude to the other fans.
and L.J that is so sig worthy. even though its wrong. its still funny.
We have several relatives that are Mavs fans and have attended several games in Dallas. Razzing and good natured ribbing is part of the game and is to be expected. That is not what we experienced Sat. and Monday. Numerous fans were downright Ugly. Fans sitting in our section were fine. Everyone yelled for their team. The worse was when we were leaving the building on Sat. The "mav fans" were downright ugly, hostile, and obscene.
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