a**hole crushes beachball that kids are tossing around in Arizona stadium

[Liberal_in_LA]

Not sorry to burst your bubble! Unruly fan grabs beach ball from children in Arizona stadium and crushes it (and then gives himself a round of applause!)
Crowd are laughing and smiling as they pass beach ball around stadium
Man aggressively crushes ball in front of young children and angry parents
The spoilsport then applauds his behaviour and smiles broadly 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/travelnews/article-2744838/Not-sorry-burst-bubble-Unruly-fan-grabs-beach-ball-children-Arizona-stadium-crushes-gives-round-applause.html

[Go Vols]

1. Yes,asshole

[NYC_SKP]

18. A TOTAL asshole in the stands at a major NFL event, what are the odds? Whoodathunkit?

Altogether now:

"USA USA USA USA"

Pathetic, isn't it?

[Hemmingway]

23. Lol. Wow. Do people really think like you?

[NYC_SKP]

26. I wish more people did think like me. 5,314 better ways to spend your time:

For starters:

Playing ball with your kids.

Picnic with the wife.

Public service with a service organization.

Reading to poor kids.

Visiting shut-in elderly folks.

Etc., etc.

Sometimes, sports teach sportsmanship and teamwork, clearly not evident in this behavior. Professional sports are now just big business.

Maybe people should get off their asses and do something other than feed the team owners and developers.

Professional sports are a distraction, bread and circuses, overpriced commercialized stupidity.

Someone in this thread called the asshole a hero.

I wonder how many people think like that!

[Hemmingway]

27. Football is to modern America what the gladiators were to Ancient Rome.

Pure entertainment. If you don't like it, DONT WATCH. Pretty simple.

[uppityperson]

29. Bread and Circus, distraction and a way to emphasize US vs THEM.

If you do not like conflicting opinions, why are you on DU?

[Hemmingway]

32. Who doesn't like conflicting opinions?

I'm only here temporarily. I've noticed that conflicting opinions on DU are quickly silenced. The hive mind hates to be challenged.

[uppityperson]

36. Was that your alert? You seem to be wanting to shut SKP down

[kcr]

53. Edit oops, misread chain

THought you were defending the guy who crushed the ball

[morningfog]

58. What do you mean, you're "only here temporarily?"

[NYC_SKP]

37. Glad to see that the comparison to the Roman games is appreciated by the member.

Shame that the bigger picture and meaning are lost on them.

(Bread and Circuses)

Rome

This phrase originates from Rome in Satire X of the Roman satirist and poet Juvenal (circa A.D. 100). In context, the Latin metaphor panem et circenses (bread and circuses) identifies the only remaining cares of a new Roman populace which cares not for its historical birthright of political involvement. Here Juvenal displays his contempt for the declining heroism of his contemporary Romans. Roman politicians devised a plan in 140 B.C. to win the votes of these new citizens: giving out cheap food and entertainment, "bread and circuses", would be the most effective way to rise to power.

… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.

Juvenal here makes reference to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means of gaining political power. The Annona (grain dole) was begun under the instigation of the popularis politician Gaius Sempronius Gracchus in 123 B.C.; it remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic Roman emperors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

Today, one might say:

"Dollar Stores and Kardashians" or "Bologna sammiches and NFL"!!!

[Hippo_Tron]

85. Better to practice tribalism on the football field than on the battlefield

[xmas74]

43. I love pro football

and have been to a few games.
Guess what? It tends to draw in a few assholes. They don't like when you stand, they don't like how you're sitting, they don't like when you cheer, they don't like the smell of your beer or your hot dog, they don't like the jersey you're wearing or the layers keeping you warm are blocking everything for them.

Some people are assholes and find something to complain about no matter where they go. That's why I couldn't believe someone alerted on you.

[NYC_SKP]

46. Thanks. It's hard to find any public event where there aren't one or two or several jerks.

From the video, I think this particular jerk really exemplifies assholery, but it's certainly not limited to NFL.

I find baseball games just a bit calmer, maybe it's the type of sport, contact vs non-contact, but NFL seems a bit more disruptive in the stands.

Never been to a pro basketball game.

[xmas74]

50. Not as loud but they still exist in basketball.

It's a different type of crowd.

