Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Illinois

profanity in sports

I have been a season ticket holder for a chicago soccer team for several years. I sit in the supports section, which can get very roudy. Until this year the management liked this roudiness. This year the team had to move to another stadium. Now our section is getting greif, becuase we use some profanity in our cheers, and we have been told we will be romoved from the stadium if we say any profanity. Do they have the legal right to do this? They did not tell us when we bought our season tickets that we might be kicked out for certain cheers. Don't have a right to cheer in any manner we like? It's not like we are an invited guest. We paid to be there, and this was always considered ok behabvior before.


Asked on 6/15/02, 10:35 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Bradley Rosen

Re: profanity in sports

As usual, I happen to agree with Charles. Plus, there probably is some kind of clause in the fine print on the tickets that makes them subject to revocation based upon behavior that they deem unacceptable.

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Answered on 6/17/02, 9:40 am
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: profanity in sports

Using profanity in public is a petty crime in most states, and certainly upsetting to some folks who would prefer they and their children not have to listen to it.

Surely mature sports fans can find cheers which do not require such profanity.

Whether or not, the stadium owners are legally authorized to prevent the use of profanity in the manner you describe, and the fact that they did not prohibit it in prior games is not controlling.

A cop may ignore your speeding one day, and arrest you for it the next.

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Answered on 6/15/02, 11:37 am


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