No One Likes A Tattletale!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Tattletales-NFL-teams-ask-for-text-messages-abo?urn=nfl-130422

The title of this blog says a lot about NFL fans and their culture. Having the title start with the word “tattletales” when writing about stadiums incorporating a text messaging system to help fans report out of control fans and possibly gain access to security faster reveals that not only the author of this blog, but their intended audience as well, feel this is unnecessary and only provides a means to tattletale not aid innocent fans. The author even gives the phrase “text-narcing” to describe this new way for NFL fans to report on other fans. The author continues to prove their point by stating that fans are just going to use this as a form to be more annoying, and the only ones who will benefit from this will be the fans who enjoy nagging about “mildly annoying” fans, and fan behavior in general. The author makes it clear that NFL fans do not want to be monitored by other fans, and they do not want tattletales. I wonder if the author feels there is no need for security as well since they do not want to be monitored by those sitting near them. If so, then there is no need for anyone to monitor the fans, just let them be. The picture accompanying this blog is revealing as well, and tells why fans do not want change. Notice how the gentleman is being escorted by police but does not have a sad demeanor, nor is his body language of one who is going to jail. He has his shoulders out, his chest sticking out, and he is looking up at the crowd with an almost proud and victorious facial expression. The police officer on the right side of the photo is exuding the body language I would think the fan would have. The officer is looking down and has a blank expression on his face. The other officer looks to be annoyed by the fan and having to escort him off the field. The fan is clearly proud of his accomplishment of getting onto the football field during his team’s game. He is not remorseful of going to jail, that does not matter, what matters to this fan is he is now in his mind an immortal fan to other fans who will forever remember him for his heroic run across the field.