Here is a prime example:
CFL fan beaten for beer cup
By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA
And you thought the Bombers had a lousy night.
One man suffered a broken jaw while his friend was punched in the face in a melee that occurred during the Bombers-Tigercats CFL exhibition game at Canad Inns Stadium on Thursday night.
David Ward, 24, said he and his friend Chris Adams, 22, were collecting empty souvenir beer cups in the west side concourse just before half-time of the Bombers loss when a "visibly drunk" man laid claim to a cup Adams had picked up.
Ward said they tried to return the cup but the intoxicated man and another male -- identified as his brother -- attacked the younger men.
After Ward was struck in the face, the two men allegedly dragged Adams to a corner and started kicking him in the face. Ward said he tried to help but was punched in the eye and could only watch until security -- at first only a lone female officer -- came to break up the nearly 10-minute fracas.
"By the time security broke it up and we got on our way to the hospital, Chris was spitting five cups of blood," said Ward. "It was unreal, the amount of blood I had on me."
'CAN BARELY MOVE'
Adams' jaw was broken in two places. Ward said his friend, who just interviewed for a new job a few days ago, expects to have surgery this morning and his jaw will be wired shut for four to six weeks.
"Now he's just in pain. He can barely move. He can't even talk, his mouth is all swollen," he said. "He needs reconstructive surgery because his jaw is snapped and pushed in, they kicked him so much."
A call to Impact Security, which handles security during Bombers games, was not returned, but a club official confirmed there was an "incident in which a fan was hurt." The official refused to say anything more because a police investigation is ongoing.
Const. Jacqueline Chaput, a spokeswoman for Winnipeg police, said two men ages 33 and 42 were arrested at the game.
One is facing two counts of assault causing bodily harm while the other faces charges of assault and assault causing bodily harm.
Although security and police finally defused the situation, Ward said there should have been more security for such a busy -- and notoriously rowdy -- event.
"There was so much blood and no one was helping. When security came, the guys got away and I think that's insufficient security. There weren't enough for a game that size," he said.
"The younger guys are stereotyped for rowdiness and drinking and everything, but we were the ones who tried to calm it down. It was just a plastic cup and now my friend is having surgery."