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HEMBREE: A Code Of Conduct?
NFL’s fan behavior approach would be interesting in NASCAR circles…
NASCAR Fans cheer at Michigan International Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
It will surprise no one who has attended automobile races or professional and college football, basketball and baseball games that overly excited fans occasionally misbehave at these events.
Sometimes, an abundance of alcohol is involved.
Sometimes, a fan of one persuasion can become involved in a tense conversation with a fan of another persuasion, and the encounter grows from a debate into a physical confrontation and, occasionally, into an outright brawl.
And this is just the women.
Now and then, fan misbehavior reaches a level that results in the involvement of law enforcement officers and/or track security people, and the bottom line can be the fan being tossed out of the facility on his or her bottom. This action often is greeted by applause from surrounding fans in the stands, almost as if Dale Earnhardt Jr. had just made a pass on the track.
The National Football League has addressed exceptionally rude fan behavior by requiring individuals who have been ejected from stadiums to take a four-hour online course on proper behavior before they are allowed back into the facilities. As part of the NFL Fan Code of Conduct, they are required to access information on alcohol abuse, anger management and crude behavior.
I’m trying to imagine how – or if – this approach might work in NASCAR.
If a Kyle Busch fan and an Earnhardt Jr. fan throw beer on each other (and nearby fans) in the second-turn grandstand at Martinsville, would they be required to submit the recipe for Martinsville hot dog chili before being allowed to re-enter the track?
If a Carl Edwards fan rips the T-shirt of a Kasey Kahne fan in an argument over which is cuter, does she have to take a three-day course in manners?
If two old guys still arguing over the relative strengths of Richard Petty and Bobby Allison punch each other in the face during the national anthem, do they have to undergo counseling at the local Sprint store before being allowed in the track again?
If NASCAR tracks ever develop behavior-modification courses, chances are there would be some potential attendees. My No. 1 recommendation would be the woman gleefully shooting photographs of her 5-year-old son giving the middle finger to Jeff Gordon every time he passed the flagstand.
She was so proud.
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
The opinions reflected herein are solely those of the above commentator and are not necessarily those of SPEED.com, FOX, NewsCorp, or SPEED
Sometimes, an abundance of alcohol is involved.
Sometimes, a fan of one persuasion can become involved in a tense conversation with a fan of another persuasion, and the encounter grows from a debate into a physical confrontation and, occasionally, into an outright brawl.
And this is just the women.
Now and then, fan misbehavior reaches a level that results in the involvement of law enforcement officers and/or track security people, and the bottom line can be the fan being tossed out of the facility on his or her bottom. This action often is greeted by applause from surrounding fans in the stands, almost as if Dale Earnhardt Jr. had just made a pass on the track.
The National Football League has addressed exceptionally rude fan behavior by requiring individuals who have been ejected from stadiums to take a four-hour online course on proper behavior before they are allowed back into the facilities. As part of the NFL Fan Code of Conduct, they are required to access information on alcohol abuse, anger management and crude behavior.
I’m trying to imagine how – or if – this approach might work in NASCAR.
If a Kyle Busch fan and an Earnhardt Jr. fan throw beer on each other (and nearby fans) in the second-turn grandstand at Martinsville, would they be required to submit the recipe for Martinsville hot dog chili before being allowed to re-enter the track?
If a Carl Edwards fan rips the T-shirt of a Kasey Kahne fan in an argument over which is cuter, does she have to take a three-day course in manners?
If two old guys still arguing over the relative strengths of Richard Petty and Bobby Allison punch each other in the face during the national anthem, do they have to undergo counseling at the local Sprint store before being allowed in the track again?
If NASCAR tracks ever develop behavior-modification courses, chances are there would be some potential attendees. My No. 1 recommendation would be the woman gleefully shooting photographs of her 5-year-old son giving the middle finger to Jeff Gordon every time he passed the flagstand.
She was so proud.
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
The opinions reflected herein are solely those of the above commentator and are not necessarily those of SPEED.com, FOX, NewsCorp, or SPEED
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