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An 8-year-old New York Jets fan was tackled by an adult Browns fan after Sunday's game, according to a television station in Cleveland.

The boy went to the game at Cleveland Browns Stadium in a Jets jersey with his father, who was born in New York. Much to the chagrin of the local crowd, the Jets rallied for a 26-20 overtime victory. The boy's mother, identified only as Danielle by ABC affiliate WEWS because she didn't want to reveal her last name, said the fans in the stadium were great, but things got out of control after the game.

"Calling him a bad word, to my husband and to my son, throwing food at them," she said, according to WEWS.

When the family reached the parking lot, the situation got uglier.


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"As [my husband] was walking, holding my son's hand, a guy from behind tackled him. A drunken Browns fan tackled him and pulled him out of his dad's hand. He was on the ground crying," Danielle said, according to the station.

The boy was left with a scraped and bruised ankle. The mother said her husband didn't call police, opting instead to quickly get in the car and leave. When reached by the television station, Browns vice president of media relations Neal Gulkis called the situation unfortunate and disappointing and said the team is looking into the matter.

Gulkis said the scoreboard displays a number fans can text message to alert security to disorderly fans. The city of Cleveland, which operates the parking lot where the alleged incident took place, previously had added extra security.

The boy's mother had been nervous about her son attending the game, but believed "kids are off limits. Clevelanders are such great people. I knew that they would never hurt an 8-year-old kid, never."

The boy might be seeing his next Jets game in New Jersey.

"My husband asked him, 'Did you have a good time?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Would you want to go back sometime?' And he said, 'No, I don't like Browns Stadium.' Who could blame him?" the boy's mother said.


Wes, you got carried away at the game huh?

If true, this is absolutely disgusting.

But honestly, I have a hard time believing that a grown man would tackle an 8 year old on pavement. And even if a grown man really did tackle an 8 year old on pavement, I feel like the other Brown's fans would do something to said asshole. And also the injuries would be more than a scraped knee and bruised ankle; those injuries seem more in line with a drunk ass fan falling over.

I'm not buying this story as it is told.

How's the ankle justin?

I have no trouble believing this....after what I saw and heard at my first NFL game on Sunday in Cleveland Browns stadium.

The language and taunts directed at anyone in a Jet's jersey was appalling

The Brown's need to get this under control...my suggestion would be to quit selling beer.

wkfan;562383 wrote:I have no trouble believing this....after what I saw and heard at my first NFL game on Sunday in Cleveland Browns stadium.

The language and taunts directed at anyone in a Jet's jersey was appalling

The Brown's need to get this under control...my suggestion would be to quit selling beer.

Poor home fan behavior is certainly not relegated to Cleveland Browns stadium. Pro football games have been notoriously touted as non-family oriented across the league. Alcohol is a problem, but if you don't sell it people will just flask it in anyway.

Hell, Santa nearly got killed in Philly.

It only takes one moron to make an entire fan base look bad. It's unfortunate that something like this happened, but sadly I would imagine you could find a story like this after most all games, across the NFL.

having attended a browns home game (a game which they won) in a dolphins jersey, i'm not shocked.

surprised that it went this far, but not shocked.

clevelanders certainly have a chip on their shoulder.

Not that this is ok, but Im shocked at the fact that people still wear opposing teams logos, colors, jerseys, etc to stadiums. It is just asking for this type of treatment. You know its coming, its easy to avoid by NOT wearing it.

I love it, dawg pound baby

Not surprised.

I've seen people get verbally abused at Buckeye games all the time....but NEVER directed at kids.

Laley23;562421 wrote:Not that this is ok, but Im shocked at the fact that people still wear opposing teams logos, colors, jerseys, etc to stadiums. It is just asking for this type of treatment. You know its coming, its easy to avoid by NOT wearing it.

Truth. But try telling your 10 year old he has to put the colors away...

Apparently by the responses I'm getting from the Cleveland fan base I'm waaaay off track with my thought process about fans not being this retarded.

I think the NFL has a serious fan issue if this is considered acceptable... hell even if throwing food and cussing at people is the norm there is a big issue.

Fly4Fun;562431 wrote:Apparently by the responses I'm getting from the Cleveland fan base I'm waaaay off track with my thought process about fans not being this retarded.

