NY Times: Examining Fans' Rights to Jeer at Games

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I was in the stands watching some buddies work a tournament game a few years ago (I had the next game) and some bozo started screaming at the crew. Profanities, comments about their mothers and their wives, just totally obnoxious stuff. I got up and moved closer to him and called out to him:

"Hey buddy! Where do you work?"

He looked at me kind of perplexed and said he worked at the local Firestone. So I told him:

"The one on 99th Street? I will be there tomorrow morning at 10:00. I'm going to spend the day screaming at you about how slow you are getting those tires mounted, and what a lousy job you did on that alignment."

He got all red in the face and actually said:

"You can't do that to me!"

When everyone around him started laughing, he got up and walked out. See - these people think that they should be able to say whatever they want to say to officials...but no one can say that kind of stuff to them.

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Rocky Road -

That is one funny story...........

Did you follow through?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Did you follow through?

Nope...actually thought about swinging by there after I got off work the next day. But then I got unstupid and went home.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Mark, your reference to the 2nd amendment is spot on as well. Try walking into a county court house with your side arm some time. For that matter, try taking your side arm into the same municipal stadium that the Times thinks you should be able to freely express your speech in.

Big difference. Neither of those venues (court house or stadium) are prohibiting you from bearing arms...they're denying you entry as long as you are bearing arms.

This is not a lot different than players wearing jewelry...we don't tell them to take it out, we only tell them they're not going to play with it in.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Big difference. Neither of those venues (court house or stadium) are prohibiting you from bearing arms...they're denying you entry as long as you are bearing arms.

This is not a lot different than players wearing jewelry...we don't tell them to take it out, we only tell them they're not going to play with it in.

And Johnny Knucklehead isn't being told he can't say whatever he wants. He just can't do it inside this venue at this time.

[chymechowder]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I was in the stands watching some buddies work a tournament game a few years ago (I had the next game) and some bozo started screaming at the crew. Profanities, comments about their mothers and their wives, just totally obnoxious stuff. I got up and moved closer to him and called out to him:

"Hey buddy! Where do you work?"

He looked at me kind of perplexed and said he worked at the local Firestone. So I told him:

"The one on 99th Street? I will be there tomorrow morning at 10:00. I'm going to spend the day screaming at you about how slow you are getting those tires mounted, and what a lousy job you did on that alignment."

He got all red in the face and actually said:

"You can't do that to me!"

When everyone around him started laughing, he got up and walked out. See - these people think that they should be able to say whatever they want to say to officials...but no one can say that kind of stuff to them.

Your whole angle is brilliant. But the bolded part is my favorite.