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NFL announces new fan code of conduct
AP/Chicago Tribune ^ | 8/5/0``8 | AP

Posted on 08/05/2008 4:28:48 PM PDT by GRRRRR

OK...new rules for fans at the game: Don't be rude, don't get drunk, don't go on the field, don't throw stuff, follow directions and don't talk nasty talk. More details and blah, blah at the linky. Maybe they should worry more about the players and their criminal records, alcohol use, steriods, shooting people and themselves?

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: conduct; fans; nfl
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RU Kidding me? Seriesly?
1 posted on 08/05/2008 4:28:48 PM PDT by GRRRRR
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To: scott says

Hey...only one month to opening day!

Please ping the NFL Ping List?

Let’s BEHAVE in the stands, wouldn’t want the NFL to get a nasty rep from the FANS would we...???

Go Bears!


2 posted on 08/05/2008 4:29:57 PM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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To: GRRRRR

How about the plethora of penitentiary wanna-be’s out on the field, and the puerile, pre-school level clown show, ME-celebration that we must endure after nearly every play.


3 posted on 08/05/2008 4:32:04 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: GRRRRR

When I saw this the first thing I thought was that the players break those rules on the sidelines all the time. If they can’t control the players how do they expect to control the crowd?


4 posted on 08/05/2008 4:32:50 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: GRRRRR
NFL announces new fan code of conduct

Well, they've done such a wonderful job with the players......

5 posted on 08/05/2008 4:32:51 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: GRRRRR

Quiet!


6 posted on 08/05/2008 4:32:53 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: GRRRRR

The stands in Oakland will be empty. Go Niners!


7 posted on 08/05/2008 4:33:56 PM PDT by DryFly
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To: DryFly

Which is different from normal...how? Oh right...normally just the skulls in the stands are empty ;).

Yeah...I’m a Lions fan...shoot me.


8 posted on 08/05/2008 4:35:52 PM PDT by AntiKev ("The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena." - Carl Sagan)
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NFFL
Add an extra “F”
Not Fan-Friendly League..
Aka
No Fun League


9 posted on 08/05/2008 4:36:01 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: GRRRRR

I’ve not attended very many pro football games (two actually...one in Indianapolis and one in Baltimore), but the number of folks I saw getting hauled away in the NUMEROUS ambulances around the stadium due to alcohol poisoning was pretty eye-opening.

From the limited sample size I determined that football fans are quite a bit different than fans of other sports.


10 posted on 08/05/2008 4:36:05 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (A vote for third party is a vote for nObama)
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To: GRRRRR

Looks like they’ll be emptying the stadium in Philly!


11 posted on 08/05/2008 4:36:35 PM PDT by coolbreeze (giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
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To: DryFly

Lots of stories could be told. One time, when the Broncos kicked Oakland’s butt,some fans.... ........

Just half-way kidding. LOL


12 posted on 08/05/2008 4:37:39 PM PDT by unkus
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To: GRRRRR

The criminals are on the field, not in the stands.


13 posted on 08/05/2008 4:41:02 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: GRRRRR
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't read about another college or NFL football player arrested, indicted, fined, suspended, imprisoned or dead, injured or caught fighting in a night club or bar.....or wounded, dead, dying in an auto, knife or gunfire incident......not to mention wife, girlfriend, dog beatings.....and don't let me forget declaring bankruptcy or walking away from a mortgage or other debts while making millions.....and to add to this........damn, I plumb forgot what I was going to say.

Leni

14 posted on 08/05/2008 4:44:20 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Stay Home in Nov & Vote for Obama-ization, More Regulation, Taxation, Litigation and Ginsburgization)
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To: nobody in particular
..Code of Conduct

Put it on my ticket.

Until then, kiss my butt...

15 posted on 08/05/2008 4:45:30 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: GRRRRR

Why is this necessary?

Why is a league rule needed for a local situation, like drunk and disorderly fans?

Haven’t people been getting thrown out for misbehavior at the discretion of the ushers, security and local police all along?


16 posted on 08/05/2008 4:45:34 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: GRRRRR

Looks good to me. It should be safe for everyone to be in the stands — and not distracting from the game for players and TV viewers. They look like very easy standards of conduct for any public event.

The opposite is to get like some European football “fans” have gotten.


17 posted on 08/05/2008 4:45:39 PM PDT by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us.")
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To: windcliff

Empty Oakland Stadium ping!


18 posted on 08/05/2008 4:47:24 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
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To: mainepatsfan

Ping FYI...

More NFL looneyness...

Yep, the local stadium security (the state) being told what to do by the Nanny State (Fed Gubmint)...

Go Bears!


19 posted on 08/05/2008 4:48:10 PM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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To: big'ol_freeper
From the limited sample size I determined that football fans are quite a bit different than fans of other sports.

You oughta see the hockey fans.

20 posted on 08/05/2008 4:48:22 PM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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