Posted on 11/21/2023 4:22:05 PM PST by Nifty
The Baltimore Ravens fan seen on a viral video being punched in the face during yesterday’s big Commanders-Cardinals game is speaking out. FOX 5's Shomari Stone has the story.
Indeed. Whatever happened to the golden age of sports (pre 1960s) when people would actually dress up and wear suits when they went to a ball game or boxing match? The fans were just as enthusiastic then as today but they were civilized and respectful of each other.
Regardless of the sport, the ghettoizing of professional sports has bled into the stands. Pathetic and sad.
In Philadelphia it happened all of the time.
If one is offended by a continuous stream of profanities, something that can last for more than two hours, don’t attend a pro football game.
...pre 1960s) when people would actually dress up and wear suits when they went to a ball game or boxing match?
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Lack of decorum
Uncouth
Same thing changed with air travel.
Good luck enjoying a spirit, or jet blue flight.
#worldstar
I wouldn’t attend a sporting event with a team jersey that is not the home team’s.
My pal tried that in Philadelphia to see the Saints, but if you aren’t wearing Eagles gear, they figure you are for the other team, and you get “the treatment”. He will never go back . . .
Question: why was the guy that was slobberknockered arrested?
I understand. It has been quite a few years since I attended a sporting event. I doubt if I ever attend another one.
Indeed. And to your point, I haven’t watched a single NFL, MLB, or NBA game since the 1993 Super Bowl. The decorum of the fans is only half the problem. The other half are the players. I have much better and more fulfilling things to do with my spare time than to obsess over a bunch of thugs and prima donnas playing childrens games, or sit around with a bunch of middle-aged people wearing team jerseys and using the words like we, us and our when referring to their favorite team, as if they are somehow part of the team.
It’s pathetic, infantile, embarrassing and painful to witness.
Yes it did. One reason, even though I was born there, I have steadfastly REFUSED to e er support one of their teams.
I wouldn’t dare to catch an Eagles game unless I’m wearing an Eagles jersey. Their fans are always rowdy, destructive and drunk.
I only knew because I lived in Northern Virginia & was a Redskins fan, and would hear or read about the fights that would break out after games. Especially with divisional rivals. 😋
I still go to baseball games, but even that is on “thin ice”.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !
My pal in Atlanta says the Phillies fans are the same way - in ATLANTA.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !
Yeah, back in days gone by, there was an unspoken rivalry between Eagles and Raiders fans as to which could commit the .out thuggery at a football game.
The Redskins were heavily favored to win their repeat Super Bowl appearance, but the aging Jim Plunkett was red-hot as was the whole team. Plunkett holds the Raider record, and is tied for the league record, for the longest career pass, which occurred during a 99-yard pass play against the Washington Redskins on October 2, 1983. Jim Plunkett remains the only Super Bowl QB winner to not be inducted into the Football Hall Of Fame, which I consider to be a shame. Them dirty thugs. 🤣
Almost as sickening as the Clint Longely Thanksgiving Day game in 1974 49 years ago.
He is best remembered for his performance in a Thanksgiving Day game in 1974 against the Washington Redskins. Longley, then a rookie, came into the game for an injured Roger Staubach with the Cowboys trailing 16–3 in the third quarter, and facing elimination from the playoffs. After hitting Billy Joe Dupree for a 35-yard touchdown pass, he led the Cowboys on a 70-yard drive capped by a 1-yard Walt Garrison touchdown run. Finally, with the Cowboys behind 23–17 and with only 28 seconds left with no time outs, Longley hit Drew Pearson at the left sideline for a 50-yard hail mary pass touchdown which gave the Cowboys a dramatic 24–23 come from behind victory.
Because Longley had no expectation of playing in that game and was completely unprepared, Cowboys lineman Blaine Nye sarcastically called his winning effort "the triumph of the uncluttered mind." The game was named the second-best in the history of Texas Stadium by ESPN in 2008.
That game was almost as amazing as the Heidi Game
The Heidi Game or Heidi Bowl was a 1968 American Football League (AFL) game between the Oakland Raiders and the visiting New York Jets. The contest, held on November 17, 1968, was notable for its exciting finish, in which Oakland scored two touchdowns in the final minute to win the game 43–32. However, a decision by NBC, the game's television broadcaster, to break away from its coverage on the East Coast to broadcast the television film Heidi caused many viewers to miss the Raiders' comeback.
In the late 1960s, few professional football games took longer than two and a half hours to play, and the three-hour time slot allotted to the Jets and Raiders was thought to be adequate. A high-scoring contest, together with a number of injuries and penalties for the two bitter AFL rivals, caused the game to run longer than usual. NBC executives had originally ordered that Heidi begin at 7:00 p.m. EST, but then decided to allow the game to air to its conclusion. However, communicating this revised plan to the technicians running NBC's master control proved impossible – as 7 p.m. approached, NBC's switchboards were jammed by viewers phoning to inquire about the night's schedule, preventing the planned change from being communicated. Heidi began as scheduled, preempting the final moments of the game and the two Oakland touchdowns in the eastern half of the country, to the outrage of viewers.
Response to the pre-emption by viewers and other critics was negative; the family members of several Jets players were unaware of the game's actual conclusion, while NBC received further criticism for its poor timing in displaying the final score of the game during the Heidi movie. NBC's president Julian Goodman formally apologized for the incident. The Jets and Raiders met again on December 29 in New York in the AFL Championship Game, with the Jets winning 27–23. Two weeks later, they defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL) in Super Bowl III.
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