garydrake425
New member
Whats the real story. A group of 36 huh. Sounds like some whinners bit off more then they could chew. Sorray foya :angry017:
JSeahawks":1nvdw0l0 said:Not that it excuses any behavior but these kids were 14. When I was 14 I would have loved to have guys cuss at me and insult my team. I would have smiled, laughed and loved every minute.
The above says it all IMHO. A few forty whiner fans crying, at least no one got stabbed unlike candledump. To the story, meh whatever! Odds are its full of exaggerating and half truths, and I hardly doubt they are the innocent victims they claim to be. If you are wearing enemy colors into an opposing stadium and don't expect to get harassed a little then you are naive. More than likely a few butthurt whiner fans still bitter over their team being completely dominated and embarrassed on national tv.pinksheets":28pxbskv said:There's always going to be a few bad apples that really cross the line, that's unfortunate.
I do want opposing fans to feel unwelcome in our house, though. I don't want them there.
Sports Hernia":3e93l4ce said:The above says it all IMHO. A few forty whiner fans crying, at least no one got stabbed unlike candledump. To the story, meh whatever! Odds are its full of exaggerating and half truths, and I hardly doubt they are the innocent victims they claim to be. If you are wearing enemy colors into an opposing stadium and don't expect to get harassed a little then you are naive. More than likely a few butthurt whiner fans still bitter over their team being completely dominated and embarrassed on national tv.pinksheets":3e93l4ce said:There's always going to be a few bad apples that really cross the line, that's unfortunate.
I do want opposing fans to feel unwelcome in our house, though. I don't want them there.
impacthawk":1ibgn5kz said:As a life long Seahawks fan who went to his first home game....at the first home game in 1977, Things HAVE really changed. I was 11 years old during my first season with the Seahawks. My parents felt it was totally ok to buy our family season tickets and take me to every game, where their largest worry was strategic parking before the game. They had no worry that I would be exposed to rude fan behavior, or that some drunken fan would throw up on us. In fact, I can remember no specific incidents of bad fan behavior from Home fans or visiting fans. In fact, we had a KC Chiefs fan sit in front of us one game early on.....and 10 years later that same fan sat in the same seat and my dad greeted him like a lost friend and they bantered back and fourth the whole game....all in good fun. We were ALL fans of football. We held those seats until they brought the place down.
Since those days, our entire culture has changed..... This is not just a football fan issue. This is a larger issue. It has become ok to yell and ridicule people. It has become ok to be disrespectful to women. It has become totally ok to publicly shame another person. I see this behavior most often with the under 25 crowd. Trashing another person on facebook, or twitter or a message board is the new normal........My 18 year old daughter says its fun. Is anyone surprised this behavior then comes out in public, with total strangers....where it is easy to be anonymous hiding behind a fan jersey in a stadium full of 65,000 other people? Man, I don't. It's shameful really.
You can call me old, or stupid, or nostalgic or whatever the hell you want....but I think everyone should be able to experience being a fan. The game day experience is what made me into a lifelong Seahawks fan. I don't want parents to not want to take their kids to a game because they are worried. Now....with that said, I would not take an 11 year old to an away game. I expect a certain amount of ribbing, and a run in or two with a guy who has had too much. I can deal with this just fine....and have most recently at Mile High Stadium a couple of years ago.
It just comes down to treating people the way you would want to be treated. Unfortunately, that's a pretty low level for some.
LymonHawk":2jnvt2re said:This type of bullshiet comes up every year from some whiney fan who's team lost at The Clink...but; Seattle is still in the US of A and ANYONE who can get a ticket has the right to come into The Clink and enjoy the game without being harassed by a punch of punks. Yes, that's what they are, punks.
I will also say that in all the times I've been to Seahawks Stadium, I've never seen a physical assault or anything even close to that nature........of course, I'm usually with Riley12 and NO ONE in their right mind would mess with that gangsta! :stirthepot:
bestfightstory":158ohcnd said:LymonHawk":158ohcnd said:This type of bullshiet comes up every year from some whiney fan who's team lost at The Clink...but; Seattle is still in the US of A and ANYONE who can get a ticket has the right to come into The Clink and enjoy the game without being harassed by a punch of punks. Yes, that's what they are, punks.
I will also say that in all the times I've been to Seahawks Stadium, I've never seen a physical assault or anything even close to that nature........of course, I'm usually with Riley12 and NO ONE in their right mind would mess with that gangsta! :stirthepot:
And THIS is telling, cuz Lymin considers glitter a physical assault.
Dyelon42":9u7ldwyg said:I, personally, don't question the stories validity. I went to the Monday night Seahwaks vs. Packers MNF game and this SNF Seahawks vs. 49ers game. I myself was a little appalled at the behavior of some hawks fans. i seen fights break out during both the games. I love my seahawks and love to see the niners get smashed by us on primetime however it is not the stage to pick fights and degrade the innocent during gameday.
I was sitting in the hawks nest during gameday and there was pretty much just one niners fan around us totally unprepared for the games conditions. Every one around us heckled him but he was literally freezing cold in just a thermal, niners jersey, and niners pajama pants. My wife actually offered him a rain poncho that we had extra and some "hott hands". She even got yelled at by a fan behind us for offering such a thing. After I gave him a piece of my mind things got settled but I was seriously disappointed with some of the 12th mans behaviors during the game. However, it will never overshadow how great of a game it was to be at, and how much I love to see Jim Douchebah and the whiners get stomped on by the Hawks.