Yankee Stadium Bans Sunscreen: Security Threat or Squeezing For Nickels?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 07.22.08
It is really hard to promote the idea that people should get outdoors, be part of their community, go out to the ball game or whatever when we read things like this. At Yankee Stadium, the security guards are confiscating sunscreen. "Five hours in the upper deck with no sunscreen is crazy," said one upper deck seasons ticket holder. Fans in the bleachers point out in the New York Post that the sun may be a bigger threat than Osama Bin Laden.
"I was really pissed because, since I am Irish and I have a bald head, I need my sunblock," said Sean Gavin, 40, who had to toss his SPF 30 at the gate Saturday. "After they saw me dousing myself with it, it should have been obvious to them that it was sunblock and not some explosive."
Of course, if you need sunscreen the stadium will sell you an one-ounce bottle for five bucks. Dermatologists are quoted as saying that security concerns or not, leaving 56,000 fans unprotected from potential skin cancer is "very dangerous." "This is especially bad for children, as their younger skin is particularly sensitive," said Dr. Babar Rao, a specialist at the Skin and Cancer Center of New York. "Sunblock needs to be reapplied every two hours, even if you are not swimming in the ocean or pool."
But hey, when you have to pay Alex Rodriquez's salary, you will use any excuse to squeeze a few more bucks out of your fans. ::New York Post
And you don't want their stuff anyways, you want good sunscreen.
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That is so lame. All you need is a chemical sniffer dog or machine to pass bags through just like the airport. Problem solved. Just another way to bilk money from all ready over-paying yankees fans.
That is so lame. All you need is a chemical sniffer dog or machine to pass bags through just like the airport. Problem solved. Just another way to bilk money from all ready over-paying yankees fans.
Once again I thank my lucky stars I was born a Red Sox fan...
At least the commie's were only under our beds and not in our suncreen....can we have them back now?
yup, another good reason to root for the sox.
I'd hardly call FIVE BUCKS for an ounce of sunscreen squeezing for NICKLES. I'd call it getting "F****D for FIVE"
FIRST I'D BOYCOTT.
Then I'd start looking for ambulance chasers for future CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS.
DAMN YANKEES.
I call B.S. on this. Terrorism is very very rare in this country and we need to get over this fear.
And the media has the cheek to say China does not welcome tourists with its toughened security.
Neither security threat nor squeezing for nickels!!
This is just a way to keep white people out of the stands. I would sue.
I agree. Boycott the games.
I agree. Boycott the games.
Great. My five year old daughter will just pray for a future cure. Glad my bro' shelled out mega bucks for tix to an August Yanks game. The new stadium better have built in sun screen!
Wear a hat and long sleeves and forget the sunscreen.
That is insane.
It will be fun when everyone just stays home from everything in protest of all this idiocy.
The ban has been lifted: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/22/2008-07-22_yankees_lift_ban_on_sunscreen_in_stadium.html
All I can say about this is that I smell a class-action lawsuit in the works. Fans, keep records of your visits to the park with credit card reciepts, ticket stubs, etc, that can verify that you were there! What extortion this one is!
See how quickly things change after a little public outrage?