Dak Prescott Booed @ Super Bowl

Not a holding cellā€¦ a jail. With a judge šŸ˜‚! I suppose you could call it a courthouse if you wanted to be technical about itā€¦.
A holding cell is nothing more than a kinder gentler phrase for jail. You're creating an artificial distinction and turning a mole hill's worth of distinction into a mountain. Some cities have judges appear remotely. Others transport to central to meet the judge or cite and release as the case may warrant. Others have the judge on site. The fact is, most stadiums have jail cells in them and have unruly fans that wind up in them. Philly is not unique in anything material in that regard.
 
A holding cell is nothing more than a kinder gentler phrase for jail. You're creating an artificial distinction and turning a mole hill's worth of distinction into a mountain. Some cities have judges appear remotely. Others transport to central to meet the judge or cite and release as the case may warrant. Others have the judge on site. The fact is, most stadiums have jail cells in them and have unruly fans that wind up in them. Philly is not unique in anything material in that regard.
Perhapsā€¦
ā€In 1998, the team installed a court and jail under the stadium run by Judge Seamus McCaffery. The fans had been so unruly that the team decided to arrest, imprison and try their fans under the stadium. Extending the three-year run of dominance on the notorious fan charts, the Eagles had two incidents in 1999.ā€

Maybe I was being too rough on the poor, suffering Eagles fansā€¦
 
Gotta love people who speak on behalf of the entire world in such general terms.....

Philadelphia fans are no worse, or better, than fans across the country and across the world. All fan bases are a large majority of great fans and all fan bases have a few idiots that cause people to generalize the entire fan base. All cities. And if you watched the presentation to Prescott, yes - there was booing initially - probably the Philly fans who boo Prescott by reflex (like Dallas fans would have done the same to an Eagle player had it been reversed). But after the initial booing, when accepting the award, the fans were cheering - funny how that part of the story gets hidden. Not a Prescott fan, but that award is a big deal and a great honor. You could tell from his reaction, he was expecting a less than warm welcome - but glad they did clean it up and clap for his honor.
No. Trust me, I know from first hand. Like the time we were in a bar during the Jacksonville Super Bowl and we had to do a shot every time an Eagles fan got tossed into a paddy wagon. It was the running joke of the entire Super Bowl. Idiotsā€¦
 
No. Trust me, I know from first hand. Like the time we were in a bar during the Jacksonville Super Bowl and we had to do a shot every time an Eagles fan got tossed into a paddy wagon. It was the running joke of the entire Super Bowl. Idiotsā€¦
Big difference from saying you have first-hand experience and 'the world knows'.....

Also seems to be a direct relationship between people saying/doing stupid things, and the amount of alcohol involved - again, not just a Philly thing.
 


Perhapsā€¦
ā€In 1998, the team installed a court and jail under the stadium run by Judge Seamus McCaffery. The fans had been so unruly that the team decided to arrest, imprison and try their fans under the stadium. Extending the three-year run of dominance on the notorious fan charts, the Eagles had two incidents in 1999.ā€

Maybe I was being too rough on the poor, suffering Eagles fansā€¦

No amount of trying to turn a molehill's worth of artificial distinction into a mountain is going to change the facts. Many stadiums have jails. And all cities have means in place to handle unruly fans, which they have at every stadium in the country.

By the way the part you bolded was at Veteran's stadium. The Eagles don't play there any more. The new one also has Jail cells too but not a court room. Furthermore, you left out several key things.

1. When fans went to court, the process was usually cut and dried. Billy Penn reported that perpetrators were usually caught in the act and thus pleaded guilty. The sentence was usually a fine of $150 to $300 and maybe community service as well. If someone decided to plead not guilty, or if they faced more serious charges, a court date would be assigned and things would not be handled at the stadium.

2. When Lincoln Financial Field opened in 2003, Eagles Court was not brought back. There was still a jail installed,

3. McCaffery's career came crashing down in 2014. He resigned on Oct. 27 after an investigation found he had sent or received 234 pornographic e-mails between 2008 and 2012 to an employee in the attorney general's office.
 