[A HERETIC I AM]

90. Out of curiosity....

when was the last time you read to a poor kid?

Or visited a shut-in or an elderly person that wasn't a relative?

I'm just wondering there, Skip.

[NYC_SKP]

91. Both within the last year.

Also, work with Habitat for Humanity, KaBoom playground build and some Junior Achievement stuff.

It's part of my nature, but I also belong to an international service organization, we do things like this.

Just joined this year, I wish I'd joined sooner.

PS: I enjoy all these things a hell of a lot more than paying out tons of money for parking, admission, food, just to watch other people playing games.

Crazy, right?

[snooper2]

92. Is okay with you if I take my daughter to the circus?

food and admission are both pretty high

[NYC_SKP]

93. That sounds like quality time to me, a bit more participatory.

Despite the obvious "Bread and Circuses" connection.

I fear that the reference is lost on a lot of folks.

But yeah, parent-kid time is always pretty cool.

I have fond memories of the county fair, which is similar, I suppose.

I never went to the circus.

[uppityperson]

28. Was that your alert?

[xmas74]

30. Did you get that one also?

I'm the one who commented about having actually been to a number of NFL games and have found assholes at every single one of them.

[uppityperson]

33. I accidentally hit cancel at the end. Insulting via alert isn't cool, was considering alerting on

results for the insult. I hope it was 7-0.

The person who sent the alert wrote: Alerting on this for the sheer stupidity of the poster.



 

[xmas74]

39. It was.

Everyone thought it was idiotic.

[uppityperson]

42. Good, lost alert privileges for 24 hours.

Good lord, if all posts anyone thought were stupid were hidden, imagine what any forum would look like

[xmas74]

44. How could we possibly have anything to complain about if everything were hidden?

It would be no fun at all.

[Jenoch]

69. I can't believe that nobody has

pointed out that the NFL had nothing to do with this callous behavior. It was an Arizone Wildcat football game where the innocent beachball was murdered. (I swear I wrote that sentence before I found the link.)

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2185825-awful-fan-murders-innocent-beach-ball-at-arizona-unlv-game

[NYC_SKP]

70. Ah! College game? Well, that's really a shame.

There was a time when people at games, college or pro, were just a little more civilized.

Thanks for the link, it's got a bigger clearer video than the other ones I've seen today.

[Jenoch]

74. I would be highly annoyed

if this beach ball crap was happening while the game wqs being played. It is my understanding it was at a time when the game clock was not running. Perhaps it was before the game.

I have not been to an NFL game in many years. My brother brought his then ten year old son to an NFL game and tbere was a loud drunk in front of them. My brother did not confront the man, he did hoqever tell an usher and the drunk was escorted out. (My nephew later played colege football as a 6'3" 305# noseguard, three years all-conference, and played in every single game in his career, starting the last three years.)

[NYC_SKP]

75. One article said that it was during a break in the game.

I don't do pro games but find myself at a couple of MLB games each year, Giants and Nationals, but that's only because work friends like them.

Very cool for your nephew!

[rufus dog]

73. This is University of Arizona in Tucson

Hey at least he took a break from cooking meth.

[steelsmith]

83. Hell yah rufus

Out here in Tucson we all cook meth... asshole. Ever consider maybe this person was trying to watch a game he payed good money to see? And maybe he was just a little pissed off that some idiots think they can disrupt others without consequences?

In between my meth cooking sessions here in Tucson I go to an occasional movie, just try talking or texting while I am watching if you want a real confrontation.
But by your obvious hatred of all things Arizona you wouldn't understand why some of us don't apreciate being cheated out of our experience by those fools.

[rufus dog]

89. I spent a lot of time in AZ

And in fact I like Tucson and the surrounding area. I grew up in Phoenix, went to college in Tempe.

So that being said, it was a joke directed at all UofA fans. As for the incident, the mildcats were playing UT San Antonio. For the love of god how friggen serious can you get about UTSA!

[steelsmith]

107. Ok, get your point!

Iy ois just the constant anti AZ sentiment I bristle at.

[mythology]

78. As opposed to the idiot at a soccer game recently who threw a rock and killed a player?

There are assholes in pretty much any gathering of people, no matter if it's at a sporting event or in the U.S.

