Collective gasps

There's one sport at the University of Utah that is head and shoulders above all others; one in which the school has been nationally dominant for decades -- women's gymnastics.  The women's gymastics team at Utah draws more fans than the men's basketball team -- and the men's basketball is leading the conference.  The other day, we took the family to a meet and we drew the fifth largest crowd in NCAA women's gymnastics history -- almost 15,000 people.  It's very fun.  Lots of excitement, lots of kids, lots of cheering, and, here's the kicker -- there's no booing.  Have you ever attended a sporting event with 15,000 people without any booing?  It's almost spooky, like a Stepford wives kind of thing.  There's no booing, and there's no cheering when the other teams make a mistake.  In fact, when an opposing gymnast makes an obvious mistake, the crowd reaction is the same as if it happened to our own team -- a collective "oh no" followed by encouraging clapping to get the gymnast back on track. 
 
What kind of competitive sporting event is this?! I wanted to yell at the top of my lungs.  These other teams are trying to take our spot on top of the gymnastics world and you people are encouraging them?  What's wrong with all of you?  Where are the attempts to disrupt the other teams' concentration?  Where are the profanity-laced tirades from barely knowledgeable fans that make football such a joy?  
 
I'm sure I'm going soft, but the truth is I love the environment at the women's gymastics meets and I wish that's the way it was at all sporting contests.  It reflects the best of competition in my mind -- hard work, discipline, precision, performance under pressure, and with everyone essentially pulling for everyone else to do their best.  Good times.