I didn't even notice, I don't drink beer. I have my JD while cooking out, a cigar on the way in and that's it. I did notice less drunk retards during the game, maybe they should ban it permanently. Of course it would cost them a lot of money the way they jack up the prices, so I don't see it happening.
Jets Deliver Message About Behavior By DAVID PICKER,The New York Times Posted: 2007-12-31 09:40:58 Filed Under: NFL http://sports.aol.com/nfl/story/_a/jets-deliver-message-about-behavior/20071231081309990001 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Dec. 31) - A longstanding tradition of halftime harassment at Jets home games ended Sunday when the Jets and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority banned the sale of alcohol and blocked access to the two spiral ramps at Gate D during the season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs. ?I think we sent a message that this kind of behavior won?t be tolerated and we?ll continue to take the measured approaches we need to make sure we have a fan-friendly environment,? said Dennis Robinson, the sports authority?s chief executive. ?I think our efforts worked this evening.? During halftime of the Jets? previous two home games, against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 18 and the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 9, hundreds of men on one of the Gate D ramps chanted at the few women in the crowd to bare their breasts. If they did not comply, the men threw plastic beer bottles at them. According to stadium workers and season-ticket holders, the unruly behavior, which was brought to the team?s attention by an article in The New York Times on Nov. 20, had been taking place during halftime of home games for years. On Sunday, there was a beefed-up security presence at all eight of the stadium?s ramps, but only access to the Gate D ramps was blocked off by metal bicycle racks from five minutes before halftime until the start of the third quarter. Fans were allowed to congregate on the three levels of concourse, which are adjacent to the ramps and became extremely crowded. Fans could also take escalators down to the ground level. Access to the ramps was not blocked during the Jets? game against the Browns. The harassment continued as state troopers, security guards and team officials looked on but took little action. Sunday?s game was the Jets? first at home since then. The halftime harassment apparently ended Sunday simply because fans were not allowed to gather on the ramps. Still, a handful of fans on the lower-tier concourse briefly chanted to see breasts even though no women were nearby. It seemed as if they were chanting for the sake of chanting. Robinson said two fans were arrested at Gate D for improper behavior. He added that the bicycle racks did not present a fire hazard but that, if needed, they could be moved easily. The New Jersey State Police said no major incidents were reported. ?It?s good because now you don?t have all kinds of maniacs out here,? said Frank Mitchell, a 35-year-old Jets fan from Fishkill, N.Y., who attended the game with his girlfriend. ?Listen, you want to come to a game and enjoy yourself. You don?t want fans shouting at your girlfriend. It?s very uncomfortable.? Mitchell?s girlfriend, 22-year-old Margaret Gallo, said: ?It?s better now. You don?t feel like you have to hide behind your boyfriend when you want to come out for halftime.? Other measures included announcements during the game regarding fan conduct, additional security outside of the stadium before the game and inside the stadium during the game, and the use of undercover police officers. More than 30 uniformed state troopers, 50 security guards in yellow jackets and several high-ranking Jets and stadium officials were monitoring the scene at Gate D. The team even had an employee film fans with a video recorder on the mezzanine level?s concourse. ?I think the sports authority did a really good job demonstrating that they?re taking this seriously,? said Matt Higgins, the Jets? senior vice president for business operations, adding, ?The setup they put in place ensured that the fan could enjoy the game.? Robinson said the added security measures should not be viewed as permanent. The sports authority, a state agency in charge of providing security at Giants Stadium, and the Jets will evaluate the situation game by game and take whatever steps they feel are necessary, he added. The Jets and the sports authority might have been helped by the cold and wet weather. The 80,242-seat stadium was about a third full, and a stream of fans headed for the exits at halftime as a steady rain fell. Perhaps they were fed up with the Jets? 12 losses this season. Many fans were stunned to learn that alcohol would not be served; the team gave no warning. The sale of alcohol at Jets home games usually ends at the start of the third quarter. The decision to ban alcohol was made in conjunction with Aramark, a company that provides concessions at Giants Stadium. The Jets said there were several factors that went into the decision to ban alcohol, which one Jets official termed a ?one-game ban.? The behavior at Gate D was one of them, and so was the 4:15 p.m. start on the eve of what for many is a holiday. The Jets also banned alcohol during their season finale in 2005, Higgins said. ?I?m pretty bummed about it,? Joe Brennan, a 22-year-old from Long Island, said of the ban. ?You come to a football game expecting to drink some beers. I had warm chocolate instead. It wasn?t even hot.? Several fans were upset for another reason. They noted that the halftime ritual at Gate D had been the only thing left to cheer about during Jets games. Asked about this fan sentiment, Higgins said, ?We?re going to work hard in the off-season to give them a lot to cheer for.?