I think the NFL has a serious fan issue if this is considered acceptable... hell even if throwing food and cussing at people is the norm there is a big issue.

oh whatever puss, it's called home field advantage

Fly4Fun;562431 wrote:Apparently by the responses I'm getting from the Cleveland fan base I'm waaaay off track with my thought process about fans not being this retarded.

I think the NFL has a serious fan issue if this is considered acceptable... hell even if throwing food and cussing at people is the norm there is a big issue.

Lol...You're getting? The reactions are those you would find with ANY fan base and most assuredly not "off base". This is hardly...hardly unique to Cleveland. I'm sure you know this.

DeyDurkie5;562434 wrote:oh whatever puss, it's called home field advantage

How does throwing food at a fan give your team an advantage? I really want to know your twisted logic on that point... sorry, but assaulting someone with a tray of nachos does not help your team play any better.

It's called not being a disgusting asshole.

DeyDurkie5;562434 wrote:oh whatever puss, it's called home field advantage

Since when are the fans actually playing? lol

ytownfootball;562439 wrote:Lol...You're getting? The reactions are those you would find with ANY fan base and most assuredly not "off base". This is hardly...hardly unique to Cleveland. I'm sure you know this.

I never said this was localized to cleveland, I said the NFL has a problem if this is the norm. I was saying though that Cleveland fans saying that they're not surprised by this shows that I was off base thinking this wouldn't actually happen and be acceptable.

I didn't get any shit from Cleveland fans. I'm too handsome to taunt.

Typical Cleveland scum. The fact that you have to be drunk off your ass to get through a Clowns game says alot about the team.

ytownfootball;562393 wrote:Poor home fan behavior is certainly not relegated to Cleveland Browns stadium. Pro football games have been notoriously touted as non-family oriented across the league. Alcohol is a problem, but if you don't sell it people will just flask it in anyway.

Hell, Santa nearly got killed in Philly.

Another reason why I absolutely prefer college and high school sports to anything 'professional'.

I would be happy if all professional leagues were disbanded.

Fly4Fun;562447 wrote:I never said this was localized to cleveland, I said the NFL has a problem if this is the norm. I was saying though that Cleveland fans saying that they're not surprised by this shows that I was off base thinking this wouldn't actually happen and be acceptable.

The reaction from Cleveland fans on here...(quite the sample size BTW)...is this

Yeah, yeah, yeah...this story happens all over the league every week, what else is new?

I mean, would you really expect people to react in unison "Awwww poor wittle guy..."

It's not a unique story...should it happen, of course not.

Laley23;562421 wrote:Not that this is ok, but Im shocked at the fact that people still wear opposing teams logos, colors, jerseys, etc to stadiums. It is just asking for this type of treatment. You know its coming, its easy to avoid by NOT wearing it.

totally disagree. people have to accept that someone who may have grown up somewhere else has migrated to cleveland for whatever reason.

i've worn that jersey to cleveland, denver, NOLA, Houston, and Pittsburgh have only been had "hey faggot how's that fucking touchdown feel?" screamed at me in 1 stadium, cleveland. That wasn't all the shit i was subjected to in cleveland, but it was the worst one.

hell i even wear my OSU jerseys and hoodies to Tiger stadium and never have shit yelled/thrown at me. usually they just say "tiger bait" with a big smile on their faces as i tip them a nod and raise my beer.

EDIT:

I don't want to make it seem like I didn't take shit in the other stadiums but none of it was as mean spirited as what the clevelanders were doing.

DeyDurkie5;562434 wrote:oh whatever puss, it's called home field advantage

Were you the guy sitting in front of me who puked in his spit cup in the 3rd quarter and passed out?

Fly4Fun;562442 wrote:How does throwing food at a fan give your team an advantage? I really want to know your twisted logic on that point... sorry, but assaulting someone with a tray of nachos does not help your team play any better.

It's called not being a disgusting asshole.

Don't go to an opposing teams stadium wearing visiting teams jersey if you don't want to be fucked with...it's as simple as that. Don't act like the browns are the only place to do this shit, and not to mention that the Jet's fans were probably deserving of it. There is no one worse than a new york sports fan.

Automatik;562444 wrote:Since when are the fans actually playing? lol

Oh they play, you must not watch many football games....

wkfan;562464 wrote:Were you the guy sitting in front of me who puked in his spit cup in the 3rd quarter and passed out?

no sir, I didn't go to the game nor do I dip...however I will be at the game on the 2nd against the steelers. If you want to come to that game, i'll yell fuck in your face and smack you with my nachos