While attending the NFC Championship last Sunday, two fans of the Minnesota Vikings were sent to the hospital after being sucker-punched by a Philadelphia Eagles fan.
It was a difficult time for the Minnesota Vikings during last week’s NFC Championship as the team suffered a brutal loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. However, a case could easily be made that the Vikings’ fans actually had a worse time in Philadelphia last Sunday than the actual team.
Minnesota fans who decided to attend last weekend’s game were treated by Eagles fans as if they had threatened to burn all of Philadelphia’s cheese-steak supply. Vikings fans (no matter how young), were greeted with a multitude of obscene comments, beer cans and bottles being thrown at them, and apparently even some punches.
Minnesota fans (and brothers) Brett and Shawn Hoover flew across the country last week to watch their favorite team play for a spot in the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, their night in Philadelphia ended up with Brett in the hospital.
According to a Facebook post by Brett, he witnessed another Vikings fan get sucker-punched by an Eagles fan at last week’s game. When Brett went to go help his fellow Minnesota fan to his feet, he then became the victim of a second sucker-punch from the same Philadelphia fan.
Next thing Brett knew, he was in the hospital being treated for a broken and partially dislocated ankle, a concussion, and a number of other injuries. All because he cheers for the Vikings.
Fans of the Eagles have come up with a number excuses for the behavior exhibited by their fellow fans last week, saying everything from Minnesota fans should have known what they were walking into and Vikings fans are just salty because their team lost.
So what is their excuse for what happened to Mr. Hoover?
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Philadelphia’s fans can say that the same incidents happen at every other NFL stadium. But if that is really the case, then why did the Eagles’ old stadium have a jail and a courtroom inside of it?