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"Stanford scored one of the weekend's biggest March Madness upsets by taking down mighty Kansas and earning itself a trip to the Sweet 16 on Sunday. The Cardinal dashed the hopes of Kansas phenomenon Andrew Wiggins, as well as Jayhawks supporters the world over. \nBut that may not be what the game is most remembered for. Late in the second half, CBS' broadcast cameras found one tearful young Kansas fan to zoom in on as all those dreams slowly evaporated. Then CBS focused in on him some more. And some more. And \u2014 what the heck? \u2014 some more for good measure. \nSee also: 16 Crazy Things More Likely Than a Perfect March Madness Bracket\nCBS then revisited the crying Kansas kid after a scoring flurry briefly gave the Jayhawks new hope; their young fan had dried his cheeks. Then, after Kansas lost, CBS showed the footage of him crying yet again. (You can see the initial extended shot embedded atop this post.)\nShots of sad young fans late in sports broadcasts have become common enough to border on being tedious for seasoned viewers. But the extra-long fixation on this particular small fan ticked off Twitter in a way that's far from usual. \nComplaints and criticism came in from many sports media members:\n\nI see we're not even waiting for the final buzzer to exploit crying children now.\n\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 23, 2014\n\n\nOh god they showed him crying again, this poor Kansas kid pic.twitter.com/Io0lVoNXFG\n\u2014 Mikey (@fsmikey) March 23, 2014\n\n\nCBS currently scrambling a camera to follow that crying kid into the parking lot.\n\u2014 Michael Bruntz (@michaelbruntz) March 23, 2014\n\n\nHopefully Crying Kansas Kid at least gets a royalty check from CBS after all that airtime.\n\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 23, 2014\n\nThe hashtag #CryingKansasFan picked up some momentum. The phrase was mentioned nearly 5,000 times on Twitter on Sunday, according to Topsy, and many fans reported seeing #CryingKansasKid as a trending topic as the Kansas game wound down.  \nMeanwhile C.J. Fogler \u2014 one of the sports Internet's go-to sources for instant viral GIF-making \u2014 steered clear of the burgeoning meme:\n\nNope, leave the poor kid alone\n\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 23, 2014\n\n\nIt'll be out there, folks. I'm not going to do the poor fella like that\n\u2014 CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 23, 2014\n\nOn the one hand, CBS' lingering shot was exploitative and the online backlash is well-earned. On the other hand, raw emotion like this is half the reason we obsess over sports in the first place \u2014 and while this shot went on for a rather long time, showing a sad young fan wasn't otherwise very unusual. \nWe're curious about what you think, so give us your take in the poll below. \n\nDid CBS cross the line by zooming on the young Kansas fan crying at his team's loss?\n\n\nMarch Madness: So Emo Right Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Distressed\nNebraska's Shavon Shields reacts after being called for a foul against Baylor during a March Madness game on Friday, March 21, 2014.\n\nImage: David J. Phillip/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Prayerful  \nDuke guard Tyler Thornton reacts during the Blue Devils' March Madness loss to Mercer on Friday, March 21, 2014. \n\nImage: Gerry Broome/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Persuasive \nGonzaga coach Mark Few makes a point with an official during a March Madness game on Friday, March 21, 2014.\n\nImage: Gregory Bull/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Omnipotent \nCreighton's Doug McDermott celebrates a score against Louisiana-Lafayette during a March Madness game on Friday, March 21, 2014.\n\nImage: Eric Gay/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Triumphant \nPlayers on the North Dakota State bench stand and cheer as their team takes the lead against Oklahoma in overtime during a March Madness game on Thursday, March 20, 2014. \n\nImage: Elaine Thompson/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Dejected\nWofford's Eric Garcia, left, Spencer Collins, and Karl Cochran react on the bench during the second half of a second half of a March Madness loss on Thursday, March 20, 2014.\n\nImage: Morry Gash/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Perplexed\nArizona head coach Sean Miller gets animated coaching his team during a March Madness game on Friday, March 21, 2014.\n\nImage: Denis Poroy/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Joyous\nHarvard's Siyani Chambers, right, leaps into the arms of teammate Brandyn Curry after winning a March Madness game on Thursday, March 20, 2014. \n\nImage: Elaine Thompson/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Uncomfortable \nBYU forward Eric Mika (00) and Oregon forward Richard Amardi battle for a rebound during a March Madness game on Thursday, March 20, 2014.\n\nImage: Jeffrey Phelps/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Fussy\nDuke head coach Mike Krzyzewski calls a play against Mercer during a March Madness game on Friday, March 21, 2014.\n\nImage: Chuck Burton/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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