Its aimed at the refs not the teans. When a bad call is made by the refs is when the chant is made. I'm surprised that the refs have not complained about it or if they have, nothing has been done about it yet. Its a way of sending a mass message to the refs that the crowd did not approve of their call.

brings the crowd into it as well, ive noticed ppl who would not normally get vocally involved get right behind this and really bellow it out,

could be alot worse

Ah, the bleeding hearts over the 'you suck' chant. I find it all so amusing.

CPD the "You Suck" is taken from the WWE in reference to the only real wrestler that they have, Kurt Angle ( Sorry DJ). Kurt actually won gold for the USA in the Atlanta Olympics and this is the song that is played for him when he enters the arena.

The WWE crowd adapted the "You Suck" part as at the time Angle was being built as a villain by the WWE marketing machine.

I have been playing it off and on for over a year now but seems that the crowd has really caught on to it of late.

Maybe the recent WWE tour which had Angle in it was the catalyst?

Some people may beleive that it is out of line but judging by the participation level it is well accepted.

I have known some of the refs for over 10 years and they realise that it is part of the parochial atmosphere at the game and know that particularly the Adelaide crowd is very knowledgable on the game and its rules.

Always open to feedback and bring on the Kings!!

Are you telling me that Angle is the only real wrestler?

Haha :-) Love the chant, and it seems so fitting at the BBall.

Personally as I've said before it gets the crowd more involved than the previously used umpires a wanker (crowd chant, no music involvement).

Annon #60809, lets cut out all the swearing in schools, on television, in movies, in music, in sporting clubs etc etc so we can teach our children to be decent citizens. How practical is that? Children will always be subjected to adversity, there is no way you can eliminate it all together. Being a mother myself, I truly believe that if children are brought up right, they will understand the difference between right and wrong and make the right choices. They will get amusement out of it but not at the expense of someone else's misery and not be adversly affected by it. In fact it will strengthen their character.

I agree with CPD and find the 'You suck' to be unsportsmanlike - surely there's better ways to encourage a crowd than to denegrate umps and opposition

Should we bring tomatos wak?

So what is the point of the whole Home Crowd advantage that every sport goes on and on about, is the crowd only meant to cheer good things.

The 'You Suck' is probably a good thing in disguise, it prevents a lot of people saying far worse unsavoury things and thus prevents the little kiddies from hearing it. Everyone should just take it the way it is intended, all in good fun, and just be thankful that we are not shouting something far worse.

It's great being able to hear it.

The "YOU SUCK" chant to Kurt Angle is fantastic.

If only we could get a "WHAT?" chant going during the game!

Thanks Music Man, I had no idea Adelaide was such a wrestling hotspot.

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The are two main problems I have with the chant:

* it's easily misinterpreted as being aimed directly at players, esp. by fans of other teams when 6ers home games are on Fox. Do we want a reputation as being unedumacated and brutish?

* LOUDLY boo'ing your dissatisfaction with a call or a play has the same effect, and comes off as alot less aggressive.

Refs or not, I think "You suck" is disrespectful and IMHO, it's not good for the game and 6ers fandom. But I'm happy to be proven wrong.

Hmm, I kinda got sidetracked and didn't actually list two problems and now I've forgotten. I guess that means *I suck*.

lot of hooha over a chant, guess we should all put our selves in cotton wool and censor our selves from this evil world,

i mean seriously, if someones objecting to the chant u suck i would be guessing they live a pretty sheltered life, go to ANY other sporting event in this state or others and you will find this is probably the nicest thing said to a ref or opposition.

so going by your anon who objected to this, we should all just sit there say nothing and watch a game if we did that you would be the first person bitching next week that the crowd didnt get involved


some ppl theres no pleasing,

"Thanks Music Man, I had no idea Adelaide was such a wrestling hotspot." - CPD

I am quite happy to confess that I am a professional wrestling fan (yes, something else for ppl to pay me out about).

But how good would it be if basketball copied some of wrestling's ideas:

1) Entrance music
2) Pryos
3) Cutting promos
4) Cool nicknames

As for number 4, there's already one that's perfect: "The American Dream" Dusty Rychart

(There is actually a former wrestler known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, hence why it would be fitting!)

Is it even scarier that it was 1am when you posted your wrestlimg confessions?

Just jokes Matt the WWE is a great example of marketing identities.

There have been some ideas thrown up around that sought of thing for the bball.

WWE figurines out sell all other figurines in the toy market.

Vince Mc Mahon publically stated that the wrestling is contrived, therefore not a sport and therefore saving his company 10's of millions in tax each year....brilliant!

Maybe bring in some Jerry Springer chants

When the cheerleaders are dancing
"Lift up your top"

When Caroline is umpiring
"lift up your top"

When a player is whining
"Go back to Oprah"

When the Fellas are playing
"lift up your top"

The refs know better than to let the crowd get to them, they're the top referees in SA, they have tons of experience and thicker skin then week old custard.
It gets the whole crowd involved, if someone starts with that chant then they will soon gain confidence to start cheering louder when the 6ers score and not just clap like they're at some tennis match.
ALSO
Little kids are born little brats, most of their behaviour comes from home, not one basketball game where the crowd is pumping. If they're stupid enough to try it at a junior game then they will probably be told off by the umpire,the coach of the team and, hopefully, the parents of said child.

NBL games are the only time where it is almost acceptable to voice your disagreement about a call or a players actions against one of your own so just let them do it, it's a hellava lot better than throwing beer bottles at the other team, poor Ponting.

Thomo, maybe you should ask Dusty for an opinion on this topic when you interview him?

If your a wrestling fan, more importantly a WWE fan give me a HELL YEAH!!!

WHAT????

I mean HELL YEAH!

(And chuck in a WOOOOOOOO for me too!)

go to a footy game and i'm sure you will here much worse and thats from the kids,so i say crank it up play it loud and proud!

Whatever happened to this chant?

I am bringing a WWE fanatic with me to the game tonight and I would LOVE to hear it once, if the situation warrants it of course.

Why has it not been used in recent games?