The old joke goes, "I went to the fights last night, and a hockey game broke out." These days you can swap out hockey for football and you're much closer to the truth. My interest in the NFL has been diminishing as I get older in large part because of the culture described in this recent article in the Sporting News. Violent, loutish, and drunk is not only no way to go through life, it's not anything I want to pay to experience or subject my family to. All sports have their moments of fan violence and stupidity, but in the NFL it's a constant presence. I recall stories from a Detroit Lions season ticket holder describing the ceaseless brawls that broke out in the stands during a Monday Night Football game in the Silver Dome against the Raiders. That was over 20 years ago. This problem is not new. I guess as long as the coffers stay full there will be no motivation to change, but what does that say about the fans who support it?
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2015-09-19/49ers-vikings-fan-fight-nfl-culture-attendance-decline-experience
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