Student attendance at games not that important

TO THE EDITOR:

There have been countless letters recently from our peers outraged about student attendance at games, criticizing the student body, demanding that we make a bigger effort to show. It truly baffles me where you guys get off with this attitude.

See, I have this crazy theory that maybe the people who aren’t in the Dean Dome didn’t come because that’s not what they wanted to do on said night. Maybe they watched it at home with friends and a beer. Maybe it was on in the background while they got that paper finished. Or maybe they just didn’t care that UNC was playing that night. It is our time to use as we see fit. Stop trying to force guilt on me over your choice in recreational activity.

It would be one thing if team members or coaches wrote in asking for our support, but it isn’t. You’re a bunch of randos with nothing better to do.

You are not a part of the team. So get off your high horse and get rid of that elitist attitude. No one cares that you never miss a home game. If living vicariously through five kids with a ball is what you choose to do, that’s your choice. Stop trying to make it mine.

Stephen Bloemeke
Senior
Communications