NFL to require ejected fans to take online course

NFL gets serious about fan conduct

The NFL is getting more serious about conduct in the stands.

This year, its teams are requiring any fan who gets ejected from a stadium to take a four-hour online course before they are permitted to come back into the facility again.

The course, designed by psychotherapist Dr. Ari Novick in tandem with the MetLife Stadium security director Daniel DeLorenzi, focuses on alcohol abuse, anger management and crude behavior. A handful of teams have used the course over the past couple seasons, but this summer, as part of a review of their best practices, every team decided to enforce the course on offending fans this season.

"For decades, some fans have believed that when they put on the jersey of their favorite player on their favorite team and they enter a stadium, they can behave any way they want," Novick said. "This program was designed to say to people, 'We want you to have fun when you come to a game, but you have to understand that your actions can affect people and there are rules to abide by.' "

The program is an extension of the NFL Fan Code of Conduct that the league implemented in 2008 to better control unruly fans by threatening to revoke ticket privileges for future games.

Novick said when fans get ejected from a game this year, they will be sent a letter that encourages them to apologize to the team and complete the course. If they fail to meet the requirement, and they are caught on stadium property, they are told they could be arrested for trespassing.

Not only do fans have to take the course if they want to come back to the stadium, they have to pay for it, too. Costs vary by team. The Detroit Lions and the Atlanta Falcons charge the least at $50, while the New England Patriots charge a league-high $100. When a fan completes the course, Novick's company forwards that information to the club.

Skeptics might wonder how teams are going to keep track of ejected fans from week to week. Ray DiNunzio, the NFL's director of strategic security, told ESPN the monitoring will vary by team but could at some point involve facial recognition technology.

Approximately 7,000 people were ejected from NFL stadiums last season. The number varied by team but some teams are known to be more strict in certain areas than others. The Oakland Raiders, for example, have a zero-tolerance policy for smoking. DiNunzio said the Raiders could eject up to 300 fans a game for lighting up.

NFL to require ejected fans to take online fan conduct course - ESPN

So Long Raider Fans [pic]

better not bring an id [pic]

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I dont see this working too well...

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most of them fools don't know how to use the internets

this sounds familiar....

You aint lying [pic]

I went to my first Raiders home game on Monday and those mudda!!as dunno how to act [pic]

i was at the raider game on monday and we boo'd 2 cops while they were taking a man away for some !!.. the cop was all clappin n talkin !! back.[pic]

everytime cowboy fans would unite to go down stairs, we'd all boo they[..].. same with stray 9er fans wit jerseys.

that tropical smoke was all up in the air that day [pic]

Ejected fans shouldnt get another chance


I hate raider fans who cant act right at games so !! em

I don't drink alcohol aside from one casual drink here and there because herb is my calling, so I'll just take a money clip into the games from now on. The ID will stay in the whip. I only get the frozen lemonades at the games anyhow.

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But yeah that seems to be the solution.... if you know you're hot tempered then just don't take your ID in. If you insist on drinking then have a friend buy it for you. The !! they gonna get your info on file?

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Your ticket info people , it leaves a paper trail . And if a friend bought them or whatever they will be the ones holding the bag till they roll on you . But im glad they are enforcing some type of law . You can tell these people dont get out to often and think going to a game = an excuse to act like an !! . And FYI they do have undercovers wearing the rival teams jerseys .

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Sh*t ain't abt to change anything. As long as alcohol is present ppl wiill act a fool.

its either this or raise the ticket prices [pic]

Alcohol at games = ppl not giving any !!s...

If the Jets and Dolphins play the same week as the Steelers/Ravens, Raiders/49ers or Broncos, Eagles/Giants, Saints/Falcons or Panthers, Packers/Bears, etc....it's gonna look like a college campus[pic]