Sports fans and weddings.......

[kdonnel]

I attended a 4pm wedding of a cousin yesterday. Southeast sports fans are probably already shaking their heads.

I am not much of a sports fan but I know that college football is a cult for many and that was on full display at the wedding.

The sportaholics managed to hold it somewhat together for the 15 minutes of the ceremony but lost all decorum during the reception.

At every table at the reception, someone had propped up a phone so they could watch the SEC Championship game. A few even had the volume up so they could hear as well as watch.

As Georgia would score or Alabama would do something poorly people would loudly cheer, standup, and high five each other. This occurred during the first dance, while the cake was being cut, and even during the speeches.

This behavior did not occur at the wedding party tables, only the guests.

To me, the disrespect being displayed toward the recently married couple was astounding, all the the name of college football.

If you are a sports fan, would you see the behaviour displayed as wrong or acceptable?

If you are not a sports fan, would you see the behaviour displayed as wrong or acceptable?

 

[Travel60]

Years ago we attended a wedding during basketball playoffs. Reception was at a country club. At reception fully half the guests were in the bar watching tv. Even bride & groom were in there for a while.

With that in mind:

My daughter/SIL scheduled their wedding for the last Saturday before football started.

My son/DIL scheduled theirs for bye week of the school most invitees attended.

What do you expect in a culture that pays coaches (and now players) more than professors, teachers, doctors, nurses....?

 

[kdonnel]

It would have been different had the bride and groom been participating in the madness, but they were not.

A wedding should be about celebrating the couple for a few hours.

If you can’t do that, you shouldn’t come.