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NFL Encourages Fans to Send Text Messages to Security Staff to Report Troublemakers
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Michael McCarthy
USA Today
December 30, 2008
Count Washington Redskins season-ticket holder Rick Cable as a big supporter of the NFL’s new Fan Code of Conduct.
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During the Redskins’ 23-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 3 at FedEx Field just outside Washington, Cable says, an obnoxious Steelers fan kept waving a “Terrible Towel” in the 47-year-old Cable’s face and screaming “Redskins suck!” Rather than escalate the confrontation, the Lusby, Md., resident quietly sent a text message to the stadium’s security command center. Security people responded quickly. When the Steelers fan gave them a hard time, he was ejected.
“It worked great,” Cable says.
It also reflected how fans are embracing new text-messaging systems that allow fans in NFL stadiums to inconspicuously report drunk or disorderly neighbors without confronting them, a provocative tactic many of the league’s 32 teams are using to enforce the conduct code announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Aug. 5.
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December 30th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Disgusting behaviour!
December 30th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
STOOL PIGEONS, UNITE!!!!
BE THE FIRST ON YOUR ROW TO RAT OUT A DIFFERING OPINION/OPPOSING TEAM SUPPORTER.
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP??? FREE SPEECH ZONES????
OH, YEAH, THIS IS AMERIKA NOW, NOT AMERICA ANYMORE.
SORRY, YA’LL, I FORGOT FOR A MINUTE WHERE I AM.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
People who attend live sports events quickly learn that the typical questionable behaviour is most often booze inspired. This new measure promotes spying and tattling. If you don’t like being surrounded by drunk sports fans then you might try rethinking your entertainment options.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
This actualy sounds like a good feature to have.
As anyone who goes to a football game knows, fans can be roudy, obnoxious, and some of them are drunk and want to start fights, and people always complain “where is security when you need them?”
Well now, instead of doing nothing, you can send a text and have security right away.
The article never said they were placed in a holding cell for hours and interrogated with truth serum, or waterboarded. It says that when security came, the fan became uncooperative, and was escorted out of the stadium. Sounds typical to me
December 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Come on…
You people really don’t fall for that “snitches get stitches” and “rat” bull crap…do you? I guess everyone who goes to football games are drunks or just plain ignorant people? Plenty of respectable people who can control themselves like football and sometimes even want to bring their kids with them. I guess they should stay home because rowdy ignorant barbarians want to turn the football stadium into a gigantic bar? If you can’t keep yourself under control in public without threatening someone then you should be ejected from the game.
Come on TXGIRL,
That’s a cop out! It’s freaking gangsta rap propaganda! Don’t rat…even if a bunch of heroin dealers have taken over your once nice neighborhood. Stay home if you don’t want to be assaulted by some drunk who’s sole purpose in life is life vicariously through a football team that makes more money than God!
Not everything is necessarily a police state measure. Do I like it, no. When you get thousands of people together who have chosen sides, then add beer to the mix bad things will happen. But what happens when your family is affected?
The system will be abused, no doubt but don’t use that “Rat” propaganda. Sometimes people do things that are wrong and they should be “ratted” out. I wonder how much of you have even been in the “shit” and understand there is no honor among thieves. People who talk that gangster bullshit are typically the first people to rat out their buddies when the shit hits the fan. There is only one rule when running in criminal circles…every man for himself.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
#6 LOVELY:
DID I SAY TO IGNORE OUTRIGHT DANGER? OR DID I SAY DIFFERING OPINIONS?
HOW ABOUT READ BEFORE YOU ATTACK, HONEY?
DON’T TRY TO EXTRAPOLATE WHAT I MEAN.. I MEAN WHAT I WRITE, AND DON’T PUT WORDS IN MY E-POST.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I thnk it’s great! I could think of a LOT of messages to send! I’d send suggestions, information, websites … This could be FUN!
December 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
My big dream is to have no one at the telivized game that would be the ultimate orgasm,the tattle tale society will get their ass smashed and made to keep their mouths shut,also nfl should be fined 20 million for saying that they are low grade asshole morons.
December 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
maybe i will text them at the next football game my text will say this:
“i have reason to believe pam oliver is giving head to john madden up in the press box. please send in the swat team”
December 30th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
So I just saw that the left-wing Dailykos.com blog just put up an article about the militarization of America up on their Recommended list.
I have the link here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/.....933/678425
Truthfully, a lot of the people commenting on the article were very concerned about losing their civil liberties. But, a lot said this was still a “tin foil hat” conspiracy and not to be taken seriously.
I can’t believe this type of information is coming to these “progressives” so slowly.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Jesus calls us all sheep, if people would read his Word there would be less sheep in our country.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Hey runghospice, it seems that it would be otherwise, but the “progressives” are simply a flock of sheep that believes they stand against the “conservative” flock – but all according to the idealogy as provided by the media. If the progressives were truly as progressive as they convince themselves they are, then they would have supported Ron Paul, and we’d likely be looking at Peter Schiff being appointed Treasury Secretary, rather than the head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
People, no matter whaich side they align themselves with, wil be difficult to wake up as long as they continue to believe what the news and the politicaly correct culture tells them. My kids’ teacher said “she supported Obama because it’s time America had a black president.” Nevermind the agenda; as long as he’s black, apparently anyting goes.
I’m sure I’m preaching to the converted here, so forgive the rant. Keep up the good fight, my friend.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Gee Cable, could not you think of an alternative solution like talking to him and asking him to keep his towel away from your face? Screw taking his first amendment right away…. All this leads to is more fascism…. What a weanie, calling security….. Handle the problem first before throwing down.
Yet I understand the call ONLY if the guy was getting violent, but I doubt that’s what happened here.
