Originally Posted by
Joe Kool
I get the fact that people want a more organic experience and don't want all the same craziness that happens at Raptor games and whatnot and I do too but if the mascot just walks around the stadium for pics with the kids and stays out of the supporter section then who cares really. Not me anyway. I voted in that Council survey though that I am not at all interested in the mascot thing which is the honest truth. It won't add to my match day experience or my kids really for that matter being that they are older.
The one thing they do currently that irritates me every game is say "fans, please stand and hold your scarves up high". It pisses me off each time because fans started holding their scarves up for the anthem well before the stadium guy ever told us to and now them saying to do it makes me feel like not doing it. Now when people come to the stadium they don't say "wow everyone holds up their scarves for the anthem, that looks really cool that supporters do that" instead they will say "everyone holds their scarves up and it looked pretty cool but they only did it because TFC told them to". Maybe I am just crotchety in my older age but it annoys me every game. What's next? "supporter sections, wave your flags for that goal"?