It was not a pleasant experience for some fans of the Minnesota Vikings during their team’s playoff matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles last season.
A week after one of the franchise’s most memorable moments in team history, the Minnesota Vikings got their teeth kicked in by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship last season. The Vikings found the end zone on their opening drive of the game and then proceeded to get outscored by the Eagles 38-0 for the remainder of the night.
Absolutely no one is denying that Philadelphia was the better team that day.
What still bothers Minnesota’s fans the most is the behavior of the Eagles fans at the stadium before, during, and after the game.
There have been multiple reports of beers and batteries being thrown, threats of physical violence against female Vikings fans, and Philadelphia fans assaulting Minnesota fans with their fists outside of the stadium.
In case anyone needs a refresher (some are NSFW)…
A bunch of Eagles fans have responded to these claims by saying that Vikings fans are just bitter about the NFC Championship loss. Pretty sure Minnesota fans were upset about the loss for a week at the most, but many have moved on by now.
Despite Philadelphia fans attempting to discredit any claims from Vikings fans who actually attended the game, the NFL is reportedly looking into some of what went down that night at the stadium in Philadelphia.
According to The Forum’s Mike McFeely on Saturday, the league is conducting an investigation into some of the behavior exhibited by fans in attendance at the NFC Championship.
In the report, NFL senior vice president and chief security officer Cathy Lanier commented in an email that the league, “will publicly announce changes that will be implemented going forward,” once the current investigation is complete.
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What those changes will exactly be is anyone’s guess at this point in time. But at least the NFL is making an actual attempt to improve an opposing fan’s experience when they make the courageous decision to attend a game in Philadelphia.