According to officials on Tuesday, a Philadelphia sports fan who went on a misogynistic tirade at a female Green Bay Packers supporter in a widely shared video lost his job and would never be permitted to attend another Eagles home game.
During Sunday night’s Eagles triumph at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia in the NFC wild-card round, the unpleasant scene was caught on mobile phone footage.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the “individual will not be permitted to attend any future events at Lincoln Financial Field,” the source stated on Tuesday.
In the widely circulated video, a man wearing an Eagles jacket was seen stooping, covering his mouth with his hands, and verbally assaulting the female fan in the row ahead of him. He did not seem to get a response from that admirer.
Internet detectives linked the offended fan to BCT Partners, a management consulting firm in New Jersey that condemned the actions of its employee.
By late Tuesday evening, the corporation announced that it had collaborated with the worker, whom it named as Ryan Caldwell, a business analyst with an information technology focus.
NBC News reported on Wednesday that Randal Pinkett, the founder of BCT Partners, described the language as “vile, disgusting, unacceptable, and horrific.”
“It was completely at odds with the principles that BCT upholds. Our company was established on the principles of decency, respect, and inclusivity, and the behavior was totally at odds with all of those values.”
Reality TV viewers may recall Pinkett as the Apprentice’s Season 4 champion, but she declined to talk about Caldwell’s performance at work.
Pinkett, however, wished his now-former colleague well and expressed hope that he would be able to move past the situation that occurred on Sunday night.
“It’s not just that we have parted ways with Mr. Caldwell, but we were very clear in our statement that we extended grace and support to him, that he could be better,” said Pinkett.
“What troubles me is his behavior, but what also troubles me is the cancel culture that we live in, that doesn’t afford people grace that we don’t have the opportunity to be better people and learn from our mistakes.”
The Eagles advanced to play the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon after winning the game 22–10.
Ally Keller, a spectator who was the target of Caldwell’s tirades, and her fiancé, Alex Basara, told NBC Philadelphia that they were initially enjoying the game and even joking around with other supporters.
Basara told NBC Philadelphia that he initially began by making lighthearted jokes or simply saying stuff to us as soon as we sat down. I talked to him for a while. However, he continued to say some of the same things. carried on for the duration of the game. As the game continued, it grew worse and worse. There were Eagles supporters all around us. All the attention was on us.
The pair claimed that as the Eagles’ advantage increased, the man’s remarks became more offensive.
He just answered, “Actually, you’re not even attractive enough to be speaking to me,” Keller remarked. Then I asked, “You know what that means?” “You know what that means,” he added. “Have you looked in the mirror yourself?” I said. “Yeah, but I’m a man,” he responded. It’s okay for me to be ugly. You’re a female.
According to Basara, the de-escalation of the situation was achieved through documenting it.
Keller claimed that due of the hostile environment, she was afraid to say too much to the home team’s fan.
“If it did turn into an altercation or something physical, all they see is me messing with an Eagles fan, and then I become the target,” she stated. “What transpires with my fiancé in that situation at that point? It is a risky circumstance.
For a long time, Philadelphia fans—and Eagles supporters in particular—had a negative reputation that they feel is exaggerated.
In order to handle fans arrested for intoxication, fighting, and other offenses on Sundays in the fall, an arraignment court was set up in the basement of the team’s previous residence at Veterans Stadium at one point in the late 1990s and early 2000s.