December 30th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
13 Wakeup
The biggest problem with people during the elections from what I heard was “I’m voting the lesser of two evils” I tried to tell them voting was not about voting the lesser of two evils, vote for who represents you the best, and vote your heart. I think it’s also as Jesse Ventura said on the Alex Jones show “People vote like it’s a horse race, they try to vote for who they think will win. I also heard so many people saying that they were going to vote those who voted for the bailout out of office, I reminded them that both McCaine and Obama voted for it and if they were going to be true to their words they couldn’t vote Obama or McCaine since they did vote for the bailout. Sad part is, it’s history now and one of the two party system made it in.
Now for my comment to this story. Has anyone ever heard of boycott? If you want to protest what is going on with the NFL and text messaging, boycott the games. When the stands are empty they will listen to what the people have to say. Don’t go to any games until they do away with the text messaging, it’s as simple as that.
December 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
white fat ass guy, running web site with bogus stories, whats the number again.
December 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
ohh, so its tattle on your neighbor time again in Germ… er I mean America. Well great I have some homeschooling going on next door and I think they are alciada. They rape kids and read the bible. Terrorists! Yeah, the worlds gone mad and only blackwater wants to fight.
http://www.TacticalWarfighterGear.com
December 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Hey Homebrew,
I agree that the “lesser of two evils” (which is bogus, in my humble opinion) was the case when voting for their particular party nominee in the primary, or when addressing “independents” in the general election who were undecided. The spread wasn’t all that wide, so to assert that any large percentage of either side jumped sides is incorrect (like me, who voted independent for the first time). Where I live, Obama bumper stickers are everywhere and people seem to really feel that this guy does in fact represent “change.” I know you know this, but it’s surprising how many are still fooled.
And Brian, you read my mind, sir. Sounds like this guy was obviously an invertebrate.
December 30th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
They don’t need encouraging, they’d happily do it. Makes ‘em feel useful.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Sports fans are the dumbest shit brain losers I’ve ever been around
December 30th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I can understand the benefit of avoiding confrontation. I can also understand dangers of conditioning
a society to call for intervention on their neighbor. It often depends on the severity of the situation.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
good for the NFL. those pro games are filled with the basest bunch of mouth breathers that exist in Amerika today. I just might consider going to a game someday when i know some jack ass isn’t going to provoke me into a 5 to 10 year sentence. i gave up pro sports games after a confrontation with some drunk asshole red sox fan. the only thing that saved him (and saved me an arrest) was his utter incoherence and his two friends who removed him from my enraged presence. the NFL has needed to do something for a while– maybe this will help them pick up revenues from people who actually have money… as in not some frenzied fan blowing off steam from his boring existence.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
we should attend a playoff football game and start a riot. they riot at soccer games in europe, why can’t we riot at a football game in america. if we could only figure out which pressbox john madden is in??? then we could throw hotdogs and beer at him. it’s mostly wealthy people drinking $300 bottles of wine in those pressboxes
December 31st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Goes to show you no more real men are left in this country. What happen to good ol Hey sit your ass down punk or Im going punch you in the face and make you cry infront of your wife !
December 31st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Take a bite out of crime.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
If a visiting fan acts that way in Oakland or Philly, that fan gets beat to a pulp.
Unfortunately there are too many gutless, yellowbellied turds like Rick Cable who would much rather snitch than have the courage to confront a jackass who can’t behave himself.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:58 am
Booooo Hoooooo. I am a p****y and can’t handle my own business. I know guys like cable from grade school. Those p*****s went on to join the biggest gang in the world, the police.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 am
Fuck the NFL altogether!!! The only team that matters is Green Bay!!! Publicly owned(For now)!!! Actually, when you look at it…”Old Folks”, many folks over 40 don’t Text!!! Age discrimination or Ignorance…Y’All decide!!! Food for thought. Towels…do you people have any idea how dangerous they are at sporting events??? I’m losing sleep!!! “All ‘HAIL’ (yawn!) Thermal Expansion!!!”
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 am
I agree with MrNiceGuy. There are always enough good guys to counter any bad guys. Maybe not in congress, but certainly in the general public.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
FCUK BOY BUSH, O”BAAAA”MA BIN LADEN & THOSE NEO-SCUM BLOOD-SUCKERZ !!!
TIME TO STAND-UP & BE COUNTED FOLKS, LET’S ENGAGE THE INFOWAR !!!!
POWER 2 THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, 4 THE PEOPLE
VIVA LA REVOLUTION …………………………. ALEX JONES 4 ‘REAL’ PRESIDENT
January 4th, 2009 at 9:39 am
So what i think this is a good idea.
January 4th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
AND DON’T 4GET TO RECORD “TROUBLESOME” SECURITY STAFF, MARINES OR POLICE
ON YOUR CAMERA PHONES FOLKS. WORKS BOTH WAYS !!!!!
ENGAGE THE INFORMATION WAR THAT WE’RE IN FOLKS. IT’S TIME 2 UNITE & FIGHT.
DON’T LET THESE NEO-SCUM-BLOOD-SUCKING-BASTARDS WIN !!!!!
POWER 2 THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, 4 THE PEOPLE
VIVA LA REVOLUTION ………………………….. MR ALEX JONES 4 EL PREZIDENTAY !!!!
January 4th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
games are not safe for your family and havnt been for some time … thanks largely to alcohol sales … which this does not address … this is putting a band aid on a severed artery … i say breathalyzers or ban alcohol sales altogether {not gonna happen because the nfl or the nba or the nhl could care less about the fans safety or how many drunks they put out on the streets after every game} , they care about one thing and that is fattening their wallets at all cost
January 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
This is just the beginning of “Big Brother” having neighbors/friends/relatives/strangers….tattle on us….makes small people feel important!
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