A Lions season-ticket holder has "forfeited his season tickets" after he posted a "racially charged video on social media directed at a pair of fans who sat through the national anthem" prior to Sunday's Cardinals-Lions game at Ford Field, according to Justin Rogers of the DETROIT NEWS. The video, posted on Snapchat, had a "voiced-over suggestion that the sitting fans leave the country." The photo was "captioned 'stupid (expletive).'" Ford Field's conduct policy "threatens the revocation of tickets for a number of actions, including the display of inconsiderate or otherwise inappropriate behavior toward others and using foul or abusive language or obscene gestures" (DETROIT NEWS, 9/15). In Detroit, Dave Birkett notes the Lions "declined comment about whether the fan faces a lifetime ban from Ford Field, as one fan previously did for using a laser pointer during a game." Lions coach Jim Caldwell said, "We do have a fan behavior code of standards and I think without question that our organization followed up, found out who the individual was and obviously he no longer has season tickets in our stadium. So I think it was handled appropriately and I think those things happen sometime" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 9/15).
