Ugly fan encounter at Eagles-Packers game

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Not sure if this belongs in one of the NFL playoff threads, but haven't seen it on here and it isn't about the game itself, so ...

https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/sport...lgar-rant-share-their-side-of-viral-incident/

Short version: Female Packers fan allegedly harassed by obnoxious Eagles fan, who eventually called her a dumb c-word. All caught on video, and the fan banned from all events at the Linc, and social media tracks down where he works, and he has been fired.

Surprised these actions don't come to light more often, especially at places that take being over-the-top horrific as a badge of honor.

 

[jackfinarelli]

NO problem with him being banned from the Linc. The Eagles and the stadium "authorities" do not need him nor his ilk in any way.

Is losing his job for his behavior appropriate? If he is a pastor for a congregation somewhere - - sure. If he is a guy who collects trash for a company with contracts to cover neighborhoods - - not so sure.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Not sure where I come down on that.

Looks like he worked for a company that deals in the DEI world, which is interesting, I guess.

x.com

 

[BTExpress]

Is the game somehow less enjoyable if you choose not to wear your visiting team colors to that snakepit and thus don't subject yourself to abuse?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

The Eagles fan deserves all of the scorn he gets but there may be more to this. As a great friend of mine always says, "There are not two sides to every story. There are three: His side, their side and what the heck actually happened."

Now That Big Dom Took Out the Eagles Trash, Let's Talk About this Cockroach Packers Fan - Crossing Broad

 

[playthrough]

Is the game somehow less enjoyable if you choose not to wear your visiting team colors to that snakepit and thus don't subject yourself to abuse?

I get wearing your colors if you scored front-row seats and want to be on teevee, but not up where they were. Not excusing the c-word of course, but have a little bit of street smarts.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I'd never go to Philadelphia (or really any venue) as a visiting fan, wearing team colors or no. There's no way for it to be enjoyable.

But the flip side, is the game somehow less enjoyable if you refrain from harassing and calling a female fan a dumb c-word just because she wears the colors of the opposing team?

It smacks of the "If you don't want to be sexually harassed, don't dress like that" philosophy.

 

[BTExpress]

I get it sounds like that, but every day we are faced with choices. Some are risk/reward choices. What's the reward of wearing visiting colors in Philly vs. the risk? This isn't just walking in the park with a pretty dress on. It's entering a place full of drunk people known for their abusive behavior.

And you're with a woman. The FIRST thing on your mind should be, "I do not want to see her harassed. I'm outnumbered, and I may not be able to protect us.''

 

[hondo]

Is the game somehow less enjoyable if you choose not to wear your visiting team colors to that snakepit and thus don't subject yourself to abuse?

That's another version of a woman deserved to be raped because she wore a tight dress to a bar. Get real. You should be allowed to dress how you want to a game without being called every name in the book.

 

[BTExpress]

I'm stating how things ARE.

You're stating how things SHOULD BE.

And I'm the one who needs to "get real"?

 

[Gutter]

Assholes should assume every time they're be an asshole they are being recorded. And it'll be seen by many. And there will be consequences.

Maybe, just maybe, behaviors will be altered in the future.

 

[swingline]

In 2096 I went to a bar at 10 a.m. to watch the Raiders and Chiefs play. My buddy and everyone else in the place were wearing Raiders colors while I was in my Chiefs shirt. Larry Johnson ran in a touchdown as the clock expired, and I was the only one hooting and hollering. Despite that being a heated rivalry, no one bothered me.