Crowd Noise Report from EXTREME SKINS Member ?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:36 pm
This was on AOL Sports Fanhouse.....
Do The Redskins Pipe Fake Crowd Noise?
Sportz AssassinPosted Sep 24th 2007 12:27PM by Sportz Assassin
Filed under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL Fans, NFL Rumors, Washington, DC
An interesting comment from a guy named "53 Bostic 53" at Extreme Skins forum has a few Redskins fans uneasy.
I am disappointed, in fact shocked, that we PIPE CROWD NOISE IN. I don't how long that has been going on, but I think that is BUSH LEAGUE. Don't tell me that it didn't happen, it did. I am embarassed that my team has stooped to that level!
I sit in 419, row 19. Last night was the first time I've noticed it. Maybe I've been too drunk in the past, I don't know. But the speaker set that is above like section 430 ish - obviously pumpin in crowd noise. It would come on when the crowd got louder, but then it would shut off suddenly. Some others that I spoke with after the game at ES will verify that it was going on.
Several of the people who replied to the comment also have said that they have heard crowd noise coming through the speakers against the Giants yesterday and in the Week 1 win over the Dolphins. I hope this isn't true [though, it probably is] since the Skins play in the NFL's largest stadium ... by far ... and have one of the league's most rabid fan bases.
Now, the NFL has a strict policy on artificial crowd noise ... even going as far as stopping stadium from even asking the crowd to get loud.
The home club does not have the prerogative to decide if such sound hampers signal calling. While spontaneous crowd noises may be beyond immediate control, noise of any kind (music, horns, gongs, drums, etc.) that is under club control must cease when the play clock (40 or 25 second) is running and the visiting team is in possession of the ball. Flagrant attempts by cheerleaders, mascots or the public-address system to encourage crowd noise for the purpose of disrupting the visiting team's offense while the play clock is running is prohibited. The use of noise meters or such messages as "Noise!," "Let's hear it!," "Raise the Roof," "Let's go Crazy," "Pump it up," "12th Man" are prohibited at any time during the game. These examples are not limited to the foregoing, but also would include similar messages that encourage crowds to make random noise in order to disrupt the opposition.
Needless to say, if this is true than the Redskins will be getting a phone call from Emperor Goodell in the next few days.
Do The Redskins Pipe Fake Crowd Noise?
Sportz AssassinPosted Sep 24th 2007 12:27PM by Sportz Assassin
Filed under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL Fans, NFL Rumors, Washington, DC
An interesting comment from a guy named "53 Bostic 53" at Extreme Skins forum has a few Redskins fans uneasy.
I am disappointed, in fact shocked, that we PIPE CROWD NOISE IN. I don't how long that has been going on, but I think that is BUSH LEAGUE. Don't tell me that it didn't happen, it did. I am embarassed that my team has stooped to that level!
I sit in 419, row 19. Last night was the first time I've noticed it. Maybe I've been too drunk in the past, I don't know. But the speaker set that is above like section 430 ish - obviously pumpin in crowd noise. It would come on when the crowd got louder, but then it would shut off suddenly. Some others that I spoke with after the game at ES will verify that it was going on.
Several of the people who replied to the comment also have said that they have heard crowd noise coming through the speakers against the Giants yesterday and in the Week 1 win over the Dolphins. I hope this isn't true [though, it probably is] since the Skins play in the NFL's largest stadium ... by far ... and have one of the league's most rabid fan bases.
Now, the NFL has a strict policy on artificial crowd noise ... even going as far as stopping stadium from even asking the crowd to get loud.
The home club does not have the prerogative to decide if such sound hampers signal calling. While spontaneous crowd noises may be beyond immediate control, noise of any kind (music, horns, gongs, drums, etc.) that is under club control must cease when the play clock (40 or 25 second) is running and the visiting team is in possession of the ball. Flagrant attempts by cheerleaders, mascots or the public-address system to encourage crowd noise for the purpose of disrupting the visiting team's offense while the play clock is running is prohibited. The use of noise meters or such messages as "Noise!," "Let's hear it!," "Raise the Roof," "Let's go Crazy," "Pump it up," "12th Man" are prohibited at any time during the game. These examples are not limited to the foregoing, but also would include similar messages that encourage crowds to make random noise in order to disrupt the opposition.
Needless to say, if this is true than the Redskins will be getting a phone call from Emperor Goodell in the next few days.