Sure, there were some isolated issues of fan misbehavior, and ticket pricing, mixed with inconsistent attendance, was a topic of conversation throughout, but this is about the collective behavior from the thousands of fans who were at the games and what we witnessed throughout the Centenario.
The whole issue of fans leaving early struck a nerve among Jets fans after the game, and was a hot topic on fan sites such as Jetsinsider.com and Jetsnation.com.
Blink-182 took a most "uncorporate" approach to the issue of fans illegally using their music on YouTube videos.
The issue of fan ownership became a political football in the run-up to the general election, with all three parties promising to come up with new proposals at the height of fan anger over the balance sheets at Portsmouth, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Even prior to the coinage of the term, the stereotypical traits of the subculture were identified in a 1981 issue of Fan Rōdo (Fan road) about "culture clubs".
To give the show's directors the freedom to point the camera wherever they like, the set designers built a whole floor of office space and covered it with realistic touches, from the plaques on the walls to the issues of MIT Technology Review fanned out on a waiting-room table.
"If I had to pick one thing that I can't understand as a fan it's the issue of Knicks fans that are not from New York, do not presently live in New York," Arison said.
They patiently wait after their workout to speak with a total stranger about personal issues because legions of fans want to know the status of Thomas' anterior cruciate ligament, Hillman's weight and whether Wagner will have a sophomore slump in Seattle.
After Patrick Ewing finished his shooting drills, the issue of how fans groaned every time he touched the ball in the fourth quarter of Sunday's Game 1 was brought to his attention.
Perhaps the answer hinges on the vexed issue of how fans who've previously bought into the idea of Rihanna as an imperious provider of bulletproof pop will take to an album that's sprawling, uneven, exploratory and opaque: the sound of an artist who's worked out what she doesn't want to be, without really deciding what she does.
