For the first time, the Bengals are offering a tip line for fans to call to report unruly behavior.
The hotline number is 381-JERK.
It will be set up and ready to go at this Sunday's pre-season game.
The Bengals said they've started this new approach after seeing a rise in bad behavior last season.
There were more fights and beer bottles being thrown, so this year they decided to do something about it.
While the Bengals had a winning season last year, some fans walked away from Paul Brown Stadium with a bitter taste in their mouths after spending time with unruly fans.
It's about bleeping time. Why people would spend hundreds, even thousands to see a football, and then to get drunk and rude is beyond me. I see people cramming bars to get tanked, why don't the Bengals and the NFL put a disclaimer warning to people entering the stadium?
Also: Getting tough on boorish fans (Cincinnati Enquirer)
"You can get a lot of abuse with these things," (Bob) Bedinghaus said. "If you get 6,000 people calling this line - 'Hey, Ben Roethlisberger is a jerk' - then it becomes less effective. The thing to remember is we have caller ID on this line. So if you're crank calling, we are going to be able to ID who you are."
Who's the real jerk, the one with the Super Bowl ring, or the one with 2 Bud Lights in each hand?! Seriously though, sports needs to take a look at its relationship with alcohol: the balance between profit boosts and alcohol's potentially dangerous side effects.
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