[bluestateguy]

2. How about this boy at the Red Sox game a few days ago?

http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/09/05/93283944/smooth-red-sox-fan-gives-ball-to-girl-behind-him

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. pic here

What a little charmer! Boy catches foul ball and immediately hands it to young girl sitting behind him (wowing her mom in the process)



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746842/What-little-charmer-Boy-catches-foul-ball-immediately-hands-young-girl-sitting-wowing-mom-process.html

[Louisiana1976]

48. That was sweet of him. There should be more people like that at sporting events.

[SMC22307]

3. I can't get too plussed about this.

Yes, assholes abound. That's the lesson of the day, kids! And if I know DU, this thread will likely garner 100s of pro-ball vs. anti-ball replies.

[edgineered]

5. Seeing red

Red bastards in red shirts seeing red. Where is an angry bull when needed?

[Codeine]

6. The kid in the Green Lantern shirt looks pissed.

Beware his power. . .

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. you recognized the logo. lol

[Codeine]

9. I am the dorkiest of dorks, I'm afraid. nt

[Aerows]

14. You are in good company, then

I recognized it, too

[BlueJazz]

31. It would be funny if the kid walked up to him and said: "When you're 60, I'll be 27 and...

...I'm gonna' give you a severe ass-whipping"

[Renew Deal]

8. People are there to watch baseball, not beach ball.

This man is a hero.

[demwing]

12. People are there to have fun

the man is a 1st class prick

[Codeine]

15. If they're at a football game to watch baseball

they're bound to be disappointed, beachball or not.

[Go Vols]

34. lol,no shit

and the game wasn't even going on at the time.Just some asshole killing the fun.

[GummyBearz]

17. Agreed

I may not have destroyed the ball but I definitely would have got it the hell out of the way of the view I paid for

[NYC_SKP]

21. Hero??? Really? People who call assholes like this a hero are really disappointing.

How anyone can so blithely apply the term "hero" to such a loser and his asshole actions in public fully escapes me.

I'll bet that dude kicks his dogs, abuses kids and women, drives a ridiculous monster truck, loves Ted Nugent, and belongs to the Tea Party.

Hero?

Really?

[GummyBearz]

51. Just a question

If you bought a ticket to a movie theater and someone was bouncing a beach ball around, obstructing your view, would you have the same attitude? What if you bought a $100 ticket to a live play?

Blocking the view in those circumstances is just as bad as blocking the view at a sporting event.

And to prevent any false comparisons like "sports games are noisy events whereas theaters are not" .... were talking exclusively about the view here, not noise levels.

[uppityperson]

52. Did you look at the photo in OP? Far from being in a theater setting with a limited view.

[NYC_SKP]

54. The asshole was, himself, obstructing the view of those behind him. How is it that this is OK...

...but a random ball is such an offensive obstruction of view?

Further, where is the evidence that the ball was in play, that there was anything critical going on?

I don't think the obstructed view argument holds water. Community standards are different from event to event, so comparisons of the opera to an NFL game are pointless.

Come on, you can do better than that.

[GummyBearz]

61. Its a distraction

The ball came within the area of his seat that he paid for... it was a distraction from the game so he popped it. Thats all that happened... no kids died in the making of this video, no dogs were kicked, nothing illegal happened. And yes, sports fans can be just as passionate about seeing the game as fans of live theater can be about seeing a show. And the tickets can cost the same. And you wouldnt be ok with a beach ball interfering with an opera. Feel free to quote which of those statements is factually wrong

[NYC_SKP]

62. At an opera or anywhere else, I'd let it go. Not do the Happy Asshole Dance". What would you do???

Now for something that the asshole ball popper would never think of doing.

The asshole ball-popper doesn't have what it takes to inspire his son to ever do what Myles Eckert was inspired to do in this video:

Here is what the note read:

'Dear Soldier -
My dad was a soldier. He's in heaven now. I found this 20 dollars in the parking lot when we got here. We like to pay it forward in my family. It's your lucky day! Thank you for your service. Myles Eckert, a gold star kid.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570776/Touching-note-little-boy-father-died-war-handed-soldier-20-car-park.html#ixzz3CfAi5ctS
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

I just shared it on Facebook. What a kid!

