On the subject of Utah Pig Bus hospitality; I strongly encourage all of the folks who tailgate with us (and Ute fans in general) to offer a warm welcome to fans of opposing teams visiting our stadium. Many fans of opposing teams are first-time visitors to Salt Lake City, our campus, tailgate, and beautiful stadium. And this is also the first time that they may be interacting with Ute fans, so take any opportunity you have to be a good ambassador for our great city, state, school, and team by being a kind, gracious, and fun host to opposing fans. Lets leave a GREAT first impression! Every fan base will have their standard strain of jerks in them and ours is no exception. Do your best to tell our fans who may be harassing fans from opposing teams to tone it down. Try to diffuse the uncomfortable environment by apologizing for their behavior, if you can. Ive had the unfortunate experience of seeing one of our very inebriated fans boo seniors and children which made me embarrassed and left apologizing to these disgusted people. This experience tainted their perception of all of us and may have left a bad taste in their mouth. If you see this, stop it. If youre being one, quit being a jerk. Weve traveled to many games and have visited many cities, schools, and stadiums and have been welcomed with open arms at many of them. In fact, at USC during our inaugural Pac-12 game, the SC fans welcomed us to the conference, their stadium, and home field as we made our way inside. It was an awe-inspiring to experience such a wonderful display of sportsmanship, a far departure from getting half-eaten burritos tossed at you at other stadiums of our former-conference. Lets pay classy fan behavior forward to visitors to our city, tailgate, campus, and stadium this year! Be a great ambassador and give our guests the right kind of positive experience while visiting our home that they can take back home with them....well, except for the final score on the scoreboard that is. Go Utes! Welby Utah Pig Crew
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:46:56 +0000
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