Comments on: Italian Stewards Will Be Packing Heat. Brilliant.

By: Juve Fans Narc on Their Own; Are Celebrated Far and Wide - Rumors & News - The Offside - Serie A Italian Football Blog

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:00:50 +0000

[...] over to the cops; the offender appeared in court this morning. (No word on if the stewards had to brandish their firearms to collar the smoke-bomber, though we’d probably have heard more about it had the answer been [...]

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:52:16 +0000

THANK YOU K! I spent hours (ok, not that long) drawing that gun and was getting really depressed at the lack of response. You get a gold star for the day.

By: k

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:39:30 +0000

besides the dire”ness” of the situation isnt there anyone else who found the fake gun photshopped in the picture particularly hilarious?!

By: mele419

mele419 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:33:43 +0000

I remember also at baseball games a few years back, the security was that of Florence’s. No women or children were patted, only men, and even then I wouldn’t call it a pat down. It’s gotten much better sine then though, except they still don’t pat/search children/teens.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:15:13 +0000

When Zampa is the voice of reason, it’s time to worry. (Or possibly time to wonder if it’s Opposite Day.) Arming stewards seems like a disaster just waiting to happen.

By: tmc

tmc — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:33:51 +0000

I’m no crowd security expert, but I would think they should be able to keep crowds in control with less violent means.

It has been awhile since I’ve been to a game in Italy (fall 2000), but I was always struck by the incredibly inferior security. For example, in Florence the security searched no women on the way into the stadium (largely because no Italian women are going to stand for some guy they don’t know patting them down). But, they did do pretty extensive pat searches of the men on the way in.

So when I would go to games at the Artemio Franchi and sit in the Curva Fiesole, all of the women would just carry the contraband in and hand it to the men once they arrived in the seats (flares, liquor, hash, etc.)

And I hole burnt in my jacket from some kind of firework/flare thing in the San Siro at an Inter-Roma game as well. And I don’t remember any security at all at the Delle Alpi in Torino. I believe the Olimpico in Rome was similar to Florence.

You’d think they could secure the grounds with metal detectors, pat downs (with women to pat down women), and adequate peaceful stewards inside the stadium.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:14:21 +0000

Yeah, and when Zampa is the voice of reason, you know the situation is seriously out of control.

By: Mele419

Mele419 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:10:42 +0000

Palermo Chairman Maurizio Zamparini, however, does not like the idea of seeing gun-toting stewards at matches. ‘”Stadiums aren’t battle grounds. I’d follow the example of England, where the stewards have truncheons, not guns.’”

Well, that’s something i agree with. It’s like giving teachers guns to stop school shootings. It’s just preposterous and shouldn’t be done.