The asshole ball-popper and many like him would have spent it on himself, probably on something really stupid.

Have a good day.

[GummyBearz]

63. I would not have popped it

But I would have hit it way the heck away from me. If it came back again probably just deflate it... guess I'm an asshole for wanting to watch a game instead of playing volleyball

[LanternWaste]

97. Ah, the ways we rationalize our own shortcomings are many and varied.

"guess I'm an asshole for wanting to watch a game instead of playing volleyball..."


Ah, the ways we rationalize our own shortcomings are many and varied; however, it's good to know we at least recognize those shortcoming...

[GummyBearz]

102. Interesting...

I would try to retort but the lack of any logical argument from you makes it hard to do so. You win

[steelsmith]

84. So maybe

He is like me, going just to watch his grand daughter march in the band, or his girlfriend is a cheerleader, or maybe he just doesn't want a damned beachball batted around him at a venue he payed good money for a seat at. since the other poster made derisive remarks about us Tucsonians, it is obvious all us meth cookers carry guns. Lucky he didn't just blow away the distrupters....

[Renew Deal]

64. Congress should convene immediately to award him a Medal of Honor

It was a joke. My joke is so funny it's better without a sarcasm tag (or accuracy).

[NYC_SKP]

65. Or maybe a ambassador position in Shitstainistan!

SRY, never know with this crowd, sports season and all!

[Logical]

38. I was waiting for someone to post this. There is always one of them here. nt

[Renew Deal]

67. What do you mean "you people"?

[kcr]

56. That's right! People were there to watch hockey. Or tennis.

Or whatever the hell damn sport it was they were suppose to be watching. Sit down and shut up. No fun allowed. Golf claps only.

[Renew Deal]

66. lol

[Laffy Kat]

79. I bet you have high-blood pressure, don't you? nt

[City Lights]

101. You spelled it wrong. It's zero.

This man is a zero.

[MADem]

10. What a miserable, bloated jerk. I'll bet his arteries are full of cholesterol, and that's making

him act like such a tremendous ass.

Well, the world got their revenge on him--his picture is EVERYWHERE, and he's being painted as a shithead-spoilsport-take the candy from the baby-type guy.

Big bloated bully in a red shirt! Someone should write a song about him...

[tblue37]

11. Wanna bet the grinning jerks to his left (our right) are his wife and

either his father or hers? They grin like idiots and join in clapping when he applauds his nasty action. Everyone else, young and old, is clearly disgusted.

[4b5f940728b232b034e4]

49. I'd love to have a closer-up shot of that

Something close enough to see their eyes to tell if they're Republicans.

[postulater]

13. Two reasons:

1. Arizona has no beaches so Mr. Crush thought it was an 'illegal'.

2. Boring game.

[Iggo]

16. Bullies suck.

[zappaman]

19. I guess they'll just have to watch the game they paid for instead.

How sad.

[Initech]

20. I've seen that happen at several Angels games.

One time a woman was sitting a couple rows in front of me. Beach ball lands in her lap. She takes a hair clip and stabs it and throws it on the ground. Thankfully the crowd was quick to boo her and she later gpt escorted out by the stadium security for being disruptive.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. glad she got booed and ejected

[NYC_SKP]

22. KR. Prolly kicks his dogs, abuses kids, women, drives a monster truck, loves Ted Nugent.

And belongs to the Tea Party.

Asshole.

[chrisa]

24. Not enough context / Daily Mail. Not making a judgment on this one.

[Hemmingway]

25. Should have arrested his ass for criminal mischief

He damaged property that doesn't belong to him. Take his ass to JAIL.

[alphafemale]

82. Jail? For getting rid of an annoying 99 cent ball?

Authoritarian much?

lol

[Tom Ripley]

35. What a miserable jackass

[Liberal_in_LA]

40. yes. the lil kid in the green shirt has his arms up to catch the ball when some adult grabs and

Stomps it. That is particularly cruel and violent.

[Brickbat]

41. I can't decide which is worst.

That this is news, or that people seem to have strong opinions on it, or that I'm commenting in this thread.

[LeftyMom]

45. Good. Keep that dickbag LA tradition in LA.

See also: the wave, being fashionably late to games.