If they want to create a “fan friendly environment” why don’t they start by putting a product on the field actually worth watching? BTW – this one gets my vote for whiney thread of the year….WAHHHHHHH I don’t like drinking beer and they guy next to me cursed so it should be banished…WAHHHHHHHH. Gimmie a break…
I've been going to games for 40 years and have had season tickets for the last 28 years and I can say it has gotten worse. Those 40 years have thickened my skin and I have been and am willing to put with a lot for the opportunity to see live NFL Jet football. There are some things that neither I nor any fan should have to put up with, however. If you can't see that alcohol turns people into assholes and turns assholes into bigger assholes, I can't help you. Banning or limiting alcohol will greatly reduce the problems at games. I am not naive enough to think that alchohol will be banned, but implementing a rule permitting fans to buy only 1 beer at a time is a good start IMO. Football games are fun partly because of the excitement of being in the stadium with 75,000 cheering fans. But attending a game doesn't give people the license to say and do whatever they want, no matter how much they paid for the ticket or how many beers they drink. People just need to show their fellow fans a little respect and stop being so selfish and self centered and consumed with self gratification, everybody else be damned. If people just acted with more respect and civility towards each other, it would make the experience better for everyone. I should not have to go to a game and worry about my son will be exposed to. He is 13 now and is "fan wise" now and there is not much that he hasn't seen or heard. But that is after years of people standing up and blocking his view every 5 minutes and years of hearing every curse word in the English language and years of seeing fights and worse. After this season and what has been exposed, I expect there will be more controls on fan behavior and drinking next year. And I welcome that.
your son will act the way he sees his father act. if he does any diiferent you are not a good father PERIOD
To that I again say that people will curse and get up without alcohol. I agree that alcohol makes bad behavior worse in some people. But that's not a good reason to ban it altogether. It makes bad behavior worse outside the football stadium too. Are you in favor of prohibition?
SO THAN WHY ARE YOU BITCHING ABOUT BRINGING YOUR SON TO A GAME. YOU HAVE TAUGHT HIM RIGHT FROM WRONG? HE CAN IDENTIY ON HOW TO ACT IN PUBLIC AND HOW NOT TO? SOMETIMES WHEN A CHILDREN SEES THINGS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL THEY CAN UNDERSTAND MORE WHY THINGS SHOULD BE A CERTAIN WHY.
No need to shout. I didn't bitch about bringing my son to a game. I commented about the behavior of some fans at the game. I don't bring my son to Jet games to teach him life lessons or to show him how not to act. I bring him because he and I love football and the Jets. I brought him up to make a point - that the behavior at game is sometimes completely inappropriate and unacceptable.
The people doing most of the whining are the ones who couldn't get their stupid beer for $8 a pop or whatever. If they could handle their beer in the first place the team I'm sure would love to sell it at those prices, but even that profit isn't worth the risk of being legally responsible for the behavior of these idiots. The game is three hours, you can't drink first and then go three hours with out a beer? Hit a clinic then or have enough to last you before you come in. Or don't be an idiot when you get inside and I'm sure they'll start selling it to you again for five times what it's worth.
I resent this comment! I was simply trying to get an answer to the question of WHY there were no beer sales. I took the bus to the game (no threat of me driving) and just wanted to have a few beers while I watch the game. Hey, at least I cared enough about the team to go to a game when I can afford it, even if they are 3-12. Thanks for your judgment, pal! Save it for Church, ok buddy?
They do that noe except they can top off during the games to maintain their drunken state. if they ban it they will sober up during the 3 hours or so of the game. Banning alcohol would be great BUT they make too much money so they'd never ban it.
alcohol ban alcohol from every nfl site and parking lot... watch how many "fans" show up.... i would bet the 401k that it would cut attendance by 30 - 40 percent,,,,
If fans where coming for just the party and booze then the stadium would be full when the team sucks instead of empty like it has been for most of the season. You almost need to be drunk to watch these crappy games. I agree there alot of aholes out there doing stupid things but I like to get my drink on and dont do stupid stuff
I embarassingly have to agree. I was at the game, sat in the rain with my 8 year-old grandson from FL and we loved it! Instead of sitting in my usual section which is under cover, we decided to get down on the 50-yard line on the Jet's side, about row 13 or so, and gut it out in the rain. He absolutely loves Leon, so we really had a ball being that close. And the beer (or lack thereof)? No problem. In fact, I thought it was great that they weren't selling it... didn't have to listen to the usual gibberish, vulgarity and nonsense coming from the usual semi-illiterate, completely wasted "die-hard Jets fans" who, half the time, don't even know WTF quarter we're in much less which down it is. I know it sounds crazy, but we had a blast at the game. Even though it meant nothing to the season, he got a chance to watch his first complete, start-to-finish Jets game and his Florida hero, Neon Leon in action.
I'm with you, this game was one of the more fun ones of the season. Probably because we won and you knew the people around you were true Jet fans--not the kind who show up when we're good with new Jets shit with the tags still hanging off it. My favorite part was how the crowd got going in OT on that drive and there was life in the stadium despite the circumstances and the weather. Plus my friend brought his 9-year-old kid who was at his first game, that's always fun. He'll always remember it and maybe the Jets will win the Super Bowl in his lifetime.
You do realize that this thread was started by someone whining about the Jets NOT having beer, right?
Until sport franchises ban alchol sales at sporting events you will always have problems. Jet fans have a reputation as drunkards and ass***** from the media as far back as the Monday night fiasco when fans lit fires in the stands. THe KC game was ugly enough without alchol. Professinal sport franchises make MILLIONS of $$$ from beer companies. What they tend to overlook is how the sale and consuming of alchol can ruin a game for a family attending a game and being confonted by drunks who have no other aspirations other then causing trouble.
