Jacksonville Jaguars Send Letter Asking Fans to Sit Down at Games

[Big Bid'Ness]

from:Bleacherreport
 

 

Jacksonville Jaguars Send Letter Asking Fans to Sit Down at Games

 

Hey, Jaguars fans. How about you stop being all boisterous and vertical for one minute and let the rest of the real fans enjoy the game?
These are the sentiments relayed in a recent letter sent by the Jaguars to season ticket holders, some of whom appear have angered other fans by standing up too often during games. 
 
Big Cat Country's Alfie Crow brings news of the letter wherein the franchise provides a soft reminder that standing is encouraged at EverBank Field, but only in small doses.

Big Cat Country

Here's a transcript of the letter, which kindly asks fans to switch to new "Standing Encouraged" sections should they wish to continue actively being fans of the team.

The Jaguars have received multiple reports of individuals standing excessively without respect to other fans in the area. To be courteous to fans around you when you are standing and cheering for the team, we ask that you please stand with the flow of the game, making sure not to block aisles or prevent the flow of traffic. We are pleased to inform you that based on fan feedback in previous seasons, this year the Jaguars created two "Standing Encouraged" sections; sections 123 and 124. Members interesting in standing for the entire game may relocate their current seats into available seats in sections 123 or 124.

The letter goes on to outline the team's fan conduct policy, explaining again that fans should only stand to cheer "when appropriate with the flow of the game." The letter also notes that failure to comply will end in "ejection without refund and [the] potential loss of season ticket privileges."
In other words, if the Bortle-y goodness of a Blake Bortles touchdown makes you want to get up and scream, do it quick, buddy. There's a lot riding on the comfort of the sitters who wish to watch Bortles' steaming man-cannon of an arm from a seated position. This is a stadium, not a rumpus room, pal. 
Jokes aside, you should always be aware of your surroundings at a sporting event. If you're blocking the view of children or an elderly person, perhaps ask to switch seats. It seems like the solution to blocked views is a common sense fix fans can undertake on their own as opposed to an epidemic requiring franchise letterhead to rectify.
In any case, you've been warned, standers of EverBank. Move to the standing section or face vertical persecution, you rambunctious heathens.
 

 
Wow lol

 

[Teagz]

What a joke

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Who thought that was a good idea?

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

People like this should just watch the game at home.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I know at Saints game aside from the Loge level the entire Dome stands up pretty much anytime the game is going on.

 

[Delirium]

Stand up and cheer for your damn team, if you're sitting ass has a problem with it, either stand up and join them or don't go to the games. The whole stadium should be a "standing encourage" section. It's a football game, not a movie.

 

[Hurricane Season]

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

People like this should just watch the game at home.

 
Their games are blacked out half the time lol.

 

[Mobruler]

Of course people would blow this out of proportion and take it to extremes.  Jacksonville is a city full of idiot hillbillies who do idiot hillbilly things like stand up in front of normal people for an entire football game.  How dare the Jags ask their idiot hillbillies to stand at times when it's actually appropriate.

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

If it wasn't for the Jaguars I wouldn't know Jacksonville even existed

 

[footballplaya52]

Clutch play

 

[Giantmetfan07]

If you go to a football game and complain about people standing up you're a major pussy. 

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

If you go to a football game and complain about people standing up you're a major pussy. 

 
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[BwareDWare94]

If we don't show any heart or enthusiasm, neither should you.

 

[bosoxlover12]

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[footballplaya52]

 
seriously post of the year doeee lmao

 

[Sportsguy9695]

I hate when fans stand up like that at games. if your gonna stand up like that just stay home and watch the game on tv

 

[Mobruler]

It turns out this was caused by a very small group of hillbilly Jags fans in a small portion of the stadium who were standing all game long and telling people who asked them to sit down to fuck off. Why they didn't just handle this privately instead of making it a public talking point, I'll never know. But if I'm at a Jags game with my girlfriend or a client or something and its 17-6 in the 2nd quarter and these assholes are continously standing in front of me with their XXL MJD jerseys, yeah they need to sit the fuck down.

 

[Iceman]

Amazing that this is even an issue.  When I go to games, I assume I'm going to be standing for 80% of it because people in front of me stand.  Big deal.  If it bothers someone that much, get better seats or find a front row section and pay more!

 

[Shaggy]

Jacksonville Jaguars Fans Send Letters Asking Jags to Play Better at Games

 
Ha ha.  Why would the orgainzation waste their time with this when their team is down in the dumps...