See, the wave is generally hated by "sport purists," and feel free to roll your eyes at that title, I did. The history of the wave begins in the 1980's with a cheesy ice hockey promoter. He called himself "Krazy" with a K, so you exactly how fun he was. The wave eventually made its way around the American northwest in college football and baseball, before it came to Mexico in time for the 1986 World Cup. And it was there that the world was introduced to this crowd display. In fact, most of the rest of the world will call the wave "the Mexican wave" because of this World Cup connection.

But here's the thing about the wave: it has nothing to do with the teams and players in front of you and has everything to do with not paying attention. When you see a crowd doing the wave, what is everyone doing? They're watching the wave and waiting for their turn stand up. They're cheering for it to make it all the way around the stadium. They might even boo sections that haven't caught on yet. And then people start counting the number of times the wave makes it around the stadium. But guess what happens when you're watching the wave, cheering the wave, or booing other parts of the stadium; guess what you're not doing? You're not watching the game. You're not paying attention to what is happening on the field. And, worst yet, you're making the experience worse for everyone else.

And I do mean everyone.

Players in all different sports have complained about the wave, saying it is distracting, not helping, or even offensive. Teams have even put out official statements to get rid of the wave or even ban it from their crowds. A very high profile example of this was the Texas Rangers, going so far as to put up a message on their scoreboard before games. Or the Arizona Coyotes took a more hands on approach, calling out fans directly on twitter. And, of course, you're being annoying to those fans that don't want to participate and want to sit and watch the game they paid to see. I'll defend a fan in displaying their fandom, but not at the expense of another fan getting to watch the actual game.

Believe it or not, our very own FCC has a position on the wave. The club signed off on, and put their logo on, an anti-wave shirt from Cincy Shirts. Keep in mind, in order to use the name and logo like that, someone at the front office needs to give them the OK. So in their own small way, our club and their front office has made up their minds about the wave: knock it off.