Cheering on press row -- live

Look, it's winter break. Schools are just really struggling to fill the building, and will let anyone sit anywhere.

 

Maybe it's a citizen journalist.

 

Did reporting him actually work?

 

Spill your drink on him.

 

When bloggers and fan sites start getting more seats on press row and more mainstream outlets such as newspapers stop sending reporters to games, will SIDs care if there's a little cheering?

At football games where the SIDs still care about such things, you get the announcement that "The Football Writers Association of America reminds you this is a working press box. Cheering is not allowed" and you will be ejected, yada yada. Will there soon be a day when press row is no longer really press row, so the whole point of starting a thread like this is just another antiquated notion?

 

I've seen plenty hangers on at college games that sit on press row. They are usually boosters or grown children of boosters.

 

No doubt, and in my experience this has been more of a basketball phenomenon than a football one. I just wonder if the times are gradually changing with respect to the point in my previous post.

 

SportsJournalists.com circa 2028: A thread titled "Guy not cheering on press row--live" and the creator wondering if he should punch him, yell the team nickname really loudly and pour beer on his head while forcing him into a team jersey.

 

I covered a game this weekend, and State U. let a booster get closer than usual to the working press. He stood on his chair to get better pictures of the starting lineup. I hadn't seen anything that bad in a long time.

I found out after the game that he wasn't supposed to be there. I should have said something earlier. I was a little hungover and wanted to punch him in the face.

 

Jesus Christ, if they let some schmuckos sit on press row, then why can't we ask to sit on the bench and get in the huddle during a frigging timeout?

 

Let me guess--you're covering a Kentucky game. If that's the case, the guy might actually be legit---yes, a homer, for sure, but he's legit.