San Francisco 49ers fans viciously gang up on Minnesota Vikings fan after game (VIDEO)

New York Daily News ^ | September 15,. 2015 | BY Bernie Augustine

[needmorePaine]

Other stadiums have used already existing rooms to sometimes hold unruly fans until police arrive.

Holding cells.

No other NFL team has had the problem to the extent Philadelphia did/does.

An overstatement now. Maybe true in the Vet days. Largely based on repeating the same well-publicized incidents of booing "Santa" and the like. Lately, I've been reading about more incidents coming from places like Chicago and the West coast, and I have experienced a good number in New York and Boston. It happens everywhere when you combine crowds, booze, and grown men acting like thugs (and I'm not even talking about the players!).

[needmorePaine]

Yeah, they're animals all right, throwing snowballs at a drunken Santa Claus.

I think people have gotten more mileage out of that ancient tale than out of the original tale of Santa.

[rikkir]

I can only speak to stories I heard from fellow Panther fans, and articles in the Charlotte Observer from the year we went to the Super Bowl.
We had a fan injured enough to need transport to a hospital, and others were pelted with bottles, food, etc.
When opposing team fans come to Charlotte, they might get some ribbing, but they don’t fear for their lives.
That’s been the only reports of such I’ve ever heard from Panther Fans going to any city.
I’m sure some of that happens in other places.
You couldn’t pay me to wear a Yankees Jersey (ever) to a Red Sox game!

[skr]

If the race of the guy on the ground and the guys who put him there were reversed, it would be called a hate crime.

[needmorePaine]

You couldn’t pay me to wear a Yankees Jersey (ever) to a Red Sox game!

Good decision! I have been to nearly all of the NFL stadiums, and I have found southern fans to be generally great (most people are pretty well-behaved everywhere of course; it's always a minority of fools); however fans in the South seem to be a little more disinterested because college ball is the true love.

I hate to say it, but I had the best experience in Pittsburgh. They were awesome fans and generally just wanted to have fun.

[Mase]

Yeah, they're animals all right, throwing snowballs at a drunken Santa Claus

IIRC, the Santa incident was a long time ago. The last home game I attended was this past season and the crowd was like I always remember them: Drunk, profane, looking for a fight, attacking anyone so stupid as to wear gear from the opposing team, urinating in the sinks. Good times.

[rikkir]

I don’t think it’s disinterest, as much as it is manners. We’re taught that from birth.
The Panthers have been sold out since our first season at Bank of America stadium (2nd year in the league), it’s how we built the stadium (PSL’s).
It took a few years for us to gain that intense fan following that comes from generational fans.
Funny you mention Pittsburgh. The first few years the Panthers played the Steelers there were as many yellow shirts in the stands as there were blue.
Now you might see 1000 out of 80,000.
This year for the first time, during the preseason game between the two teams, I saw Panther shirts, and Jerseys in Pittsburgh.

[nickcarraway]

The best thing that could possibly happen to the 49ers is that they lose as many games as possible until the Trent Baalke/Jed York regime is gone. They are the ones who destroyed the 49ers and they are immoral creeps.