This never woulda happened in Boston

[DisneyWalker44]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...angers/stories/053009dnmetshirt.2a399355.html

 

[KristaTX]

Ya buncha hooligans

 

[MM27]

I've never understood people that wear shirts that state their feelings about the other team. Why not just get a shirt that supports your own team?

 

[KristaTX]

I wonder what they would do if someone wore a shirt saying "Damn Yankees".

 

[LivingtheWDWdream]

But if you read the whole article it does state that Fans in Fenway were asked to remove or turn the shirts inside out. So it seems like this isn't an isolated incident. But if wearing a Yankee's Suck shirt might offend someone and needs to be removed, then any rangers supporting shirt, or any baseball team logo or shirt needs to be removed because those fans visiting from the opposing team might be offended.

So lets just pick an official "baseball generic" color shirt, and everyone has to wear that color No logos, no wording, because we wouldn't want to offend anyone by wearing something that supports or implies how they feel about someone, something else.

Supporting your team is great, but not everyone who walks into a ballpark is there to see the home team, and may not support the home team so are we saying "sorry see ya don't support your team" because they happen to be the visiting team?

 

[npmommie]

" Once inside the ballpark, they are not allowed to throw things, use obscene or profane language, enter the playing field or consume alcohol if they are underage. "

LOL, what kind of a ball park is that ..........LOL JK!

I like how they said the boston fans turned the shirts inside out but proceeded to chant the slogan all thru the game! LOL

 

[NHdisneylover]

I am unclear about the issue. Was she asked to remove the shirt (or turn it inside out) because it was sporting a slogan that was negative about a team (or sporting a logo from anotehr team period) or was it becuase the term "sucks" is considered by many to be a pretty bad swear word?

If it is the former, meaning that she would have had to change shirts even if the shirt had read something like "I don't like the Yankees" or "The Yankees are Terrible" then I think it is a silly policy (though I agree it is much better to wear clohing supporting your team/cause rather than one putting down the competition). BUT if the issue was the langugae on the shirt (that term has never bothered me much and I know quite a few people do not think of it as a swear word at all but I also know MANY people who categorize it right up there with other four letter words when used in this context) then I think the policy is fine. It would be like asking someone to remove a shirt which read "F you Yankees"

 

[NYDisGuy]

But if you read the whole article it does state that Fans in Fenway were asked to remove or turn the shirts inside out. So it seems like this isn't an isolated incident. But if wearing a Yankee's Suck shirt might offend someone and needs to be removed, then any rangers supporting shirt, or any baseball team logo or shirt needs to be removed because those fans visiting from the opposing team might be offended.

So lets just pick an official "baseball generic" color shirt, and everyone has to wear that color No logos, no wording, because we wouldn't want to offend anyone by wearing something that supports or implies how they feel about someone, something else.

Supporting your team is great, but not everyone who walks into a ballpark is there to see the home team, and may not support the home team so are we saying "sorry see ya don't support your team" because they happen to be the visiting team?

I don't think it had to do with supporting the team, since many people wore Yankee regalia that day. The security guard that approached her said it had to do with preserving the "family atmosphere". I assume the Rangers organization felt that it was too offensive to children/casual fans.

 

[MichelleVW]

cept it did happen in Boston too...

In 2005, Boston Red Sox fans who wore "Yankees Suck" T-shirts at Fenway Park were asked to turn them inside out, according to USA Today. The temporary ban could not, however, stop Red Sox fans from chanting the phrase throughout the series.

 

[JessicaR]

I think her reaction was a bit excessive.
I am shaking with anger and frustration," Knapp-Webb recalled. "I don't want to cry in front of everyone; that's how angry I am."

Rangers ballpark, Rangers rules, She needs to get over it.

Rule 11 states: "Any person wearing clothing with language, graphics or revealing parts of their body that may be offensive to another guest may be denied entry into the stadium or ejected from the stadium without refund."

Then after all that she goes and turns the shirt inside out.

For Knapp-Webb, the night at Rangers Ballpark was ruined by having to turn her T-shirt inside out. She leaves before the game even starts!

She tried to drink a beer with her husband but was too upset to continue the evening. For Knapp-Webb, the night at Rangers Ballpark was ruined by having to turn her T-shirt inside out. She tried to drink a beer with her husband but was too upset to continue the evening.

"I am so unendingly offended," she said about leaving the ballpark before the game started.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

So do her First Amendment rights end at the ballpark door?

She wasn't yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater...