Last night, I went to my first cricket game. I went with a friend of mine who use to play cricket professionally. I was surprised at how similar it is to baseball (which is the only sport that I know). There were many young people there wearing their Cronulla flags and sombreros. Here is a picture of one such person. As you can see there were also many security guards and police there.
One reason for the police state is because the 'Mexican' wave has been banned. I am not convinced that it is different than the regular wave that occurs at most sporting events, but apparently people were getting injured by people throwing objects. So every time the wave started the above sign would be flashed on the jumbo-tron and the police would escort the perceived starters of the wave from the stadium. Other people would yell "bullshit" and point, but there weren't any unarrests happening. It is important to note that most people (including myself, although not my escort) would join in.
It's fascinating that in such a sports obsessed culture people are not more outraged about not being able to do the wave at sporting events. THE bloody WAVE, all it is is standing up and sitting down in unison.
There is such a backlash in this country against any collective action, it's nuts.
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