Can some explain to me exactly how does fans being banned for life for improper conduct work in other countries and does it work? Reason I ask is because i wanted to know it's feasability here in the US for our sports.
You should probably post this in the premiership forum. When the numbskull Celtic fan did the "airplane" at Reyna during a corner kick, just after 9/11, I asked that question. IIRC, the club puts the guy's picture in a file, and the tickettakers are supposed to memorize the faces. But it would be better to ask there.
I remeber reading how at big sporting events (like the Super Bowl), they have these camers that scan faces in the crowd and compare them to known/wanted criminals based on certain facial measurments. I don't know how expensive it would be, but thats something that is done to assure people who are not wanted in stay out.
It's called voice-recognition software. They employed it at the 2002 Super Bowl, because of the terror concerns, but did not use it at this years Super Bowl. I think the ACLU objected to it or something and they decided not to use it again. Almost all Casinos use it, and have card-counters, criminals, and other people highlighted in the system so they can identify problems and problematic people before anything happens... You mean 1984.
It been done in Giants Stadium for years. Its not really taken that seriously but if you do get caught in the stadium after being banned, depending on what you were banned for, you could be arrested for traspassing and suffer even further consequences if you chose to take your chance again even after that. The security dont really use any kind of technology other than a database and photographs. Basically if youre banned, you get a picture taken. The pictures are passed around to employees before a game, if they recognize you theyll double check, then come and get you. If you make it easy for them by being unrully youre pretty much f00ked even further.
You mean "facial-recognition", not "voice". http://www.identix.com/products/pro_security_bnp_argus.html It has a database of images (mug shots), representing the people you want to catch/watch/keep out. The database gets analyzed so that the facial features are measured and identified like a fingerprint. The software then captures frames from a camera and if it finds a face that has a similar "fingerprint", it alerts someone. Pretty cool stuff from a technology perspective... though it makes the ACLU types twitch and drool. That said, I'd bet that sports clubs that want to ban a fan just use a printed up list and have the guards/ticket agents watch for them.