During the Jets and Browns game on Sunday a drunk Browns fan tackled an 8-year old kid in the parking lot after the game. The parent with the child apparently knew that there would be hecklers at the game, but she never know that their boy would have hot dogs thrown at him or be tackled. The Jets offered the boy and his parent a suit ticket to the next game.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/11/17/report-year-old-jets-fan-tackled-drunk-browns-fan/
Even with rules put in place for how much a person can consume of alcohol (most teams none after halftime) people can still stock up in the first half. Another thing I was wondering was who was on security guard duty and why did they not get told of the hot dog tossing? In this respect I do not feel bad for the two "victims". The only problem I have is the drunkard in the parking lot. Could anyone really stop that?
I believe if proper pro caution had been take, a problem like that could have been easily avoided. A simple solution could have been an increase of security if they knew fans are that "stocked up" by the end of the game.
ReplyDeleteIt would be really hard to stop drunk people from doing things in the parking lot. I think the Jets took the right action in giving the child and his parent a suit ticket. That was the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteJoseph, there could not have been precautions taken. As a season ticket holder for the Colts, I see my fair share of drunken fans. Other than not selling beer, there really wasn't much that could have been done to prevent this. In the end of it all, no body was seriously hurt, and the fan has apologized. As for the family receiving a suite for the next game, I don't really get that. The Browns didn't have anything to do with the incident, why should they have to make up for it?
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