City of Brotherly hate

The word fan stems from the word fanatical, and these days, people are taking that to the extreme. This video is from Sunday's game between host Philadelphia at the San Francisco 49ers. As you can see, the rowdy Eagles fans (who've been known to throw snowballs at Santa Claus) pelt 49ers fans unmercifully until they are escorted away from security (those Paul Blart types).

Keep in mind, the Eagles won the game in a rout. What the hell is wrong with people? What gives them the right do this? Is this not assault? I know they're just snowballs, but fans have to be responsible for their actions. If I'm not mistaken, it was a thrown object that started the brawl at the Palace five years ago.

If I were the fans in the video, I would write to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and president Joe Banner and demand a public apology for the actions of these idiotic fans. I would insist security be beefed up to handle these kinds of situations, and fans seen acting in a rowdy manner be thrown out and no longer admitted. I would call for a one-strike-and-you're-out rule.

I'm going to the Patriots game this Sunday (as a fan, not as a reporter) and I expect to cheer on the Pats, maybe throw some verbal jabs at the Jaguars, but what I won't to do is chuck objects at Jacksonville fans. They have just as much right to be there as you and I.