Are male sportsmen allowed to cry

[Wizard]

If you cry you don't get gold medals.

Unless you’re Andy Murray who has more gold medals than Federer, Nadal and Djokovic combined

(I am wilfully ignoring grand slam results here for obvious reasons)

 

[magicjuan]

They can cry if they want to, I mean the England team cried and people were okay with that I think?

If it's their party?

 

[ilikecheese]

The Fijian lads were crying during the playing of their national anthem BEFORE the gold medal rugby sevens match. It was moving.

 

[RAFUH]

Is it acceptable for male sports competitors to cry and show emotion?

Do you agree with @davek and also have no heart? Or fully against his take on emotions?

Bit sexist this

 

[wainy]

There's nothing macho about not crying over sport. It's just normal adult behaviour.

Where do you draw the line on crying in public?

Don’t see the big deal about it to be honest, seen far too many people bottle mental health issues up. Rather they cried.

 

[cronullasharks]

For entertainment purposes I'd prefer the losing team to fight amongst each other in full view of the world.

This obviously doesn't work for a solo sport so they'd have to angrily shadow box instead

 

[RomanReigns]

I cry every time Tom Davies completes a pass

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

If I lost a Final or something of that ilk then I'd be pissed off, more than anything...I can understand losing your nerve at a retirement speech, though.

 

[john jako]

Bit sexist this

What part?

 

[davek]

Don’t see the big deal about it to be honest, seen far too many people bottle mental health issues up. Rather they cried.

Not everything comes down to mental health issues.

 

[wandyr79]

Not everything comes down to mental health issues.

To be fair it enters this discussion because it involves emotions.

Everybody deals with failure and success in different ways, somebody earlier in the thread mentioned the Fiji sevens and I would say that mental health does not come into the discussion on whether it is right for Rugby playing men to cry. However, in regards to somebody like Gemili it is probably in the discussion. He could not control those emotions and it could be argued that he shouldn't have done the interview and gone private and cried on his own. However, him showing his emotion publicly will let many young men and boys that it is OK to do this, you are not less of a man for crying, for showing your emotions, for showing that you are in pain mentally and/or physically.

His mind has been on this race 24/7 for 5 years, that is a lot of mental stress. Peaty has just come out recently saying that people are giving him negative comments for simply coming out saying he is taking a month off as his mental state is shot due to that constant pressure, that constant focus. There needs to be a release, in failure and success, and it is OK to do that in any way that comes naturally to that person whether they be male, female or any other gender.

To start saying it is wrong sets back all the progress we have made as a society, on mental health and the stigma of showing emotion, showing pain, etc.

 

[gianthogweed]

I would like to see Liverpool players cry when Everton beat them in a cup final with a last minute goal

 

[Jimishorts]

Never cry.

Firm handshake.

Share a pint of real ale.

Smoke a pipe.

@davek rules of sport.

 

[navidson]

I cry every time Tom Davies completes a pass

Sorry to hear that - Everyone should be allowed a little cry once in a while

 

[gav1985]

I suppose dads should show no emotions with their kids either eh. Stiff upper lip and all that