TFoA Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 LinkAt first I was thinking "Oh, what's he gonna do, suspend the fans? " But after watching the two videos that the article linked to...yeah, it might be a good idea to get some control in the stands.I mean really, when people start shanking each other because the other guy is rooting for a different athletic club, then something's not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 With the rising food and oil prices, it seems like there won't be too many fans in the stands this season. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Goodell is slowly turning the league into a tennis match. Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I say if the Goodell really wants to punish the team, he should do what some soccer organisations do, force them to play the next game with an empty stadium I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I say if the Goodell really wants to punish the team, he should do what some soccer organizations do, force them to play the next game with an empty stadium That would be a double-edged sword, considering the policy on local TV blackouts. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I say if the Goodell really wants to punish the team, he should do what some soccer organizations do, force them to play the next game with an empty stadium That would be a double-edged sword, considering the policy on local TV blackouts.Now, would that help or hurt the Miami Dolphins? I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I say if the Goodell really wants to punish the team, he should do what some soccer organizations do, force them to play the next game with an empty stadium That would be a double-edged sword, considering the policy on local TV blackouts.Now, would that help or hurt the Miami Dolphins?I don't think the Dolphins would be the only team affected if such policy came into reality. All the other teams might get hit with an empty-stadium penalty as well, depending on how many fights are reported during games against division rivals. If the league had such an empty-stadium penalty back in 2000, the Chargers would've been blacked out in SD the week after the stabbing incident against the Raiders. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Fine the teams 1/16 of their TV revenue. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckymack Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I think the blackouts and fines are great ideas. I've got a young'un, and I don't want to fear for her safety at a game. Sigs are for sissies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nation Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Bravo to Roger, the last thing I'd want to see in North American sports is hooliganism similar to soccer. I'd like to be able to my kid to a game on not fear for safety. Fans who fight are unbelievably stupid. My goodness. Roger is cleaning up the league for good. Good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief. Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Fine the teams 1/16 of their TV revenue.With that avatar, I just have to ask..."Whose name is Judge?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Fine the teams 1/16 of their TV revenue.I wouldn't mind this, but if we're doing this, shouldn't it be 1/8 of their TV revenue, to account for the fact that it's one home game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Fine the teams 1/16 of their TV revenue.I wouldn't mind this, but if we're doing this, shouldn't it be 1/8 of their TV revenue, to account for the fact that it's one home game?No. The one home game is still just 1/16th of their season's games. 1/8th is two games..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghSucks Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Let me tell you that you never see any trouble at a Browns Steelers game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Fine the teams 1/16 of their TV revenue.I wouldn't mind this, but if we're doing this, shouldn't it be 1/8 of their TV revenue, to account for the fact that it's one home game?Hey, if I really wanted to get sticky, and I could, I'd also ban that team from television for the remainder of the season, hold back that money, and give it to the teams who are losing out on the exposure. Television revenue is the sweetest plum of all in the NFL. You hurt that, you hurt the teams the most. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Let me tell you that you never see any trouble at a Browns Steelers game.The idea behind humor is to make people laugh. I quit going to NFL games because the fans can be such jerks. People take that way too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Bravo to Roger, the last thing I'd want to see in North American sports is hooliganism similar to soccer. I'd like to be able to my kid to a game on not fear for safety. Fans who fight are unbelievably stupid. My goodness. Roger is cleaning up the league for good. Good for him.I see one caveat to this: If Goodell cracks down on fan violence on stadium grounds, how does he know it won't just spill over into other venues, like nearby bars or even the streets of downtown (yes Detroit, I mean you)? It seems to me that an incident like this would be just as big a black eye for the league's image regardless of where it happens to take place. Does Goodell intend to punish teams for any fan violence at all, or just those incidents that happen to occur on stadium grounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Let me tell you that you never see any trouble at a Browns Steelers game.The idea behind humor is to make people laugh. I quit going to NFL games because the fans can be such jerks. People take that way too seriously.Yeah, my grandpa almost got in a fight outside Soldier Field. He tried to tell the other Bears fans to take it easy on some Raiders fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsM29 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Didn't some yankees fan run over a person in a Sox jersey outside Fenway?(maybe I have the story backwards?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalersjets Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Didn't some yankees fan run over a person in a Sox jersey outside Fenway?(maybe I have the story backwards?)I don't think it was outside Fenway, but some probably bandwagon Red Sox fans started chanting "Yankees suck!" to some woman cause she had a Yankees sticker on her car. She went nuts for some reason, and drove her car into their crowd of people, killing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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