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Eagles' Fans are Classless?

Personally, I'm not going to call an entire fan base classless, I only know one Philly fan, and he's a friend of mine. However, I do think that it was tasteless to boo while Collie was motionless and being attended too. Part of the blame should go to whoever was running the Jumbotron, and kept playing the hit over and over. That being said, I think calling the entire fan base "classless" is a bit overboard.

However, that's not the point of this post, the point of this post is to share with you all something I stumbled upon today, and laughed out loud when I read it. It seems very ironic considering Sunday's events. So, copied and pasted directly from the Eagle's Wikipedia page:

While praising their loyalty, the Forbes study, also calls the team's fans "famously cruel," noting their proclivity for picking fights and harassing fans of visiting teams.[13] Some local media have criticized portions of the fan base, calling them "aggressive, drunken louts with a penchant for harassing women."[17]

Some Eagles fans have been involved in a series of high-profile incidents of rowdy behavior, including:

  • Bounty Bowl II, where a barrage of snowballs and batteries from the stands forced police to escort Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson, off the field;[18]
  • "all-out debauchery" at the November 10, 1997, game against the San Francisco 49ers, featuring a fan with a flare gun, a large brawl on an upper level, and an Eagles fan being mauled because his friend was wearing a New York Giants jacket;[19] all leading to six arrests and 269 ejections from the stadium, as well as a ban on beer sales for the remainder of the season and the introduction of the famous "Eagles Court" in the stadium's basement;[20]

Police say that rowdy behavior has decreased since the Eagles moved to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003. Increased costs have priced out some of the problem fans and increased security measures have given stadium staff the ability to address unruliness more quickly,[25] though ESPN still advises fans of opposing teams to "tread lightly" when visiting Lincoln Financial Field.[15]

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