Gotta love people who speak on behalf of the entire world in such general terms.....

Philadelphia fans are no worse, or better, than fans across the country and across the world. All fan bases are a large majority of great fans and all fan bases have a few idiots that cause people to generalize the entire fan base. All cities. And if you watched the presentation to Prescott, yes - there was booing initially - probably the Philly fans who boo Prescott by reflex (like Dallas fans would have done the same to an Eagle player had it been reversed). But after the initial booing, when accepting the award, the fans were cheering - funny how that part of the story gets hidden. Not a Prescott fan, but that award is a big deal and a great honor. You could tell from his reaction, he was expecting a less than warm welcome - but glad they did clean it up and clap for his honor.
I did not notice that-I guess I was just in a state of shock when I heard the LOUD booing.

That is great that they eventually cheered-doesn't change the fact that there should not have been booing at all in that situation-but still a positive.
 
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I did not notice that-I guess I was just in a state of shock when I heard the LOUD booing.

That is great that they eventually cheered-doesn't change the fact that there should not have been booing at all in that situation-but still a positive.
Agreed - it's a great honor for Prescott. Obviously, the man does a lot of tremendous things for kids and community, and the Walter Payton award is a huge deal.
 


Agreed - it's a great honor for Prescott. Obviously, the man does a lot of tremendous things for kids and community, and the Walter Payton award is a huge deal.
Totally unrelated but this post jogged my memory. Who was it that got caught in a hooker sting the night before he got his Bart Starr award for leadership in the home, community and on the field. Eugene Robinson was it?
 
No amount of trying to turn a molehill's worth of artificial distinction into a mountain is going to change the facts. Many stadiums have jails. And all cities have means in place to handle unruly fans, which they have at every stadium in the country.

By the way the part you bolded was at Veteran's stadium. The Eagles don't play there any more. The new one also has Jail cells too but not a court room. Furthermore, you left out several key things.

1. When fans went to court, the process was usually cut and dried. Billy Penn reported that perpetrators were usually caught in the act and thus pleaded guilty. The sentence was usually a fine of $150 to $300 and maybe community service as well. If someone decided to plead not guilty, or if they faced more serious charges, a court date would be assigned and things would not be handled at the stadium.

2. When Lincoln Financial Field opened in 2003, Eagles Court was not brought back. There was still a jail installed,

3. McCaffery's career came crashing down in 2014. He resigned on Oct. 27 after an investigation found he had sent or received 234 pornographic e-mails between 2008 and 2012 to an employee in the attorney general's office.
Read what I saidā€¦ I never said it was in the new stadium. Unless you mean by building a new place the fans changed their behavior, or just got rid of all the bad ones. My point is they have a long(some might say proud) history of ā€œbad behavior.ā€ And this coming from a person whoā€™s had as much bad behavior as anyone šŸ˜‚. And yes -itā€™s a very general statement ā€¦but thatā€™s because Iā€™ve never met every single fan.
 
Just for a second, let's consider just the possibility that the actions taken by Philadelphia 2 1/2 decades ago might've actually had a positive impact. The city realized there was a problem, took steps to show they were serious about cracking down, and the results were actually for the better..... The recorded incidents at the Philly stadiums went down over the next 20 years. In fact, there was an independent project done by one of the major newspapers in the mid 2010s that showed the worst NFL stadiums for unruliness and arrests. Philly was mid-pack of the NFL cities. The Jets/Giants/Raiders/Steelers, even Chargers/Packers/Bills had the highest rate of incidents and arrests. Good and bad fans everywhere. Way more good than bad, but it's the sad actions of the few that make their cities look bad.
 
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I actually started a thread about worst/best fans. Yes, it's unfair to stereotype but overall, the ice throwing, beating up Santa group will not surprise me with a few boos. I am surprised they did not throw batteries the man, tbh. That's just how they roll. One of my favorite Abbot Elementary characters is Melissa from South Philly. She would have booed him. :)
 

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