[HERVEPA]

76. Totally agree. Especially the wave. Incredibly juvenile and moronic.

[Kalidurga]

55. Note to self

if one is going to take a beach ball to a ball game make sure there is a back up beach ball.

[Liberal_in_LA]

57. lol. u can get them real cheap bast party city

[Kalidurga]

59. I know right it would have been hilarous

if someone just calmly blew up another beach ball.

[RKP5637]

60. Walks like an asshole, talks like an asshole, acts like an asshole, looks like an

asshole, smells like an asshole? Yep, an asshole!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

68. I have done this at hockey games

Not popped it, but grabbed, deflated and given to the usher.

If the ball goes on the ice (and it has) the home team could get a two minute penalty. Assholes who show up to hockey games with a beach ball wouldn't know that, because they are fucking morons who aren't there to watch the game but draw attention to themselves. Usually they show up in the playoffs. I tell them to go to Fenway instead.

[alphafemale]

71. Yep. I hate that shit.

I paid to see a professional sports game not your meglomaniac ball bounce about.

[rufus dog]

72. He is a University of Arizona fan, being an asshole is part of thier DNA

Go Devils!

I swear to god that stadium fucking sucks, along with the UofA fans.

Nothing like College football to get the juices flowing.

[Half-Century Man]

77. I hope he gets an un-treatable erectile dysfunction

That genetic trait needs to fade away.

[linuxman]

80. Kinda jerkish,

But then again so is tossing a beach ball around a stadium and creating a distraction from the game. It would not be acceptable behavior at a ballet, a theater, a cinema, a poetry reading, etc.

[Art_from_Ark]

87. The article says there was a break in play

So it wasn't creating a distraction from the game.

[kcr]

98. A beach ball is a bigger distraction at the kinds of events you mention

Which is why you tend not to see them there. A beach ball doesn't distract as much at a sporting event. They also tend to be tossed more around during breaks in the action.

[MadrasT]

81. I've been tempted to do that.

I hate when people bring those fucking beach balls to stadiums. Distracting as hell.

[badtoworse]

86. Do any Jet (or Bills) fans remember the Pumpkin Game?

[yuiyoshida]

88. At the old Candlestick park...

When the Dodgers came to town, the Dodger fans would bring beach balls to toss around the stadium. Unfortunately it usually were the security guys who would grab or take the beach balls and remove them from the stands, most of the time crushing them. I recall seeing those used at Dodger Stadium as well...and if any got on the field, the Umpire would call a halt to the game and have the players either throw them back into the stands, or give them to Stadium Security.

[NYC_SKP]

94. Landing on the field, that's no good.

I haven't done a football game in decades but see the Giants a couple times a year.

Whatever is going on I take in stride, beachballs are pretty harmless if kept off the field.

But the mean and, frankly, violent behavior followed by a self-congratulatory dance as seen in this video isn't something I'd want my kids to see.

Shame on that man and his friends.

If a stadium has a rule against them it still wouldn't excuse the behavior, to me.

Candlestick! Memories of concerts long time ago!





(but not THAT long ago, 1966 is way too long ago)

[yuiyoshida]

96. Before Candlestick was closed for good

Paul McCartney returned for a Concert. Its funny, that I didn't notice it, as I am sure SFgate.com probably had the story. Where did I read about it? Right here on DU!

[WI_DEM]

95. Looking at the third picture the people around him don't appear mad

it appears that one guy is wanting to high five him and others are smiling.

[alphafemale]

99. Lots of people hate those damn things.

Distracting as hell.

People on this thread think he should go to jail.

....damn.

[City Lights]

100. There are lots of those in AZ, unfortunately. nt

[Arugula Latte]

103. Some people live to assert their He-Man power.

What an a-hole.

[msanthrope]

104. In Yankee Stadium the Bleacher Creatures would have started the "Asshole" chant

and helpfully pointed out the miscreant to Security until they were escorted out.

[yuiyoshida]

105. I have the feeling that beachball would have

Never survived the BLACK HOLE at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.




Unless that ball was Black and Silver...and even than...I have my doubts.

[ScreamingMeemie]

106. I simply grab them and hand them to the usher.

They are distracting, but I don't see the need to smoosh them.