On March 25, Fan Zhendong, a national table tennis player, sent a document saying that his mobile phone number had received a message of harassment and abuse, urging some people to recover their sense and not touch the legal red line. According to a survey of 1332 respondents conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily on the joint questionnaire network, 82.4% of the respondents feel that the "rice circle" phenomenon of sports has become serious recently, and 68.3% of the respondents believe that the "rice circle" of sports will compress the expression space of sports enthusiasts' rationality and civilization. In fact, the "rice circle" culture has already quietly spread to the sports industry.

Previously, Fan Zhendong had sent several articles calling on fans to stay away from the bad habits in the food circle. On October 17, 2021, Fan Zhendong talked about controversial issues such as "following and acting as photographers", "picking up and dropping off machines" and "receiving gifts", and said that he opposed the bad atmosphere of "food circle" that seriously infringes privacy such as obtaining others' itinerary information through special means, following and acting as photographers; On the first day of the first month of 2022, Fan Zhendong called on everyone to respect every leader, coach and teammate and not lead or participate in the war; On November 15, 2022, in response to the problem of "chasing and secretly taking photos", Fan Zhendong said: I would like to ask again for respect for some unreasonable people. Please understand the depth of discomfort when I am being chased and secretly taken photos every time my privacy is violated, and do not bring bad habits in the food circle into competitive sports.

Fans' "rice circle" behavior also seriously affected other players. In the eyes of fans, the competition of players on the field has become the driving force of fans' maintenance, which is in line with the unconditional preference and maintenance of "I Dan" (our idol) in the food circle culture. However, the "rice circle" of sports is harmful to the growth of athletes.

Nowadays, the new generation of athletes are also facing a new topic of dealing with external concerns and pressures. For athletes, excessive attention will increase invisible pressure and affect the performance of competitive state. However, some irrational behaviors seriously violate the privacy of athletes and interfere with their normal training and life order. In addition, for the society, border crossing behavior will seriously interfere with public order, and even bring social ethos. Those sought after sports stars make great efforts to make progress, but extreme fans make them bear more pressure, even bear names, and become poor people walking in chains.

Athletes are also ordinary people. They need their own private life and personal space. After all, the best distance for chasing stars is between the stadium and the audience. At the same time, we should also understand and accept the diverse expressions of athletes, and should not prejudice them because some of their behaviors do not meet our expectations.

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