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Will this really work long-term, or is it a short-term disruption? I know that in the NFL (American Football), fans are always integrated, but may become very violent. This is particularly true when there are rivalries of teams in close geographic distance allowing large numbers of fans from both teams to be in attendance. For example, games between the Philadelphia Eagles and NY Giants may be particularly dangerous.

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>fans are always integrated, but may become very violent

Sure, but at a much smaller rate and size of mob. Usually its just a few drunk idiots.

If anything college football is worse. Rivalries there run deep, nearly as long as gridiron football has been played in many cases, and often come with family ties.

Combine that with its popularity in the south and the combination of honor culture and largely being dumbasses and theres almost always some fights before/during/after a big rivalry game in the ares where a visiting fan is close to or surrounded by the home team.

That said, its nothing like soccer riots.

I've only been to college games at Notre Dame and VT, and both of those are very segregated stadiums. There's an entire "student" section, a "visiting team" section, and tickets are sold like that.

Thats right, the edges of sections or when a visitor finds himself surrounded by home fans is when things tend to get interesting. But again, its miniscule compared to soccer riots, usually one or two guys who have had too much start a conflict and security usually gets them out before anyone even pushes.

American sports fans are not violent in the same way that Football Ultras are.

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