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PERSPECTIVE
Editor’s Note
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
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Sports. Not really my thing. I don’t under
stand any of the games or their rules. I don’t
know what shot or throw equals how many
points. I’m lost when it comes to “first down”
or “third down,” although I do know a touch
down is a good thing. A basketball sailing
through the net hanging from the hoop —
that’s a gopd thing. A soccer ball flying past
the goalie — congrats to the successful kicker.
In short. I’ve just never been really
“sporty’ People get so craiy and passionate
over their favorite teams. Not me. When others
dress up in their elaborate head gear, make up
silly chants and go bonkers when their guys
and gals win that elusive championship, I’m
usually stuck in front of a computer, watching
MSNBC or CNN. A championship victory is to
a sports fan what a successful election bid is
tome.
Despite my general lack of understanding
of sports, all this athletic madness is just one
of the many reasons why I enjoy being a
native Tar Heel. I’ve grown up around it all
and have heard my entire life of the trials and
tribulations of Duke, N.C. State, Wake Forest
and UNC — not forgetting, of course, the pro
teams we’ve had, too.
So, it was with excitement that I headed to
my first-ever Carolina Panthers game a few
weeks ago. Despite living in Charlotte for two
years so far, I’d never had the opportunity to
make the trdc to Bank of America Stadium.
Now that I’ve gone at least once, Tm happy I did.
The Thursday night game against the
Dolphins was packed. As I walked up
Stonewall St. and past The Charlotte
Observer building, I started downhill
toward the stadium. Thousands upon
thousands of people were making their
way to the stadium at the same time. I
knew the Panthers were big, but I’d
never expected they were this big. It’s
just one of those things you kind of have to
see for yourself.
I could feel the excitement in the air as
people hurriedly scuttled through security
and had their tickets scanned for entry. After I
climbed what seemed like a million stairs, I
got to my seat just in time for the national
anthem. Even with what had to be 65,000 or
more folks crammed into the stadium, you
could hear a pin drop as the crowd fell rever
ently silent.
Because I wasn’t really invested in the
game, my attention throughout the evening
was easily distracted and refocused on the
people around me. It was interesting seeing so
many different folks crammed in together. I
easily spotted out the guys whom 1 ftiought
were obviously gay and the butch-lesbian cou
ples decked out in their sports wear. Every
once-in-a-\^e, my eyes would glance over to
a “straight acting dude” who was nothing
more than a ’mo in disguise.
It is unfortunate that our American sports
culture doesn’t reflect the diversity of its own
fan bases, becoming so super-masculinized
and homophobic when it is so clear that
sporting and athletic competition is such an
“every man” exp>erience. The thousands gath
ered for the Panthers game were all there
because of some interest in the game or the
aura of the exerience. Their race or ethnicity,
shape or size, gender or sexual orientation was
of no consequence to those around them. And,
I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if all
society were like this all the time?” I
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