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3 fans involved in Jaguars preseason game brawl must complete $250 course before returning to any NFL stadium again. Fight in stands of TIAA Bank Field was captured on cellphone video & went viral.

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Yahoo! News

The Jacksonville Jaguars say they have identified three individuals involved in the fight in the stands that went viral on social media earlier this month... A spokesperson for the team says three individuals violated the fan code of conduct policy and they will be required to complete an online conduct class as well as pay a fee.

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Cronkite News

Experts skeptical Suns’ statement condemning violence will curb disorderly fan behavior...

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Star Tribune

Bad behavior can get Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves fans ejected – or worse The worst-behaved could forfeit season passes or be banned from games for good...

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CBS News Denver

Sure, being loud to cheer on the Broncos is just fine. But, if fans get unruly, belligerently drunk, start fighting, or do anything that violates the Fan Code of Conduct, security can throw a flag and kick them out...

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Men's Health

It’s a scene all too common on recreational soccer fields across the country: Two men chest to chest, on the verge of blows, over a dispute during a meaningless game.

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HottyToddy.com

The University of Mississippi implemented a Game Day and Game Day Activities and events policy for the students to promote good sportsmanship. Students found responsible for violating this policy will have three strikes with the third strike resulting in a ban from sporting and athletic events for the entire academic year.

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Sports Business Daily

Fans ejected from stadium will now be barred from others. The NFL next year will ban fans ejected from one stadium from attending games in other cities, a move that comes on the heels of a series of high-profile fan violence incidents this season.

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USA Today

Attention, drunk and disorderly NFL fans: If you're ejected from a stadium this season, you might have to complete a four-hour online class on proper conduct to get back inside for future games.

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ESPN

The NFL is getting more serious about conduct in the stands. This year, its teams are requiring any fan who gets ejected from a stadium to take a four-hour online course before they are permitted to come back into the facility again.

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New York Post

The NFL is shrink-rapping football fans. Unruly fans booted from stadiums this year will be required to pass a code-of-conduct exam – or they won’t be allowed back in for another game.

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ESPN

As Darren Rovell reported in August, the league now requires disorderly die-hards to take a course in fan conduct if they’re tossed for unruly behavior. Last season alone, an estimated 7,000 fans were ejected from NFL stadiums.

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ABC 20/20

Dr. Ari Novick was interviewed to discuss why people behave badly. This interview is about why neighbors behave badly and consequences for such behavior.

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Esquire

What happens when you wallpaper yourself in Seahawks gear and head to Denver? What happens when you roll into Seattle in a car festooned with Broncos flags?

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CBS Sports

The NFL is now requiring fans ejected from a stadium to take an online course. This news was first reported by Darren Rovell.

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CBS Sports

Serious fan violence taking on life of its own; can it be stopped?

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Business Week

"Behaving badly towards other fans, such as fighting, swearing or threatening them, is OK as long as they deserve it." True or false? Red-blooded, boozed-up football fans would gladly raise a fist in agreement. But the National Football League wants to make it absolutely clear it doesn’t condone such hooliganism.

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Mercury News

Ari Novick can attest that the old image of 49ers fans as wine-sipping, cheese-savoring football elitists wasn't just a stereotype.

"I was a kid going to 49ers games during that chardonnay era," said Novick, an Orange County anger-management expert. "My parents would come to games with wine and cheese. That’s exactly what that fan population was like. But it's different now."

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CBS New York

MetLife Stadium Leading The Way In Modern-Day Security.

A shoving match breaks out in a section of the MetLife Stadium stands. While security officers hustle to the scene, a beyond state-of-the-art surveillance system is recording every detail.

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GQ Magazine

Ever wonder what happens to that asshole who starts screaming obscenities and throwing stuff during the fourth quarter, before getting dragged out by stadium police (after the drunk tank, anyway)?

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Time

If you go to NFL games and tend to act like a jackass, you might think about toning it down. Why? Because starting this season, if you get kicked out of a stadium for bad behavior, the NFL will be sending you to a shrink..

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NFL.com

If we ever bump into Dr. Ari Novick, we will shake that man’s hand.

Brilliance deserves to be recognized, and Novick has figured out how to monetize drunken idiocy with his $75 four-hour class and "code-of-conduct" test that unruly fans must pass for re-admittance to games at some NFL stadiums..

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BBC

American football fans in the United States have been told they must take a four-hour online course costing $75 (£47) if they are kicked out of a game for unruly behaviour.

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Sports Business Daily

When robust support turns to problems, the sports industry’s answer to traffic school requires fans to pass an online course before they can attend future events.

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MyFox Tampa Bay

The new penalty issued by the National Football League sidelines fans instead of players. If a fan gets kicked out of a game for bad behavior, that person will be sent to an online anger management class.

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Denver Post

Mind your game-day manners Broncos fans or face the consequences: a personal-conduct class.

Any fan ejected from Mile High stadium for hooligan-like behavior must pay to take a decorum class before he or she can attend a future game, according to a new National Football League policy recently adopted by the Broncos.

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Philly.com

When the Eagles open their home schedule against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, fans can expect changes at the stadium - and a major change if they're forced to leave.

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WTOP 103.5 FM

In line with its zero tolerance policy, the NFL isn't afraid to eject drunk and rowdy fans from stadiums around the country. But now unruly fans have an opportunity to repent for their sins.

Fans who are ejected from a game or banned entirely from some stadiums must enroll in a four-hour online class designed to teach proper fan behavior, in order to re-enter the stadium.

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Yahoo! Sports Radio

The NFL is instituting a program that will require ejected fans to take an anger management course to have ticket privileges reinstated. Dr. Novick created and administers the system, and he joined Sean to talk about the implementation and the spotlight on fan behavior.

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CBS Philly

The NFL is pushing the Eagles (and every other team in the league) to add a "fan conduct class," designed to improve stadium safety.

If a fan gets kicked out of a game for bad behavior, some venues won’t let him back in until he takes the online course by anger management expert Ari Novick.

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Complex Sports

If you’ve ever been to an NFL game, or a bar in the fall for that matter, you’re all too aware of the chaos that can ensue with the perfect storm of brews, touchdowns, and bone-crushing hits. It’s in our blood, football is as American as lawsuits and obesity, and it’s our national right to get hammered in the upper deck and rain insults and suds on the out-of-town fans, right?

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The 97.5 Fanatic

Mike Missanelli from the 97.5 Fanatic sports radio interviews Dr. Novick on the Fan Conduct Class.

Daybreak USA Radio

Jay Young and Jason Rico interview Dr. Novick on the Fan Conduct Class.

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