MULLY Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='Bunghole' post='665094' date='May 14 2008, 02:56 AM']In another thread I posted that I would never take my son to a Bengals game. After thinking about it a bit, I thought I'd ask you all how you would feel about it. I took both my boys to see the Reds last night and we had a great time, but a baseball game's "atmosphere" is far, far different than a football game's. And by "atmosphere" I mean Reds games aren't overly populated with profane, drunken idiots, you know, like some of us (including myself) have acted at Bengals games. I just don't know if I should take the chance on exposing my 6 year old to outright drunkenness, replete with all the f-bombs that invariably occur. Is there a section of the stadium that's know for or is designated as a "family-friendly" area? I would like to take him, and find out if he's interested in football like I am, but I just worry about what he could potentially be exposed to. When I was in my twenties in the 1990's, I went to a LOT of Bengals games, and [b]I was [/b]"the guy" that I'm worried about my son encountering. Thoughts?[/quote] I wouldn't think twice about taking my son to game..........if I had one that is. Of course I'd take him. So what if he hears the word "FUCK." Oh my God, it's the end of the world. Kids hear worse than that on TV and in the movies. I would hope that I would be a good enough parent to teach my kid that although he hears it doesn't mean he has to repeat it. MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='KoKaine7777' post='665311' date='May 13 2008, 10:56 PM']bad father guilt, don't take it out on me. calling children's services....[/quote] Whatever. Why even participate in a thread if you have nothing of value to add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 More than likely he's seen someone get murdered on some television show before. A few drunk dudes watching football isn't going to scar him forever. Take him to a game. How is this even a question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyc Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I took my 4 year old to the Arizona game last year. We sat in the top of the upper deck and it was pretty calm. Sure I heard a few cuss words, but my son didn't notice. It was very a fine atmosphere at the top. My son still talks about it, he thinks it was very neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey1971 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 If you haven't thought of this already...start with the Bearcats. Much different atmosphere (Family Friendly), they still sell beer, tickets are more than affordable, crowds getting more excited with BK in town, and they let the kids on the field after the game. I have season tickets and my kids love it. In general...6 year olds will not understand what they are watching in a football game. They may "get" a few pieces of the game, but by and large their attention spans are not built to withstand a 3-hour NFL contest. There are way too many TV time-outs and players just standing around. They will occupy their time/minds with something....which probably means they spend more time observing the drunk idiots and F bombs than they do watching the game itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Yeah, I'm leaning towards taking him this season, as I haven't been to a game since 2004 myself, so I'd really like to go too. I'm not trying to come off as overprotective or anything, I was mostly just curious what other people thought and had done with their own children and what kind of experiences they had bringing them to the games. Hell, I'll ask him if he wants to go...he might just turn me down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Henrys Dealer Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='claptonrocks' post='665101' date='May 13 2008, 01:07 PM']NFL games are still nowhere near as rowdy as soccor games worldwide.......[/quote] Absolutely. My first exposure to sporting events were English soccer matches in the late 80s / early 90s when soccer hooliganism was quite bad in England. You actually feared for your safety when going to away games. For example, when West Ham traveled to Birmingham City, we got a police escort to take us into the game. While about 5,000 of their fans are lining the streets either side of you spitting at you, swearing, throwing the occasional bottle. Scary shit. It's calmed down a lot, but some of the chanting in soccer games (racist and so forth) would make me question taking young kids to the game. Conversely, some of the chants are hilarious. NFL games are like a tea party in comparison. I'd really have no problem taking a kid there. Especially as stadium security is pretty tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillybengal Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='BigCatLemmer' post='665148' date='May 13 2008, 02:12 PM']I would absolutely take my child to a bengals game. I live in Rochester, NY and I have been to a game a year for the last 8 years and never seen a problem in the stands that was too bad. Now on the other hand, I have been to a handfull of Bills games and every single time there are brawls in the stands and swearing at innocent people. Bills fans are classless and Bengals fans seem to be very much more mature.[/quote] I agree, I've been to the last two Bengals at Bills games and both times I had issues with fans. I like the bars and restaurants I've experienced in Buffalo, but the fans are a little classless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Henrys Dealer Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='phillybengal' post='665390' date='May 14 2008, 08:44 AM']I agree, I've been to the last two Bengals at Bills games and both times I had issues with fans. I like the bars and restaurants I've experienced in Buffalo, but the fans are a little classless.[/quote] The Buffalo yellow jacket security is pretty effective though. When we had the kickoff return for the TD last year against them, I shouted out "I haven't seen space like that since Moses parted the Red Sea" and some fat Buffalo inbred came charging up the stairs telling me to shut up and sit down. But before he could even reach me, the security had pounced on him. But you guys are right, I've seen a lot of games there, and there is always a brawl in the 3rd quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='Bunghole' post='665377' date='May 14 2008, 09:06 AM']...Hell, I'll ask him if he wants to go...he might just turn me down![/quote] Yeah, he'd probably rather stay home, get on the computer, and crash a website or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='steggyD' post='665328' date='May 14 2008, 01:28 AM']I would love to take my son to a game, and he's only six. Children don't need to believe that the world is so peachy and happy all the time. Take the kids to the game, at least to a home game. They're going to witness this stuff eventually. [b]An away game would be different due to the risk of injury ...