heckling is part of all sports probably even in curling and fencing. ugliness has no place in sports yet it caused france to lose the world cup to the ugly italians. would anyone in italy give back the cup because their player was obviously talkling below the line? as our society becomes more polarized and we forget that we are a melting pot it will only get worse. when we stop admiring our neighbors who endured amazing hardships to get to this country and refer to them as illegals and..., we have lost our focus as a nation. at the same time, if players on the field allow their play to be effected by trash talking from players or fans, it will only get worse. players need to be deaf and dumb while on the field and let their feet do their talking. as denzel washington said in remember the titans to his defense, "shut them up" with your play. the way to stop this ugliness is to never allow it to make u react like zidane did. a soft answer turns away wrath. talk with your feet and smile in the face of adversity and make them pay for their words with your play. as some one else said in another setting, never let them c u sweat. before games we alwyas talk about talking with our feet, for as we all have been taught, actions speak louder than words, so talk with your actions and leave the foolish talk to the fools on the pitch and in the stands. nuff said
