dent19 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 newsday.com/sports/football/giants/ny-sptgate135799228aug13,0,268017.story Newsday.com Giants Stadium: Tighter guidelines for fans BY NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com August 13, 2008 Acknowledging that many fans are fed up with an unruly minority among them, the NFL last week announced a recommended "Fan Code of Conduct" for its teams. Yesterday, the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, which operates Giants Stadium, weighed in with detailed guidelines that echo the NFL's approach. Among them are reducing the time that parking lots will open before events from seven hours to five, restricting alcohol purchases and threatening to revoke season tickets from unruly fans - or from season-ticket holders who have given or sold their seats to misbehaving fans. The Sports Authority's guidelines do not break dramatic new ground and in most cases reinforce and codify existing policies or common sense rules. One that figures to be welcomed by many fans but rejected by others: an attempt to restrict profane language or gestures, especially those aimed at other fans. "Guests will enjoy the event experience free from disruptive behavior," it reads, "including foul or abusive language and obscene gestures and harassment of visiting team fans." The NJSEA also promised "view-blocking banners within all stadium spiral ramps as a deterrent to improper behavior on the spiral ramps." That is a reaction to the harassment of women by young men at Gate D during Jets games. In a letter mailed to season-ticket holders yesterday, Jets owner Woody Johnson wrote of a new program called Jets FansFirst that among other things will enable fans to contact security directly via text message during games. "As a father, I find it completely unacceptable if fans are uncomfortable bringing their children to a Jets game," Johnson wrote. Pat Hanlon, the Giants' vice president of communications, said of the Sports Authority's announcement: "We want to work with the NJSEA to ensure that all our fans are able to have a positive game-day experience, and we will do our part by attempting to improve on our 3-5 home record of a year ago." Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 ****. There are people who work for the NJSEA who really don't care for me & my friends. Hopefully I don't see any of them, because I really don't want to be thrown out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttr77 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Is 7 hours of tailgating really necessary? Man, I'd be done WELL before kickoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwpanic Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 what, no more mustachioed,overweight female jets fans taking their shirts off? say it ain't so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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