Mindless Morons
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Doesn't say a lot for the large section of the crowd that applauded his actions either.
Birmingham FC say they will ban him for life, I fail to see how this is possible. Unless they have face recognition equipment on every turnstile. Are staff expected to remember a certain face among maybe 20/30 thousand fans.
Police have the only facility to ensure that,and that's to have him in custody at a police station every game.
Police have the only facility to ensure that,and that's to have him in custody at a police station every game.
CroJack
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"The democratization of mass surveillance is upon us. Insanely cheap tools with the power to track individuals en masse are now available for anyone to use, as exemplified by a Forbes test of an Amazon facial recognition product, Rekognition, that made headlines last month."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...ion-cost-just-10-and-was-worryingly-good/amp/
That's a cheap bit of equipment CJ. Reading through its not quite the thing for scanning the masses but nonetheless its amazing how cheap this sort of technology is becoming. On the down side,looks like they're trying to get a bill passed banning it on grounds of personal privacy, other than being used by police and security services.
I'm for a jail sentence but for a lot longer than this guy got. Trouble is his family/dependents might suffer from this if he's the bread winner. Maybe a club deduction of 10 points might do the trick then his mates and anyone else around him would make damned sure he wouldn't get anywhere near the pitch - together with a life ban of course.
As for face recognition there must be a thousand ways a determined fan could effect a disguise.
As for face recognition there must be a thousand ways a determined fan could effect a disguise.
CroJack
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Football grounds (and areas surrounding them) are private property and the clubs can do what they want. Especially in these days when terrorist attacks are a real danger, face recognition software is a necessity.
Totally agree.
A points deduction would certainly make that large section of the B/ham fans that applauded his actions think again, especially if it cost them promotion.
CroJack
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I am against deduction of points because it's difficult for clubs to stop lunatics doing bad things no matter how many stewards there are inside stadiums. There have been cases in South Europe where rival fans, dressed as home fans, deliberately caused trouble, knowing that such actions would result in deduction of points for the home team. Imagine the consequences for clubs who are in a title race or relegation battle?
Yankee_Jack
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The best way to resolve this is to leverage peer pressure. So, when a person runs onto the field from a particular section of the stand, that section is required to leave the stadium and the game is held up until the section is vacated. I guarantee you anybody even thinking about running onto the field would be yanked back by people sitting around him. And, if that person had a regular seat and knew the people sitting around him, there would be retribution after the game.
I'd considered that, CJ. But a points deduction would only come into force when one or more of the yobs is caught and convicted. Should said yob be from another club then that club would also face losing points. As @Yankee_Jack said, this would invite peer pressure and the fans would do their own policing.
Yankee_Jack
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What happened yesterday at the end of the City game. Did we have a set of morons .... were they from City’s fans or our own.
Behindthegoal
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Whoever they were the club will pay.