Ejected From Last Night's Game

Why abuse another team? Support your own! Undoubtedly this will make me even more unpopular on here but I can't see the point of being abusive! Sure I take my children to the match and expect bad language, part of the game but singing 'fuck you philly' sounds totally disproportionate! I'd feel the the same if somebody sang 'fuck you West Ham' or anybody else at a match over here. Is there bad blood between New York and Philly? I am prepared to get the same level of abuse now!
 
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Listen to the incredible Patton Oswalt discuss some of your alternatives to cursing (audio NSFW, but very, very funny).

 
#Free Caleb

I saw him get ejected for cursing at the steward.

Bottom line is, they are looking for an excuse. I cursed, waved at the Philly fans trying to get under their skin, and stood on the bleachers the entire game. So I guess I got lucky, but I won't push my luck until we know for sure what is acceptable and what isn't. I still had a lot of fun though.
 
There's a fine line here that YS doesn't want to get near. Cursing is one thing, I personally am not bothered by it, and my 12 year old finds it amusing more than anything. But the cursing can sometimes turn to really inappropriate insults (eg. Racist, homophobic, personal stuff) if someone keeps pushing. Then it suddenly becomes a confrontation. If they have zero tolerance (esp after the report from the last game) then that line is not approached.
 
I sat in the front of section 234 aswell. The whole time I was swearing and cursing, yelling and standing. No problem. But after reading these posts I apparently was very lucky (also not in my proper seat) Screw this policy. Same with Smoking policy. My Friend couldnt smoke a cigarette anywhere and they dont let u leave the stadium since no reentry is permitted.

I blame Bloomberg for some reason. Guy was a twat.


They didn't seem to stop people from smoking on the ramps
 
To be honest I have taught my son from 9ish or so there is Language and Football Language. It's ok to use both at a match or while watching on tv but I don't want to hear him use it elsewhere. (He is now 14)
 
I'm with YS on this. Dropping an F bomb here and there is fine, but an entire section chanting "Fuck You Philly" is just asinine. What point does a chant like that serve? Nothing. It just tells everyone that you're all a bunch of drunken, immature idiots. Chant about your team instead, that's what you're there for. Just because you're in a supporters section doesn't mean it's acceptable to act like a fucking assclown.
 
Yeah, so this is what Metro had to deal with at Giants, and what we'll have to deal with until we get the hell out of Yankee Stadium. Supporters sections in club-owned grounds are more self policing (within obvious limits). But this is clearly an extension of the block-long list of all that is forbidden in YS. That flags, banners, drums, musical instruments, costumes, streamers, and anything considered "a distraction" (their words) can get to denied entrance/ejected is a MAJOR problem. This is not some debate over your personal opinions of curse words. This is "sit down and shut up" policing (with actual police) that is going to become worse as security/stadium folks develop a history of grievance with non-baseball fans.

If you are offended by swear words in a supporters section: go to the "family stand" or whatever they call it. If that's unacceptable to you, you'll need to find another passtime, cause soccer fans in NYC are not turning into Ned Flanders. If you don't like it, stay home with your fingers in your ears reciting psalms.

And Jesus, if someone with Bernard Manning as their avatar is going to get moralistic about four-letter-words, from six time zones away, then we've got worse cognitive difficulties than misspelling.

And while we're at it, lay off the classist B.S. over people making spelling errors. Makes you look like a d*ck.
 
And Jesus, if someone with Bernard Manning as their avatar is going to get moralistic about four-letter-words, from six time zones away, then we've got worse cognitive difficulties than misspelling.

And while we're at it, lay off the classist B.S. over people making spelling errors. Makes you look like a d*ck.

Lenny Bruce would be proud. +1
 
The YS security team definitely needs to chill about behavior in the supporters' section. What's been described here is way over the top. At the same time, however, the supporters' section apparently needs to get a little more creative with the chants. I don't like hearing the "fuck you" chants, and it's not because I have sensitive ears or am a demure debutante. It's because I want to be proud of our supporters' section, and they are failing to come up with things more clever or interesting than "fuck you".
 
If you are offended by swear words in a supporters section: go to the "family stand" or whatever they call it. If that's unacceptable to you, you'll need to find another passtime, cause soccer fans in NYC are not turning into Ned Flanders. If you don't like it, stay home with your fingers in your ears reciting psalms.

And while we're at it, lay off the classist B.S. over people making spelling errors. Makes you look like a d*ck.
It's pastime.
 
The YS security team definitely needs to chill about behavior in the supporters' section. What's been described here is way over the top. At the same time, however, the supporters' section apparently needs to get a little more creative with the chants. I don't like hearing the "fuck you" chants, and it's not because I have sensitive ears or am a demure debutante. It's because I want to be proud of our supporters' section, and they are failing to come up with things more clever or interesting than "fuck you".
This. Resorting to base chants is an embarrassing lack of creativity.