You are 100% correct about bad behavior and when its fellow fans of the same team it's very awkward.
Yeah. I don’t know how old you are or if you have kids old enough to play but the behavior is outrageous and getting worse.
For years, I let it go. And after 15 years of both coaching, and watching, my kids play a wide variety of sports, I just got so sick and tired of it that I don’t let it go anymore. And I could care less if you are rooting for the other team, or our team.
I could tell you stories that would make your head spin for a month.
My son’s freshman hoops team had a scrimmage last weekend, not a game, a scrimmage.
The best player on the other team and the guy from our team guarding him were giving each other the business all game.
With about 2 mins to go in the game, the father of the kid on the other team stands up and screams, “If he elbows you more time, you have my permission to clock him.”
Fortunately, the opposing coach had the good sense to immediately take the kid out of the game so nothing happened on the court. But you cannot let some one like that get away with that type of behavior.
And, btw, that is one of the tamer stories.
Threats of legal action, actual legal action over playing time, screaming at coaches, refs and players as young as 5 and 6 years old, fights among coaches, fights among parents...I’ve seen it all.
It is disgusting.