What would you do?

I'm moving my seats at Kinnick for this reason. I sit next to an elderly couple. A very large elderly couple. Last year I got seat backs to protect my area. Guess what, they went to the U and complained about me and my guests. Strange how this happened after the seats back prevented them from taking up 3 1/2 seats for 2 persons.

Now keep in mind, I've helped this elderly couple to their seats for the last 10 years, and have been nothing but courteous.

They talk to me incessantly the entire game, and actually disturb my watching of the game, and I never say a word. They're half blind, so what happens on the field isn't of much concern to them. Well, it is to me.

I was really sort of hurt by this.

In any event, the game they complained about myself and my rowdy guests was the second home game. I told the ticket office who my guest was, and that we were in the President's box as guests for the first game, as we always are, and told them they needed to let me know what they were going to do.

Not likely. My guest was an elected official.

Surprise, surprise, they call back two days later and say "no problem". Except, I'm really kind of hurt that in order to save their butt space, after as gracious as I had been for seasons to these folks, they would do this to me.

So I toyed with being done with football, or moving. The coaching changes got me excited again, so I call the ticket office and tell them unless they move me between the 40's, I'm done.

I'm getting moved. I really like my old spot also, right by the tunnel.

In any event, Iowa does have a significant elderly fan base, and these types of things seem to always be happening. I'm not sure if it is more or less than anywhere else, and I cannot speak to basketball. I do know at Iowa's raod games, I've never seen the other team's fans ask someone to sit.

It only happened to me at the Rose bowl during a UCLA-Oregon State game
 
Someone tried telling me that same thing at the Alamo Bowl a few years ago. My reply was "I just drive 19 hours straight. I'll stand if I want." They told security and got laughed at.
 
Oh, harkens me back to the first time a took my wife to Kinnick (she went to Duke and had no idea what big time football was like). We were playing Arizona and the crowd was pretty jacked up. After the kick off, she looks at me and says, "when are these people in front of us going to sit down"...my response..."in about 3 and a half hours". She sucked it up and stood to watch the game.

Tell the dude to go watch it on TV.
 
Hawk1960 said:
Nope, we were getting up for probably 5-10 seconds for the dunks, and some of the steals ... and when the Hawks were on a run a couple of times for the defense. It's not like we were standing up the whole team like the students do (which I think is great).
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Fans who stand and cheer on big plays but dont really bother others line of sight most of the game are fine.

You were fine and could have ignored him or said "hey `10,000 people are standing with me so thanks i will stand now".

But last year at kinnick some big *** guy stood the whole first qtr when 15,000 around him were sitting most of the time. people behind him for 3 rows couldnt see and complained politely so I finally yelled at him to sit down when everyone else is in front of him. he finally looked around and sat down and never came back after halftime.

On big football plays people know when to stand and yell.
 
I agree with the other poster who killed them with kindness. You could suggest that many movie theaters have seating available with little to no cheering aloud. By the way I stand and cheer and I'm 63!
 
I guess it depends if the people around you are standing too. If you are the only one standing in the 10 rows around you then I can see his point. If everyone else is standing especially the people in front of you then tell him to stfu.
 
Have some respect for donors and the elderly. You can make as much noise as you want, but if you're ruining it for someone else stay seated unless the guy in front of you stands.

Fist pumps and high fives are acceptable at all times.
 
I'd ignore him altogether. I'm polite enough to have some general concern for those behind me, but if I had my way I would stand the entire game. As it is, when I have been cognizant of "lingering", I politely oblige until the next time I feel like standing. Unfortunately, this stuff also goes on at rock concerts and is a sticky situation as well. I know in that case I've been guilty of B in the past, but that was many, many days (years) ago, and definitely not the correct way to handle it. It was satisfying though.
 
I stood the whole game, but so was everyone around me. If you're one of a handful of people in your area standing all the time, then the guy has a legit beef. But if everyone is standing when you are, then he's SOL.
 
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