A Cincinnati Reds fan is in the midst of being tased by a police officer after running onto the field.

  • Guydht@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The career of an athlete on the other team of that idiot’s favorite team?

    I can 100% see a crazed fan hitting a player of an opposing team. Security is necessary, and fans barging onto fields should be handled as quickly as possible.

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      4 months ago

      So you think athletes’ careers are worth more than the average person’s life. That’s pretty fucked up.

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        4 months ago

        Not exactly more than an average person’s life.

        First, again, tasers aren’t always deadly. In the vast majority of cases, they aren’t. I agree we should move towards solutions with 0% fatality, or change tasers to be more towards 0%, but I’m no taser expert.

        Secondly, I don’t just mean the athletes career. What I meant by “their career” is their body. Crazy people can hurt the athletes, badly. I’d much rather have one drunk fan being tased than a world athlete being handicapped. And I don’t think that’s so fucked up.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s a baseball game. A random fan going after an extremely fit athlete, who has an entire team (and the other team) with fucking bats if they were really necessary is not in any danger. Literally none.

      Not to mention 99% of people running into the field is doing it for the thrill of running into the field in front of an audience.