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Campaign
Stop! Fan Hysteria
Fans, do you care about the safety of other fans and the team, athlete, band or celebrity you admire? As fans, whether you are a sports fan or a music fan or a movie fan, I urge you to put one of the banners below on your fan site. By doing so you will be supporting the "Stop! Fan Hysteria" campaign. This campaign is designed to do just that: stop the fanatical hysteria that occurs at entertainment and sporting events and in general.
What is meant by fanatical hysteria? Any behavior that has the potential to cause injury or death. This includes:
any type of stalking of a celebrity
rowdy and vulgar behavior which has the potential to escalate into violence
fighting
pushing/shoving out of hostility
throwing objects onto the playing field or stage or amongst the crowd
rushing into a venue
disregarding barricades
shaking/rocking a section of a stadium/arena
trampling
any sort of rioting
for those of you in the first several rows of a concert: squeezing up against each other (which causes the people in the front to get crushed) and screaming. This scenario will cause loss of oxygen and fainting. In extreme cases, where there is massive squashing, people will go down and trampling can occur. Death can occur.
Fans have been injured and/or have died as a result of the behavior mentioned above. By placing a banner on your site and linking it back here, you are saying you will not engage in such behavior and you support awareness of this issue.
I'm NOT saying don't have fun. Sure, have fun, get crazy, get excited, get loud, get in the mosh pit, whatever....just don't get DANGEROUS!
Go to Hillsborough Tragedy to read about an account of the 1989 soccer tragedy.
On January 3, 1999 fans engaged in rowdy and vulgar behavior by fighting and throwing objects at people and the b-ball court at the Maryland-Duke college basketball game in College Park, Maryland. A few individuals were arrested.
On January 8, 1999 an obsessed stalker fan broke into Brad Pitt's house.
On January 26, 1999 some fans were injured when they rushed into the entrance of the Toronto Skydome for a free preseason basketball game between Toronto and Boston.
On January 31, 1999 after the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl, the fans in Denver began an evening of destructive behavior, somewhat similar to other post-victory "celebrations" that have occurred.
On February 8, 1999 a man was fined for impersonating Missy Elliott over the phone to radio stations.
On April 22, 1999 rival soccer fans shot each other in Italy.
On April 28, 1999 about 33 fans were arrested for disorderly conduct after the band, Marilyn Manson, cut one of their concerts short.
This past summer during Woodstock '99, concertgoers and fans engaged in all kinds of criminal behavior, from arson to assault. However, the most atrocious incidents were the RAPES that occurred. Visit this site to find out what is being done about it.
Go to news for past incidents of bad fan behavior.
Thanks Sara for the banner!
Thanks Crystal for the banner!
Thanks Jessica for the banner!
To see a list of "Stop! Fan Hysteria" campaign supporters go to the Supporters page.
If you placed or plan to place one of these banners on your site, enter your website/webpage's URL (address) in the space provided and your site will be placed on a Stop! Fan Hysteria supporters list.