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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BigBet1234, the fan who ran out of the stands at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday and grabbed the ball out of Brett Favre’s hand, pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct while intoxicated, resisting arrest and trespassing.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gregory Gall, the fan who ran out of the stands at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday, pleaded not guilty Monday to disorderly conduct while intoxicated, resisting arrest and trespassing.[/font]
Gall was released on his own recognizance after his arraignment Monday in Cincinnati.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league would not get involved.
“It’s a local matter,” Aiello said in a statement on the NFL’s official Web site. “If there are any questions, we can assist them. It appears to be an isolated incident and the Bengals are reviewing it.”
The Packers had a similar incident during the preseason when a fan ran on the field at the end of a game, but it was not nearly as disruptive as Sunday’s incident, which occurred at a key moment.
Doug Collins, the Packers’ assistant director of security, said the team has taken steps necessary to try to prevent a similar incident from happening at Lambeau Field.
“We have things in place with the local law enforcement to try to be proactive,” Collins said. “We don’t allow fans to stand at the rail unless they have a ticket or credential.”
Gall ran on the field Sunday, took the football away from Favre then ran about 60 yards before being tackled by security.
Packers coach Mike Sherman said he wouldn’t be worried about a similar incident happening at Lambeau Field.
“I know here at home we have very strong security, and there’s certainly safety issues for our players that is a concern in this day and age,” Sherman said. “I am pretty confident here at home, and I am sure they did everything they could at Cincinnati, but it's a little bewildering that someone could get that far up the field.”
At his Monday press conference, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said he still was bothered by the incident. While no one was hurt, Lewis said it reminded him of the incident in September 2002 when a man and his son climbed out of the stands at a Chicago White Sox game and attacked Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa.
“That’s the first fear that you have when a guy is running clean at Brett Favre,” Lewis said. “You can’t have that occur. It’s a bad thing. Our people that handle the security feel very badly about it. We’ll take steps so that kind of thing never happens again at Paul Brown Stadium. It’s not good for the game. And just like anything else, we’ll take steps to correct that.”
Collins said it’s impossible to completely prevent incidents from occurring but said when the proper measures are taken, such incidents are rare, at least at Lambeau Field. “You’re not going to prevent everything from happening,” Collins said. “I think it’s pretty rare. We’ll go seasons without an incident.”
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BigBet1234, the fan who ran out of the stands at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday and grabbed the ball out of Brett Favre’s hand, pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct while intoxicated, resisting arrest and trespassing.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gregory Gall, the fan who ran out of the stands at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday, pleaded not guilty Monday to disorderly conduct while intoxicated, resisting arrest and trespassing.[/font]
Gall was released on his own recognizance after his arraignment Monday in Cincinnati.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league would not get involved.
“It’s a local matter,” Aiello said in a statement on the NFL’s official Web site. “If there are any questions, we can assist them. It appears to be an isolated incident and the Bengals are reviewing it.”
The Packers had a similar incident during the preseason when a fan ran on the field at the end of a game, but it was not nearly as disruptive as Sunday’s incident, which occurred at a key moment.
Doug Collins, the Packers’ assistant director of security, said the team has taken steps necessary to try to prevent a similar incident from happening at Lambeau Field.
“We have things in place with the local law enforcement to try to be proactive,” Collins said. “We don’t allow fans to stand at the rail unless they have a ticket or credential.”
Gall ran on the field Sunday, took the football away from Favre then ran about 60 yards before being tackled by security.
Packers coach Mike Sherman said he wouldn’t be worried about a similar incident happening at Lambeau Field.
“I know here at home we have very strong security, and there’s certainly safety issues for our players that is a concern in this day and age,” Sherman said. “I am pretty confident here at home, and I am sure they did everything they could at Cincinnati, but it's a little bewildering that someone could get that far up the field.”
At his Monday press conference, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said he still was bothered by the incident. While no one was hurt, Lewis said it reminded him of the incident in September 2002 when a man and his son climbed out of the stands at a Chicago White Sox game and attacked Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa.
“That’s the first fear that you have when a guy is running clean at Brett Favre,” Lewis said. “You can’t have that occur. It’s a bad thing. Our people that handle the security feel very badly about it. We’ll take steps so that kind of thing never happens again at Paul Brown Stadium. It’s not good for the game. And just like anything else, we’ll take steps to correct that.”
Collins said it’s impossible to completely prevent incidents from occurring but said when the proper measures are taken, such incidents are rare, at least at Lambeau Field. “You’re not going to prevent everything from happening,” Collins said. “I think it’s pretty rare. We’ll go seasons without an incident.”
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