49ers Vs. Giants: Stadium Security To Be Beefed Up For NFC Championship Game
by David Fucillo on Jan 21, 2012 6:01 AM PST
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PrintThe 2011 NFL season saw some significant issues arise at 49ers games as Candlestick Park got a little to a lot ugly at times. The 49ers-Raiders game was the worst example, but there were also some complaints arising out of fan behavior at this past weekend's 49ers-Saints game. On my way home from the game, some fans were particularly rowdy and obnoxious, particularly to Saints fans, although even to some of their fellow 49ers fans.
The 49ers and the NFL will not be messing around on Sunday as they prepare for the NFC Championship Game.
Undercover police will be dressed in Giants' garb and on the lookout for nasty fans. Giants ticketholders will be handed a card as they enter Candlestick Park with details on how to contact police if they feel threatened. And more security cameras and undercover police officers will be in place to identify abusive fans.
Season ticketholders have also been warned to follow the NFL Fan Code of Conduct: no foul or abusive language or obscene gestures and no verbal or physical abuse of opposing team fans.
If you are going to the game tomorrow, definitely be prepared to have a great time. However, please be classy with opposing fans. I understand the taunting that can go on throughout games, but there is definitely a line that does not need to be crossed. The 49ers have fantastic fans, but it is easy to get a little too fired up. Just make sure and be classy....or at least moderately classy. It's all about having a good time, and swearing at and throwing stuff at opposing fans is not cool.
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Extra security is probably a good thing
But dressing as Giants fans? Ugh…let’s not put more blue in the stadium…
I have a feeling that will be in the parking lots
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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Entrapment anyone?
They had better not cheer extra hard for the Giants just to make a collar. Cant they just wear red and keep alert?
by Gerald Tarrant on Jan 21, 2012 6:55 AM PST via mobile reply actions
entrapment would be them punching a 49er fan in the face then arresting them for assault when they retaliate
this is the equivalent of standing on the corner in drag and waiting for someone to come up and offer to pay for sex ( not entrapment )
I have no problem with it, I said in a bigblueview thread. The second someone threatens to beat you up for cheering is the second you should go get the nearest security personnel to escort that person out of the stadium.
The game isn't played in your mind's eye. Stop telling me what you don't "see."
by whistlingmountain on Jan 21, 2012 7:51 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Wasn't being too literal, just flippant.
Although the premise is noble, ( no fan should have their experience ruined by feeling threatened) No scenario would make me happy about more blue at the Stick. To be clear though safety is more important. I dont disagree with the idea.
by Gerald Tarrant on Jan 21, 2012 8:03 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You beat me to it
I was just going to point out the simply giving someone the opportunity to commit a crime is not entrapment. So dressing in Giants gear and cheering for NY to draw out a few a** hats is more then alright IMO. But i like your hooker example better… lol
even buying drugs from a drug dealer is not entrapment.
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Jan 21, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
You mean wrong as in illegal or wrong as in why it has to be paid for..?
Who's got it better than Honey Badger? Honey Badger don't give a ....
That's what made you comment?
Not the ridiculous abhorrent behavior that caused this? PULL-EASE.
I have been to about a third of the stadiums in this league and thankfully have never come anywhere near any of this ridiculousness. I’m just glad to see the Niners, the NFL, and the police are taking action to stop it. Kudos to them.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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I guarantee you the pockets of fans acting like complete a******s do not go to ninersnation
The game isn't played in your mind's eye. Stop telling me what you don't "see."
by whistlingmountain on Jan 21, 2012 7:49 AM PST reply actions
A safe assumption I'm sure.
You guys have represented your team very well this week.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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Great now people will call every Giant Fan at the Game.. PIG!!!!
"You have to reinvent yourself each year, ... What helped us was that there was some turnover each year." Bill Walsh...
Talk about a cluelss writer
Has he evr been to a ’niner game, after a post like that it would bring me to the conclusion that, in fact no he has never been to The ’Stick and only goes by what he has seen on his 29" console TV that granny has.
by Chaotic9erFan on Jan 21, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
He is clueless.
