Fans fighting in the stands at sporting events. Is it getting worse? [View all]

Always hard to tell in the age of social media whether a trend or a seeming phenomenon is a real departure from the past because footage is circulated so widely and we see so much of the boorish behavior caught on cellphones. But there are a lot of experienced DUers around who have been watching sports and attending games for decades. So I ask you, based on your observations, has it always been a matter of being ready to defend yourself at the stadium, even in the bleachers, or have we devolved societally after entering the sports arena.


This is from Saturday, one of MANY such incidents since things have reopened during the COVID pandemic: