• AchtungCloud@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    It would be more surprising if a Philly fan didn’t say something that deserves a punch to the face. That’s kinda their whole thing, right? Be as vile as possible, but know they’re protected and have strength in numbers.

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      1 year ago

      There is a new video where you can hear the interactions from a fan that was just two seats away. Shocking that Lawson is full of shit and there were no threatening of family remarks.

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    1 year ago

    In Europe, teams are often penalized by being forced to play in complete empty stadiums when teams are unable to control unruly fans. I would love for this to happen should this ever happen again.

    If it is true that Philly fans were threatening to rape athlete’s family and rattling off addresses and security did nothing than the team definitely deserves severe punishment.

    • nimama3233@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Threats are more than words by the legal definition.

      Whether they actually happened is obviously going to be impossible to discern, but “just words” isn’t really accurate if there was indeed actual threats to his family.

  • GeorgeLuasHasNoChin@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Theres a bunch of videos of fans filming this entire encounter and the events leading up to it. TBH you cant hear shit but i would doubt other Eagles fans would be willing to upload these videos if they corroborated what Lawson is claiming…

    • cmay91472@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      97.5 was talking about the video posted by a fan that was sitting two seats away which you could clearly hear what was being said during the alleged exchanges. No threatening remarks as many suspected.

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        1 year ago

        I was down at Dealey Plaza today and shot some video footage. Here’s a 3 minute clip, and as you can see JFK is not being shot in this video footage.

        Conclusion: JFK is still alive.

        There’s just no other possible conclusion. The video evidence is clear.

        • cmay91472@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          The alleged incident took place pregame and carried over into the beginning of the game. Why would anything that happened after the shove have any relevance… so it’s more like 30-45 minutes, not 3 hours. LMAO

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          1 year ago

          You honestly don’t think that if fans were truly making threats against a player’s family, that at least one video would have surfaced by now corroborating the player’s claim. Instead all we have are videos disputing the player’s accusation. I wonder why that is.

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          1 year ago

          Thank you. Citing some fan filmed video that shows brief snippets over the course of a 3+ hour event is disingenuous at best.

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            1 year ago

            “I would definitely take the word of a player who completely lost his cool vs. multiple witnesses and video of the event”

          • cmay91472@alien.topB
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            1 year ago

            Yep… because all of those fans in that section are conspiring together to only post clips debunking the player’s accusation and they all agreed to destroy any video evidence of the alleged threats.

            C’mon. Use some common sense. Someone would have posted video of the threats being made just for the social media attention alone that clip would receive.

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              1 year ago

              “Clips”. Posting 5 minutes of a 4 hour interaction and claiming it’s a fair sampling is foolishness

    • ImTonyPerkis@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Eagles fans ate horse shit off the street; I wouldn’t doubt anything they are willing to do.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve gone to a lot of Eagles games in my life and security has kicked people out for less. If this dude was making threats they would have kicked him out. They’re right there to hear and see it all.

      Eagles fans are nuts and will get under your skin. Pretty sure a different team this year was arguing with fans behind the bench without any physicality.

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    1 year ago

    I’m not going to defend the fan here, but an apology the contains “but” is not an apology.

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      1 year ago

      Whenever stuff like this happens I refuse to believe what the player says unless they specify what the fan actually said

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        1 year ago

        100%

        Players have accused each other of saying stuff that starts a fight in the past and so often it’s some “he said a really offensive thing and I don’t want to clarify”

        Clarify

        That way we can look through video and find evidence to back you up. He very well could be telling the truth but it screams of “I fucked up and need extremely vague reasoning to try and brush away behavior that will get me in trouble”

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      1 year ago

      As the great Phil Dunphy once said “love the I love you, getting awfully tired of the “but””

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      1 year ago

      Ok but it’s the “apology” merited by the situation he describes. He should acknowledge it’s wrong to push, while also providing his (valid) explanation

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    1 year ago

    Pure anecdotal life lesson from someone who lived with Eagles fans for over 8 years (in college, then through military) and was around a lot in the Air Force:

    There’s two types of Eagles fan. There’s the rational, yet mega-fans; then there’s the toxic pieces of trash that Lawson is describing. You can’t tell the difference at first. My only discernible litmus test I’ve seen is ask them this question: what do you think of McNabb? The toxic pieces of trash can’t stand him. It’s the quickest way I’ve been able to determine their “type.”

  • cmay91472@alien.topB
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    Surprise… Surprise. Turns out Lawson is full of shit. It’s bad enough to engage with hecklers. Even worse to push a fan. Despicable to then try to justify your actions by blatantly lying on social media. What a POS. He didn’t think there would be other videos of the alleged incident that showed what actually happened? There was no threatening of family members. Hopefully someone will post the new footage soon.

    Source… local sports radio was talking about the new footage this morning showing Lawson was lying. They didn’t even think the whole incident was that big of a deal, just questioned why athletes engage with hecklers, and dispelled the accusations of threatening remarks.

    • Crafty_Ad6656@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Surprise surprise, the eagles fan using tiny snippets of the entire game and a local sports radio as proof nothing happened. If you can’t see how biased you sound with your “proof” idk what to say

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      1 year ago

      Does this new video have footage before the game started where the fan initially made the violent threats and the Bills asked for that fan to be removed? Or is the video another 30 second clip in the middle of a 3 hour long game?