Rumor has it that confetti is banned at the RioT now. Any truth to this? I have brought confetti to RSL games since the days at Rice-Eccles and to section 26 for years. The Fortress is falling and falling fast. ☹️
Last year they banned the smaller confetti like from hole punched and shredders. Larger confetti was fine. Better make a phone call. No confetti and my wife will be devastated. Of course it's not like anyone will have any real need for it this year.
Damn! I have so enjoyed picking little bits of torn up phone book out of my beers and burritos. And the pornfetti rumor was one of the things that got me to become a STH in the first place. Just being an ass, as usual, and don't really care either way.
this is true It's time for a moment of truth with y'all: I'm on the Fan Council (which we can get to in another thread that I'll create) and this was discussed there. The issue is outside of RSL. This is, according to the RSL staff that was involved last night (Andy Carroll, Brent Stevens, Tom Penrose, and the one and only Trey Fitzgerald) a league decision. Players had complained that their footing, especially around corner kicks and the goals, was being effected by the confetti. This wasn't neccessarily an issue at RSL - more so at places like SKC and LA where they have literal confetti cannons that go off after a goal and cover a significant little area of the field. The reaction seems very knee jerk to me, but it also makes sense. I personally think they should have just eliminated the obvious problem of the club having a cannon go off. However, the security personnel of the league came in and stated that this was the action they would take for now. I would recommend, as many have already done, to voice your complaint to the RSL FO and league offices. I don't think my bag of confetti at the top of section 14 is really causing an issue. Nor is La Barra's really if you compare it to what you see at these other stadiums. However, that is the reality of it. No confetti for the time being. Streamers are still okay. So I can't wait to see how LA and SuKC will ******** that up for everyone, too
You're cancelling your tickets over @15 to 32 being on the fan council? That seems a little extreme to me. Maybe the council will work him up into one of his rants we haven't seen in a while.
Fat chance. I think Big Brother's got 15 pretty well sedated. This whole thing's giving me the creeps.
The league seems to be taking the same approach as my work: Screw fixing the actual problems, just ruin everyone else's fun at once.
Well, not getting a CB in the offseason was one thing. Putting @15 to 32 in a role of responsibility is setting a whole new low bar for performance. The FO is definitely heading down hill - fire everyone! Burn it down and use the bags of unused confetti to fuel the flames.
well I was going to suggest everyone on BS be given privileges at the stadium but you've now ruined that for everyone way to go in the vein of MLS reaction: you all now have to post using the exact same font as me
I think/hope that reason will prevail in this. Again, this isn't just an RSL issue. It's a league thing. Fans across the league are not going to take (and haven't taken) this information well. The issue is the clubs using their massive canons. Enough people voicing that will, hopefully, bring that to light and fix the overreaction
Better response: install a giant flame-throwing wall behind to goal to char all confetti before it enters the field of play. What could possibly go wrong...
well seattle pretty much does that exact thing so... I've always wondered how opposing GK's react to those flame throwers
Absolutely, nobody getting free hot dogs from the MAN should be trusted with representing the REAL fans who aren't bought off by Oscar Meyer Wieners.
I actually thought of adding, no free hot dogs to my list. It's the beginning of the slippery slope to stadium anarchy. If the hot dog is free, and you can't have confetti, what is keeping you from tossing hot dogs around willy nilly? There is no consequence for your actions. You can just go grab another free hot dog and continue on your processed-meat-in-cylindrical-form rampage.
I actually almost threw a hotdog once Thought I had a handful of confetti and cocked it back... would have been epic. I'll say this about the no confetti rule: paper airplane numbers are going to see a spike in section 14 this year. We always shred up the yellow cards and match day programs for confetti. Whenever we've had enough making of confetti we'll occasionally make an airplane. now we'll just go straight to the airplane. The lady I habitually hit, no matter what angle I throw the airplane at, in row H is gonna love it
this rumor is true As I thought/hoped would happen, the league and clubs realized that the players issue was about the stupid ass confetti canons behind the goals. Not this asshole who sits at the top of section 14 and goes apeshit if even one piece of my bagillion piles of confetti reaches the pitch. Though, confetti is now more regulated. You can't bring in stuff smaller than a hole punch. I think that still effects some of what LBR throws sometimes
Will they be checking the content of the confetti? Security: Phone book. Go ahead. IKEA catalog. Go ahead. <@15 to 32 steps up> Security: Porn? What the heck? 15 to 32: What? The lady three rows down loves a little T&A in her beer. Security: Whatever. Go ahead.