He is a soccer guy but has a column and gets to comment on all sports. His pieces are usually garbage.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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by tommy d. on Jan 21, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Funny tongue in cheek article
Chill out folks. You have to take a little kidding here and there. I thought it was rather witty.
great article
I went in expecting to be annoyed, but it’s really funny.
by David Fucillo on Jan 21, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I found it kinda douchey myself
And don’t kid yourself. As a someone who lived there for years, New Yorkers believe that crap.
Not really. Bondy is not respected by the majority of fans.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
No more score predictions...
I thought it was funny as well.
Particularly the end
So let this all be a warning to Giant fans making the trek to the West Coast: Limit your exposure to the environment. Find a good sports bar and hang there in a corner until game time. Avoid conversations with locals that involve spiritual enlightenment.
Otherwise, if you’re not careful, you’ll lose weight, get rich and become better educated.
Then next thing you know, you’ll care less about football.
Sufficiently advanced sarcasm is indistinguishable from being an @$$hole.
by So. Cal. Niner. Fan. on Jan 21, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
was that really in the article? lol
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Jan 21, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe im cold hearted but
all this because a snobby, thin-skinned Saints fan from Mill Valley couldnt stand up for himself? Lame
by Frisco_Kid on Jan 21, 2012 8:38 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Hey buddy
I lived in San Fran for 2 years and Tampa for 10. San Fran fans, as a whole are some of the more dangerous fans I have ever been around. I have actually felt threatened without my team ever playing against yours. Its not the constant ridicule, its the fact that you cannot tell who is being serious.
If you read what happened to that Saints fan, put yourself in his position, then factor out the history of violence that has happened between bay area teams in the past two years. You will then understand why beefed up security, for the sake of the city of San Francisco, the NFL and fans of all teams, is a really good thing.
BTW – Oakland is the worst city to root for your team if you are not an Oakland fan.
Regardless of what happens, No playoffs, playoffs, no superblow, superblow.... The 2011/2012 is one of my favorite Giants Teams of all time.
Agree about Oakland...
but I’ve never heard nor seen ANYTHING that says that SF fans are any more dangerous than any other fanbases. Maybe it’s because I mostly go to (SF) Giants games, where the crowd might be less rowdy than they are at Candlestick, but I was shocked by this story myself.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 21, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I went to close to 30 SF Giant Games, they were fun
taught me to love baseball. As far as the football fans are concerned, I don’t know what it is.. the limited number of games. I would never go to a game. With the stadium next to Hunters Point…
I went to many Bucs vs Giants games and the good ribbing I got there is nothing compared to what I had to deal with on Bart, or walking down the street. and the 9ers never played the g-men.
Regardless of what happens, No playoffs, playoffs, no superblow, superblow.... The 2011/2012 is one of my favorite Giants Teams of all time.
Sounds like a cultural attitude. That sucks
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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Now here's a mature and level-headed opinion.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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I can't comprehend this....
I just don’t understand why anybody would threaten somebody for cheering on their favorite team. We aren’t the Raiders fans, we’ve always had classy fanbase. Guess these are the signs that times change and not always for the better. I mean this organization has always been classy and that has been a selling point of the 49ers over the years. Just don’t understand why any of this would/could happen just because the TEAM has been so successful this year.
+1
I was actually very disappointed when I read about what happened with some Saints fans. It’s time for the new fans, especially the band-wagon jumpers, to realize we need to be a classy fan base. We will yell and scream for our team, but respect those crazy fools who root for the other team! Be good winners and good losers (though not for the next two games cuz we’re not gonna lose!).
who's got it better than Honey Badger? Honey Badger don't give a ....
so mayor bloomberg is giving sf police free giants gear but not the sf giants?
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
Ha ha, witty as usual.
you can easily find Giants gear in your local thrift shop
"I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!. You ready? Here come the PAIN."
I can see It now
Jed York coming over the pa and saying to the fans “Hey we will not have this, This is NOT Oakland!!!!” lol
going to a raider game is like going to a library compared to a niner game.
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Jan 21, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
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