Fan culture changed... Fans who don't hold it in, even the club looks at it

Fan culture changed... Fans who don't hold it in, even the club looks at it

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"Coach manager leaves work two to three hours later than normal players. He has to check the details of the game on the day and prepare for the next game. However, some fans are waiting outside until the manager leaves work. I didn't mean to get autographs or cheer for him. As if I was waiting for him to leave work, he hid and shouted 'Get out!' and 'Get out!' when the director turned around. I secretly filmed this scene and posted it on social media."

This is a complaint from an official of a professional sports club. Now, we can meet fans not only inside but also outside the stadium in real time. In modern society with advanced Internet, fans can instantly react to the news through social networking sites and communities.

Fans who criticize and swear loudly are with the history of professional sports. There used to be and still are. However, if there is any change, a fandom has been formed and the fans are taking collective action based on such change. On the way home from work, they crowd in and block the club bus and shout in unison, "Director, get out!" They send a protest truck to the club's office or in front of the stadium. At a stadium, they hang a hanger or picket to express their anger toward the coach or the club. This group behavior tends to increase and become more frequent as networking among fans becomes faster and harder. 바카라사이트

Blocking the team's bus is seen as a rite of passage that any team in a slump must go through. When Suwon Samsung lost consecutive games in May last year, fans hung a banner calling for Yeom Ki-hoon to step down and blocked the team's bus. After all, Yeom voluntarily returned the baton just five months later. In the pro baseball league, people shouted, "Lee Seung-yeop (former Doosan Bears) get out!" In the pro basketball league, fans of Sono staged a truck protest and a picket protest demanding the resignation of Kim Tae-sul. Kim was sacked just five months after his inauguration.

In the world of professional sports, communication with fans is essential. This is why the club cannot ignore fans' opinions. "The fans' influence has become stronger. There are so many ways to see fans' reactions compared to the past. It would be nice if it is a positive reaction, but if it is a negative story, the coach and the club will be under stress, and the club will have no choice but to act on the fans' faces," a source in the sports community said.

Some say that the fans' behavior has become excessive at some point. It has turned into a cycle of anger and insult. With the popularity of professional baseball, there are concerns that new fans will learn how to play against the crowd. "I understand fans' affection, but it is true that standards have increased and protests have become more frequent than in the past," a club source said. "When fans protested, not only the manager but also the players had a hard time. They said they felt daunted when they saw each other in person."