ayer or players from one team have committed a penalty against the opposing team. The referee is arguing that something illegal, in the form of professional football rules, has been performed. The coaches are also the ones who argue in the communities through authority. They are experts on football, so when they recognize something that isnt working for their team, they are the ones who argue for change. This change is usually comes in the form of the plays that the players perform.Finally, the display of these rules and social practices can be in response to challenges from within or outside the community. An example of this can be when the fans become upset with a call an official has made. They are displaying the rules of being a fan through their social practices. These social practices may be booing or showing other forms of dissatisfaction. The challenge in this case is coming from the official. The official here is saying that your team (the fans) has done something wrong so therefore your team will be punished for it. This is another way in which an argument is occurring in this community of a professional football game. A community is generally thought of as a collective group of people interacting in a space-time continuum. (McKerrow, p.28) This is why I chose a football event. The first argument that occurs is within the audience itself among the fans. No matter if the fans are for one team or the other, they share a set of rules for verbal or non-verbal behavior which are authorized and guided by the uniting rationale for their common aspirations, and which are observed in the display of their communal interactions.(McKerrow, p.28) An example of this is the verbal/non-verbal actions of the fans. When they are happy with their team and what they have accomplished, fans cheer by yelling words of encouragement to their team and congratulating them for what they have done. Non-verbally they show their sati...
