I dunno, maybe they're on to something here. I don't think anyone should be allowed to wear an oilers jersey in the Dome. Or anywhere else. Ever.
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Except the eye-popping number of mass shootings this year so far.
To be clear, you mean you visited Tampa, yes? I've attended countless Panthers games and that has NEVER been a policy. In fact, they often cater to countless snowbirds coming to watch their teams in Florida because they can't get an affordable ticket back home. When the Leafs, Habs, Rangers, or Bruins play, the arena is usually 50/50 with visiting jerseys.
So be it, let any fan attend any game, so long as they aren't disruptive. What the hell is their problem?
This all reminds of what happened to my friend Elaine.
Well she called in sick to work and then her and my other friend George they went to a Yankees game you see, then she was asked to take her Orioles hat off (as she's originally from Baltimore). Anywho, she was sitting in the owners seats and she argued with security because she didn't want to take the hat off and ended up getting kicked out.
Then, would you believe it, her boss ended up asking her to a Yankees game and told her to wear the hat and sit in THE VERY SAME SEATS she just got kicked out of the game before. All this while she had called in sick to work the first time.... yeah, she got in trouble.
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If you care enough about sports that having an opposing teams fan in your section riles you up and you can't control yourself, you are a loser and you shouldn't be there.
End of story.
Edit: not YOU the person I am quoting, the royal YOU
I agree with you. That said there isn't a loser checker in security. In soccer you get that mob feel. It gets you feel invincible, and it gets quite scary when a couple of mobs clash with each other. Those things are not rational, and people can be quite stupid, and make even stupider decisions when drinking. Some people have a hard time losing, others react badly to friendly ribbing. The bottom line is that those incidents are better avoided.
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Well, this is not a public event, and Tampa (or any other team) do have the right to do whatever it is that they want to do.
On the flip side, people in this situation are 100% free to express their displeasure at these rules. They are rather absurd.
I mean, I can't stand some Canucks, Oilers and (especially it seems) Leafs fans, and I do often wish that they were somehow not allowed into the arena, but I am also glad that the organization I support isn't so ######y.
The C of Red is fricken glorious in the playoffs, which makes every year that they aren't in it even worse. Nobody is forced to wear red AFAIK. If you want to wear the opposing team colours, that's fine. The fact that it happens makes on its' own makes it a glorious thing. Teams that try and force everyone to conform are stupid and ######y, and a complete embarrassment to themselves and what sports should even be about.
F U Tampa, you bunch of dirty, cheatin', never a cup without an asterisk organization!
If you care enough about sports that having an opposing teams fan in your section riles you up and you can't control yourself, you are a loser and you shouldn't be there.
End of story.
Edit: not YOU the person I am quoting, the royal YOU
I love it when idiotic soccer fans are brought up as reasoning for NA sports. Their fans are so unruly and dangerous, we should adopt similar policies? Because literally brawling and possibly killing opposing fans should be the standard we all use? What?
Don't get me wrong, there are some cool soccer traditions but being a psychotic fan is not one of them.
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And here I thought the Oilers had North America's #1 Inferiority Complex all locked up.
Tampa will require the Oilers to hold their beer as they excommunicate an 11-year old for having the the sheer, unadulterated audacity to cheer for a different team and wear their Jersey.
Can we get that lady from Game of Thrones to march that child through downtown Tampa while ringing her bell and chanting 'SHAME?'
I dont even know if I should feel bad for the employees....they actually seem pretty into it as opposed to a more apologetic:
"I know this is stupid and I'm sorry but its my job' approach.
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And here I thought the Oilers had North America's #1 Inferiority Complex all locked up.
Tampa will require the Oilers to hold their beer as they excommunicate an 11-year old for having the the sheer, unadulterated audacity to cheer for a different team and wear their Jersey.
Can we get that lady from Game of Thrones to march that child through downtown Tampa while ringing her bell and chanting 'SHAME?'
I dont even know if I should feel bad for the employees....they actually seem pretty into it as opposed to a more apologetic:
"I know this is stupid and I'm sorry but its my job' approach.
I just found out yesterday that she is in Ted Lasso as the jilted ex-wife.
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I love it when idiotic soccer fans are brought up as reasoning for NA sports. Their fans are so unruly and dangerous, we should adopt similar policies? Because literally brawling and possibly killing opposing fans should be the standard we all use? What?
Don't get me wrong, there are some cool soccer traditions but being a psychotic fan is not one of them.
Some of the most fun I’ve had at sporting events was friendly bantering with an opposing fan sitting next to me.
To be charitable, I'm guessing they instituted this policy to prevent confrontations between rival fans. Has there been instances of this in Tampa as far as anyone knows?
"Hey you 11 year old!! **** you! Some nerve you have being a young fan of a hockey team! I'll beat your ***!"
Seriously though, if that's that reason behind this then maybe tell your fans that instigators of fights will be kicked out.
This is the dumbest 'official policy' I've ever heard of.
Whoever came up with this idea needs to be publicly flogged at Centre Ice while someone desperately tries to sing the Anthem to drown out their screams.
And the 11 year-old should be the one doing the flogging!
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