Leagues, clubs deal with perception of rise in fan violence
A 'real problem'
After a near-fatal beating in baseball and this month's mayhem at an NFL preseason game, experts warn the perception of a rise in fan violence will give Americans reason to attend fewer games if leagues and clubs do not take action.
Of 69,732 fans at this month's Oakland Raiders-San Francisco 49ers NFL game, 70 were ejected from Candlestick Park , 12 were arrested, two were shot in the parking lot — and one was savagely beaten in a restroom.
Last season, the NFL averaged three arrests and 25 ejections per stadium per week, framing the recent events in San Francisco as a startling deviation.
"After Saturday, I heard so many people say, 'I'm not bringing my kids anymore,' " former 49ers president Carmen Policy told the San Francisco Chronicle . "That's a real problem for the NFL."
The NFL has noticed. Monday, the league and the Raiders released photos showing fans, including families, enjoying themselves at Sunday's game against the visiting New Orleans Saints . "Perception + reality, often not the same," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote on Twitter.
Problem? Or perception of a problem? Factors to consider:
•Rivalry games spark animosity among fans.
"It derives from proximity," says Andrei S. Markovits, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan . "Civil wars have been shown to have much higher casualty rates than non-civil wars."
Add in tailgating and the accompanying uninhibited alcohol consumption and incidents can happen.
"They have to cut down on the alcohol consumption in the parking lots," Steve Ives, a 55-year old truck driver from New Haven , Conn., said at the Aug. 22 NFL game between the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. "Those fans are too intoxicated to control themselves. Then you get the violence.
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Ganis cites the rash of postgame drunk driving and lawsuits in the late 1990s as why clubs implemented stricter ID policies and seventh inning sales cutoffs — up to a point. But no matter what teams make from alcohol, the real money, Ganis said,
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