NFL Wants Full-Body Patdowns at Stadiums

This year, it's from the 'ankles up'
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 15, 2011 6:14 PM CDT
NFL Wants Full-Body Patdowns at Stadiums
In this Aug. 27 photo, a stadium security officer pats down a fan before a preseason NFL game in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Airline passengers aren't the only ones: The NFL is telling all teams to pat down fans from the ankles up before they enter stadiums, reports USA Today. In previous seasons, fans endured patdowns only from the waist up. The league's "enhanced" security procedures come as a Cowboys fan allegedly snuck in a Taser to last weekend's game and zapped three Jets fans. For a kinder, gentler story about football fans, click here. (More NFL stories.)

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