I love football. It's part of the entire autumn thing that keeps me going through the summer. I love going to football games, be it high school, college, or professional.
I understand the need for a certain level of security. I don't need or want to be grouped with spectators who smuggle in 5ths of tequila and get violent by halftime, or lumped in with a crowd of idiots who chuck batteries at the opposing team. I get that.
What I don't get is the new restriction against purses and diaper bags. Security already searches my bag. I let them. I also tolerate the cursory frisk. But in the 2013/14 season, purses and diaper bags will be forbidden.
Beyond being overkill and an incredibly sophomoric attempt at thwarting "terrorism," it's simply and embarrassingly shortsighted.
So here's what I'm going to do for the two Broncos games Phil and I are attending this season.
In one hand I'll have a bouquet of Tampax Super Tampons, in the other, a stack of Depends. If my grandson is with us, I'll implore my daughter to juggle a wad of diapers and a box of wipes in one arm, and Owen in the other. In another month, that should be quite the spectacle with Owen's little brother growing in her belly.
Who's with me?
Come on, NFL, how about you take care of the criminals in your own ranks before pointing your fingers at the fans who keep you criminally rich?
