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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Show and Tell, Meadowlands-style


You know, I've been to a Jets game or two, and I never knew there was an unofficial halftime show of women showing their breasts on the Gate D ramps. But now everyone knows, thanks to the NY Times article. And if you're looking for the YouTube videos referenced in the article, they've been taken down.

From the article:

The mood of previous Gate D crowds — captured on video clips posted on YouTube — sometimes bordered on hostile, not unlike the spirit of infamously aggressive European soccer hooligans. One clip online shows a woman being groped by a man standing next to her....

Such fan behavior is not uncommon at other sporting events in the United States, like Nascar races and the infield at the Kentucky Derby.


1- Jets fans, we're like Nascar? That's just embarrassing.
2- The tradition does not apply to Giants games... and I am sure will not apply after last week.
3- When I went to the Meadowlands, I was cold as hell. You couldn't convince me to take off any layers, let alone show my...
4- It wouldn't be hard to arrest the people who show their tits (just, you know, unfair and kinda skeevy) vs arresting all the men watching (though I think a sturdy "move along" might help, security! as would arresting one seemingly drunk guy for public intoxication-- shouldn't be hard to find a drunk in that crowd). But if there's no show, there's no congregation.
5- If this was a rap show, there would be MANY arrests. Just saying.

Labels: fans, Jets, NFL

posted by Norman Rose at 12:42 PM 0 comments

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