jjakq27 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 The following letter was mailed to season ticket holders as part of their renewal package for 2006. Hopefully people will think twice about scalping them or selling them on ebay. TOUGHER FAN POLICY: The Bengals, in a letter to season-ticket holders, are warning that unruly behavior at Paul Brown Stadium will not be tolerated."In more and more cities, unruly behavior is becoming a problem at sporting events and needs to be addressed," the club writes. "By unruly behavior we mean drunkenness, excessive foul language and physical threats and altercations. All stadium staff, including team personnel, ticket takers, ushers and security, will be directed to ensure that unruly behavior is not tolerated. Beginning this season, these incidents will be tracked and offending fans held accountable. Season ticket holders will be held responsible for their guests." Warnings will be issued for first-time offenders, and repeat offenders risk losing their season-ticket "privileges."http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../602150339/1066 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsbengalsbucks Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Good for them it is time to rein in the drunken fools of the world, we need to quit letting idiots ruin everything that is good in the world.I am a firm believer that alcohol and sporting events should only mix in the privacy of ones own home, emotions run high while watching sports and alcohol only makes matters worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Next_Big_Thing Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Amen! This should keep drunken asshats from fighting in the stands, running out on the field, and forcing a fumble from Brett Favre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMH14 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 This also might make a season ticket holder think twice about giving/selling their tickets to fans of the team we are playing. If the season ticket holder is accountable for the actions of those in his/her seats, the season ticket holder will have to think twice about giving his/her tickets to say, a Steeler fan, for fear that the Steeler fan may instigate all the Bengal fans around those seats and put the seat owner in jeopardy of losing his/her season tickets. This also may effect those that sell their seats on e-bay or the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 It would be funny to see ticket vendors lose their COA's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I can't see them holding a season ticket holder responsible for the actions of someone they sold their tickets to. I have every right to sell my tickets on ebay or anywhere else, if I should so choose. You know who you sold them to and they are the only people accountable for THEIR actions. How is someone going to tell you that you are responsible for some "fan" Bengal, Steeler, whatever that drank to much and acted like some assclown ?? If I'm the one acting the d**n fool, so be it, but I'm not responsible for someone elses stupidity.I'm not a season ticket holder either and would not sell my tickets.WHODEY !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan2330 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I can't see them holding a season ticket holder responsible for the actions of someone they sold their tickets to. I have every right to sell my tickets on ebay or anywhere else, if I should so choose. You know who you sold them to and they are the only people accountable for THEIR actions. How is someone going to tell you that you are responsible for some "fan" Bengal, Steeler, whatever that drank to much and acted like some assclown ?? If I'm the one acting the d**n fool, so be it, but I'm not responsible for someone elses stupidity.I'm not a season ticket holder either and would not sell my tickets.WHODEY !!!Actually, you may want to check the laws in Ohio, in Illinois where I live it is illegal to sell your tickets for profit on sites like E-Bay. Yea I know it happens all the time, hell I have even sold tickets on StubHub and the Governor of our crappy state is trying to make it legal, but as things state right now it is against the law in Illinois and I believe that Ohio is the same (unless you are a licensed business such as a ticket broker who pays taxes on such things). Also I have heard of other stadiums doing the same thing, especially after the altercation at the Pistons game last season. All the Bengals have to do is write it into the language of the contract and it becomes so, whether it is right or wrong they would just tell you not to get season tickets then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I can't see them holding a season ticket holder responsible for the actions of someone they sold their tickets to. I have every right to sell my tickets on ebay or anywhere else, if I should so choose. You know who you sold them to and they are the only people accountable for THEIR actions. How is someone going to tell you that you are responsible for some "fan" Bengal, Steeler, whatever that drank to much and acted like some assclown ?? If I'm the one acting the d**n fool, so be it, but I'm not responsible for someone elses stupidity.I'm not a season ticket holder either and would not sell my tickets.WHODEY !!!Actually, you may want to check the laws in Ohio, in Illinois where I live it is illegal to sell your tickets for profit on sites like E-Bay. Yea I know it happens all the time, hell I have even sold tickets on StubHub and the Governor of our crappy state is trying to make it legal, but as things state right now it is against the law in Illinois and I believe that Ohio is the same (unless you are a licensed business such as a ticket broker who pays taxes on such things). Also I have heard of other stadiums doing the same thing, especially after the altercation at the Pistons game last season. All the Bengals have to do is write it into the language of the contract and it becomes so, whether it is right or wrong they would just tell you not to get season tickets then. Well, if that is the fact, I'll just have to mark "Getting Bengals season tickets" off my list of things to do when I retire from the Army in 4 years !!! Once again, I'm not condoning a person being a F*CKING drunken idiot, just my right to sell my ticket, if I should so desire and not be held accountable for someone elses actions. Put me in the camp that feels, in some form or fashion, this is BULLSH*T !!!WHODEY !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hugg Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 As a season ticket holder who doesn't drink, comes to the games to enjoy football, and am tired of sitting near Steelers fans every damn time they come to town, this policy pleases me.As this team has gotten better, the hostility in PBS has gotten worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Stiller Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 As a season ticket holder who doesn't drink, comes to the games to enjoy football, and am tired of sitting near Steelers fans every damn time they come to town, this policy pleases me.As this team has gotten better, the hostility in PBS has gotten worse.It won't change much of anything. There will still be thousands of Steelers fans every time we visit PBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 As I recall, that is just a restatemt of the policy in place since day 1. Granted, it clarifies it a bit, but it isn't really a change. It seems they are warning you that now they are seriously going to keep track of incidents.I am a season ticket holder, my job sometimes prevents me from making it to every game, and I sell my tickets through eBay. As you get two strikes, until someone burns me for the first one, I will continue to sell tickets I can not use on eBay. You can not lose your seat license over a single incident. Sure would be bad to have someone else create a strike against me, but then I would just have to stop my occasional eBay selling I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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