[/b][/quote] i thought once my life was at risk, but it clearly wasnt after the fact, i dont think road games are bad, especially cleveland, it may be more tame than anywhere else, partially as the orange fits in there more than stick out like a sore thumb everywhere else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steggyD Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I don't know. I'm going to try and make the New York games this season, at least one, but I don't know who I'm taking with me. Wife? Son? Daughter? A random friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='steggyD' post='665443' date='May 14 2008, 10:31 AM']I don't know. I'm going to try and make the New York games this season, at least one, but I don't know who I'm taking with me. Wife? Son? Daughter? A random friend?[/quote] How would you handle taking one kid and not the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [b]No reason to shelter the kid ... Let him see how most people behave ... He'll learn it soon enough.[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Tigers Johnson| Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='BlackJesus' post='665459' date='May 14 2008, 12:27 PM'][b]No reason to shelter the kid ... Let him see how most people behave ... He'll learn it soon enough.[/b][/quote] I agree for the most part...but I would keep him away from the night games at a minimum until he is a little older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccartman2 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='Cricket' post='665413' date='May 14 2008, 09:47 AM']Yeah, he'd probably rather stay home, get on the computer, and crash a website or two. [/quote] :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='Cricket' post='665413' date='May 14 2008, 09:47 AM']Yeah, he'd probably rather stay home, get on the computer, and crash a website or two. [/quote] Z-I-N-G! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='Cricket' post='665413' date='May 14 2008, 09:47 AM']Yeah, he'd probably rather stay home, get on the computer, and crash a website or two. [/quote] Credit where credit is due...that was really funny! Dr Pepper out the nose and everything. Although to be fair to Andrew, it was my other son Jacob that did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBeotch Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hey Bung.....Jared is 5 and I have no desire to take him to a game yet....not because of the atmosphere but because I don't think he will "last" thru the entire game...and being the selfish football loving beotch that I am, I might get a tad upset that I would have to leave before the end of the game if he loses interest or starts whining.... Jared is not into football as much as I had hoped but he is only 5, if it's not a power ranger, speed racer or darth vader, it's not happening....he knows I love my Bengals and he knows alot of the players by name and number but he has not yet "gotten into the game" as far as atmosphere, I completely agree with The Scales and the Super Dad theory...when I feel like Jared is ready to go and wants to actually watch the game... I would basically explain to him what he could actually witness before we even get thru the gates and let him know that people don't make "good decisions" sometimes when they have been drinking, etc....when the f-bombs are flying, draw his attention to something happening down on the field and don't pay any mind to it...if he brings it up, then remind him that some people make bad decisions and say bad things sometimes and that it's not a good thing to say...bleh, bleh, bleh......your a good dad, you would know how to handle it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoDeyThink Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 [quote name='Bunghole' post='665094' date='May 13 2008, 01:56 PM']In another thread I posted that I would never take my son to a Bengals game. After thinking about it a bit, I thought I'd ask you all how you would feel about it. I took both my boys to see the Reds last night and we had a great time, but a baseball game's "atmosphere" is far, far different than a football game's. And by "atmosphere" I mean Reds games aren't overly populated with profane, drunken idiots, you know, like some of us (including myself) have acted at Bengals games. I just don't know if I should take the chance on exposing my 6 year old to outright drunkenness, replete with all the f-bombs that invariably occur. Is there a section of the stadium that's know for or is designated as a "family-friendly" area? I would like to take him, and find out if he's interested in football like I am, but I just worry about what he could potentially be exposed to. When I was in my twenties in the 1990's, I went to a LOT of Bengals games, and [b]I was [/b]"the guy" that I'm worried about my son encountering. Thoughts?[/quote] I say yes take them... I know the atmosphere was different in the 80's, but I was a youngster when I 1st went. They are some of my 1st memories, and totaly solidified my diehardness as a "lifer" Bengals fan. I barely remember my 1st game in 1979...I was 4. It was a Steelers game...My older brother was a Steelers fan as they won all the SB's in the 70's. So I did what my brother did...(route for the Stools) The Bengals won And I remember looking up at my dad and he said "see... the Bengals are pretty good". I was hooked. Bottom line , Take your kids! They will have the time of their little lives. May you want to wait a year, but Fuck that whats a year going to do? Great bonding time for you and your offspring. My wife is nearly 4 months pregnant with our 1st, and I'm already looking forward to 6-7 years from now when I take hjim or her to Buckeye and Bengals game. Do it. If you have smart kids and are a good dad....no problem...you can teach and show them what idiots are and how not to act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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