You heard this at the Ryder Cup this past weekend. First by annoying American fans, and then by the largely British contingent mocking them. You've heard it at NBA games. You've heard it at NFL games. You've heard it at US Soccer games. I'm pretty sure it's also heard at Hot Dog and Beer contests nationally.
Stop it! It's boring, immature, embarrassing and unoriginal. It's f*cking annoying, to put it kindly.
But it touches a more important topic, that of the lack of original and mature chants in American sports. Go to any College Football game, or NBA game, or NFL game, or NHL game. And I guarantee that you will hear the following chants:
'D-Fence, D-Fence, D-Fence' in what I suspect is a bid to encourage the home team's defense. But I could be wrong.
'Lets go, hometeam, lets go' *clap* *clap*
There is another variation of this - 'Here we go, hometeam, here we go' *clap* *clap*. One has to sit back and appreciate the ingenuity which resulted in this chant.
And finally. 'BULL-SHIT, BULL-SHIT, BULL-SHIT' aimed at referees when they forget that they have to help the home team and not follow the rules of the game.
That's about it. I have summarized all the chants heard at sporting venues across the United States.
American sports* are plagued with a lack of original sport chants and it annoys me greatly. I watch a lot of European football and this perhaps clouds my judgment but the point still stands.
The faster US sports get rid of clichéd chants and the idiots below, the more respect I will have for them.
*MLS is somewhat of an exception and a lot of teams have their own chants. Inspired by Europe, but way more original than what their NFL counterparts sing.
- El P.
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