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LionsAndBears

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Mob mentality. This kind of behavior isn't exclusive to Philly and it's the reason why I don't attend away games. Also, knowing the reputation of Philly Fans, it's not smart to wear the opponent's colors and then walk through a crowd of Eagles fans by yourself or only with 1 other person.
 

PSUJam

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Mob mentality. This kind of behavior isn't exclusive to Philly and it's the reason why I don't attend away games. Also, knowing the reputation of Philly Fans, it's not smart to wear the opponent's colors and then walk through a crowd of Eagles fans by yourself or only with 1 other person.
I wear my Braves gear at Phillies games all the time and don't get bothered. However, I wouldn't do that at the Linc.
 

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I’ve been an Eagles season ticket holder for 25 years. I can’t stand morons who treat any fan, opposing or not, this way. I would never defend people who harass others for any reason and in saying that, do you honestly believe this only happens in Philadelphia?
 

Moogy

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There are A LOT of NFL fans attending any particular game that are trashy individuals ... and when you get them in groups, with booze ... it's not a great recipe.

Plenty of fine folks that go, too ... but the percentage of trashy folks is the worst in the NFL, as opposed to other major (pro or college) sports.
 
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Nitt1300

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There are A LOT of NFL fans attending any particular game that are trashy individuals ... and when you get them in groups, with booze ... it's not a great recipe.

Plenty of fine folks that go, too ... but the percentage of trashy folks is the worst in the NFL, as opposed to other major (pro or college) sports.
apparently, you've never been to a NASCAR race
 

Erial_Lion

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I’ve been an Eagles season ticket holder for 25 years. I can’t stand morons who treat any fan, opposing or not, this way. I would never defend people who harass others for any reason and in saying that, do you honestly believe this only happens in Philadelphia?
Only in Philly? No

More widespread in Philly? Absolutely
 

Bvillebaron

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I’ve been an Eagles season ticket holder for 25 years. I can’t stand morons who treat any fan, opposing or not, this way. I would never defend people who harass others for any reason and in saying that, do you honestly believe this only happens in Philadelphia?
No but I don’t recall any other team putting a judge in the stadium to hear criminal charges. Do you?
 

Lionville

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There are A LOT of NFL fans attending any particular game that are trashy individuals ... and when you get them in groups, with booze ... it's not a great recipe.

Plenty of fine folks that go, too ... but the percentage of trashy folks is the worst in the NFL, as opposed to other major (pro or college) sports.
The violent nature of the game brings out the worst in those attending the events.
 

BobPSU92

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The stupidest thing is grown men painting their faces.


 

PSUAVLNC

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Guy was smart to just keep walking. Baseball is no exception, I can remember a SF Giants fan getting the daylights beat out of him, in front of his kids, by two thugs, criminals wearing LA Dodgers gear. I can't remember if the assailants were ever brought to justice. The SF Giants fan was in a coma that's how bad it was. I'm old (64), and when I was a.kid I liked the Pirates but we lived in Philly, my dad took me to Phillies Pirates games all the time, I wore my Pirates gear and was never bothered, not even close. There was some teasing but that was to be expected. The Phillies had some good teams back then. But now times have changed. Today I wouldn't wear an road opponents gear to any game anywhere, the fact is I don't attend big sporting events much anymore, and that's just because the fans are too out of control. Have you ever been to big game and seen some out of control drunk start a fight or puke all over people? And for that privilege you pay.a.couple hundred bucks for a.ticket! No thanks, these days I prefer to stay home and watch on TV.
 

LB99

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I witnessed some huge brawls at Phillies games at the Vet back 40 or so years ago.
The Vet was a different animal. I was at several games this past summer at CBP with Cleveland and NYM fans around openingly cheering for their teams with no issues from the home crowd. Now, Eagles and Flyers games, that’s a different story. As a kid, I witnessed a fist fight at a Sixers-Celtics game over a guy holding up a Robert Parrish sign.
 
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LB99

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The stupidest thing is grown men painting their faces.
lol. You would have loved the Eagles fan that the morning news was interviewing on Sunday morning in his “uniform”. Shoulder pads, game jersey, face painted half green/half silver, and Eagles do rag screaming the Eagles chant. I’m guessing the guy is single despite looking like he was in his 50’s or 60’s. At least he was spelling Eagles correctly.
 
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NittPicker

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Only in Philly? No

More widespread in Philly? Absolutely
I love the annual "Philadelphia fans suck" thread. Since you didn't provide any stats to back up your "more widespread" claim, check out the linked article which relies on real data and a survey. Accurate?? Who knows?? The opinions of the respondents are just as valid as anyone's here though. The Linc didn't even make the top five most dangerous (based on stats). The top honor goes to Minnesota. Why aren't there any threads bashing their fans?? Midwest nice, I guess. Violent crimes only?? You'll find the champ in Denver. OTOH, the Linc is tops for people witnessing a crime, regardless of how minor. Maybe fans who attend games there are conditioned to think the slightest bad behavior should be considered a crime. As far as surveyed fans who reported being the victim of a crime (regardless of how minor), the order is Dallas, NYG & NYJ (tie), Philadelphia, Washington, and Seattle. It looks like the whole NFC East is crazy. Lastly, the worse for women, children, and tourists are Detroit, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles.

