“Home field advantage is the point of tying a team to a location, of not just cycling all the games around the country at all neutral sites. They ARE minding their manners, the correct thing to do is to yell and scream and support your team.”
There is much more to home team advantage than screaming fans. Things like being at home and not on the road. Sleeping in your own bed, etc.
I do believe in supporting your own team but I do not believe in active interference with the game. I see loud screaming with the intent of interfering with the visiting teams snap count, audibles, etc., as essentially the same thing as trying to trip a runner or a fan batting a ball while the play is in progress. Of course, your mileage...
Depends on the sport and time of year. You’d be surprised how often the home team is staying in a hotel, especially come playoff time. Keeps teams focused.
Sorry but it’s football not golf, that “interference” is part of the game, it adds to the fun of the game. It’s one of the problems with Super Bowls and the London games, neutral crowds are dull. Yelling to the point where it’s hard for the opposing team to work has no similarity at all to tripping runners or touching the ball in play. There’s a major line between exuberance that happens to make things harder and physical participation. This isn’t about mileage, you’re just willfully not understanding that some sports ARE audience participation. It’s like laughing during a comedy, it’s what you’re SUPPOSED TO DO.