(11-12-2021, 11:48 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(11-12-2021, 11:15 AM)Mikey Wrote: maybe so that we don't have headlines like "[tacks] fan dragged down steps in fight at Rams game"

Not saying in the least that taking the on-field encouragement away isn't going to cause fans not to be buttholes to each other, but might not hurt to remove fuel from potential conflagration.

It's also usually something that begins a cycle. One player disrespects another, and the other team has to return the favor, whether that's in the form of a cheap shot, escalated argument, punches thrown, what have you.

Let's put it this way - is the game negatively impacted by taking the chest-thumping out of the equation?

Eliminating alcohol sales in the stadium would go a lot further in reducing those headlines.  But there's money in booze.  No money in taunting...so that's what gets penalized.