However, in all fairness to fans attending games in Dallas, those who reported being the victim of a crime were likely referring to the theft committed by Jerry Jones for the outrageous prices he charges to watch a $hitty team.

LINK
 

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The Vet was a different animal. I was at several games this past summer at CBP with Cleveland and NYM fans around openingly cheering for their teams with no issues from the home crowd. Now, Eagles and Flyers games, that’s a different story. As a kid, I witnessed a fist fight at a Sixers-Celtics game over a guy holding up a Robert Parrish sign.
They just had a guy at a Flyers Game walk down and cold cock 2 Toronto fans a few weeks ago - what a complete DB. I stick with PSU Football - seen some issues but nothing like pro games and at least in college it's mostly drunk kids not stupid adults at pro games.
 
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Lionville

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I love the annual "Philadelphia fans suck" thread. Since you didn't provide any stats to back up your "more widespread" claim, check out the linked article which relies on real data and a survey. Accurate?? Who knows?? The opinions of the respondents are just as valid as anyone's here though. The Linc didn't even make the top five most dangerous (based on stats). The top honor goes to Minnesota. Why aren't there any threads bashing their fans?? Midwest nice, I guess. Violent crimes only?? You'll find the champ in Denver. OTOH, the Linc is tops for people witnessing a crime, regardless of how minor. Maybe fans who attend games there are conditioned to think the slightest bad behavior should be considered a crime. As far as surveyed fans who reported being the victim of a crime (regardless of how minor), the order is Dallas, NYG & NYJ (tie), Philadelphia, Washington, and Seattle. It looks like the whole NFC East is crazy. Lastly, the worse for women, children, and tourists are Detroit, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles.

However, in all fairness to fans attending games in Dallas, those who reported being the victim of a crime were likely referring to the theft committed by Jerry Jones for the outrageous prices he charges to watch a $hitty team.

LINK
Only 31 citations issued by the police after Sunday’s game. A couple shootings, a stabbing, one errant vehicle in the crowd injuring 8. Nothing major.
Just a warmup for Feb. 9 if the birds win.
 

Erial_Lion

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I love the annual "Philadelphia fans suck" thread. Since you didn't provide any stats to back up your "more widespread" claim, check out the linked article which relies on real data and a survey. Accurate?? Who knows?? The opinions of the respondents are just as valid as anyone's here though. The Linc didn't even make the top five most dangerous (based on stats). The top honor goes to Minnesota. Why aren't there any threads bashing their fans?? Midwest nice, I guess. Violent crimes only?? You'll find the champ in Denver. OTOH, the Linc is tops for people witnessing a crime, regardless of how minor. Maybe fans who attend games there are conditioned to think the slightest bad behavior should be considered a crime. As far as surveyed fans who reported being the victim of a crime (regardless of how minor), the order is Dallas, NYG & NYJ (tie), Philadelphia, Washington, and Seattle. It looks like the whole NFC East is crazy. Lastly, the worse for women, children, and tourists are Detroit, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles.

However, in all fairness to fans attending games in Dallas, those who reported being the victim of a crime were likely referring to the theft committed by Jerry Jones for the outrageous prices he charges to watch a $hitty team.

LINK
First off, that "study" in the article is horrific in it's methodology. But if we were to use it's results, is this really the study to prove that I'm wrong in saying that bad behavior is more widespread at Eagles games than elsewhere when the article states the following...

As for witnessing an act of violence or worse still, being the victim of one, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia has the worst reputation of all with 63.2% of respondents having witnessed a crime.
 
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NittPicker

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First off, that "study" in the article is horrific in it's methodology. But if we were to use it's results, is this really the study to prove that I'm wrong in saying that bad behavior is more widespread at Eagles games than elsewhere when the article states the following...

As for witnessing an act of violence or worse still, being the victim of one, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia has the worst reputation of all with 63.2% of respondents having witnessed a crime.
You can't say the methodology is horrific then quote a line from the article as if it's legitimate. Which way do you want it to be??
 

Erial_Lion

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You can't say the methodology is horrific then quote a line from the article as if it's legitimate. Which way do you want it to be??
I'm saying that the methodology/article are horrible...I just find it ironic that you're using THAT article as your counter to the argument that bad behavior is more widespread at Eagles games than elsewhere when the article called out that line.
 

NittPicker

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I'm saying that the methodology/article are horrible...I just find it ironic that you're using THAT article as your counter to the argument that bad behavior is more widespread at Eagles games than elsewhere when the article called out that line.
I guess we can all pick and choose the information we want to be true/important. Check out this article. Chiefs fans are awesome. Midwest nice. I know, it didn't happen at a game so it doesn't count. But if it happened in Philadelphia some would want the Eagles tossed from the NFL.

KC Parade Shooting
 
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Moogy

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The violent nature of the game brings out the worst in those attending the events.

Also, the violent nature of the game brings out the worst to attend those events. I mean, you see it even in youth sports participation. There's a certain core group of kids/parents involved in many youth sports, but in each sport, there are "additional" kids/parents that are either specializing in that sport, or are just casual participants. Those "extras" are typically ... uh, much "rougher" and trashier in football, as opposed to the other sports. And those folks are the types that add to the NFL fandom.
 
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