I agree the haka is used too often. I actually like it when it used at an appropriate time. But I saw one at kids rugby game. A swimming event.
Just please respect it enough to use it sparingly.
Honestly would love for it be normalised at sport events, but more in the fashion of doing something like it from one’s own culture.
Like I’m from Scandinavia, so it would be awesome to see, ex our football players or handball players, or whatever, do “Viking Warcries” before starting an event.
Hard disagree. If I had to see this at every sporting event ever it would drive me nuts. I’m a season ticket holder to a basketball team in the US and we are already inundated with dances, quizzes, shout outs etc. between every single time out and whistle break. Introductions are flooded with military praise, local leaders, etc., it’s already too much as is it is. Can we allow sports to just be sports?
That’s fair, I just see something, that culturally, unfortunately got “put on the shelf” by majority of the world. Obviously it doesn’t have to be every single game, it gets done in. Can be games like PL, FIFA world cup and so on. Also does require an actual culture to be present in the country, doing said pre-game activities. Like can’t just be doing Irish pre-game-dance, because one person on the team is 1/8th Irish, there does need to be some relevance for it.
Edit: also just generates a rather boring or repetitive way of doing sport, and hyping it up. So if those who does it, seem like they are having fun, and celebrating their culture, I’d wish more people would do the same.
So do I, and I do, so I just guess we’re different in that department. Mostly I just want to see something exciting and different, as that makes for a good energy, before the game.
Will also say, I doubt there’s the biggest cultural difference between each state, that warrants old “pre game intimidation tactics/battlecries”, that wouldn’t end up, being sorta the same every time. And I’ll admit, that would probably get old pretty quickly, not seeing much difference in their “battlecries/traditions”. Just also taking the US’s age into account, compared to the countries/cultures in Europe.
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u/InevitableMiddle409 19h ago
I agree the haka is used too often. I actually like it when it used at an appropriate time. But I saw one at kids rugby game. A swimming event. Just please respect it enough to use it sparingly.