NFL Investigating After Belligerent Fan Punches Older Man in Stands

The NFL is investigating the disturbing video of a man punching an older man in the upper deck of [...]

By Daniel S. Levine

The NFL is investigating the disturbing video of a man punching an older man in the upper deck of Bank of America Stadium during the Panthers-Eagles Thursday Night Football game in Charlotte.

The video, posted on Instagram, shows a younger man wearing a Panthers jersey turning to punch an older man seated behind him. According to the Instagram user who posted the video, the younger man and his girlfriend were standing during the entire game, blocking the older man's view.

dude bro & his chicka were standing for the entire game. words gradually got more and more escalated. there previously was a single mom and her son between us, they left halfway through the 3rd. after that, the lid was off. the dude took offense to the couple never sitting down and obstructing his view. the victim telling the dude bro how they’re being jerks and how rude they are for not sitting. the dude bro turns around and calls the victim a “geriatric fuck”, “faggot”, and “hick”. then sucker punches him right in the face. i don’t know if he got away or left in handcuffs, but i hope it’s the latter. edit: to clarify further, both the puncher and punchee were wearing Panthers attire. The assailant was seated in section 541, row 24, seat 10.

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Over the course of the game, words between the couple and the older man got more escalated, according the Instagram poster, odubco. He wrote that the incident he captured happened during the middle of the third quarter.

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"The dude took offense to the couple never sitting down and obstructing his view," the Instagram user wrote. "The victim telling the dude bro how they're being jerks and how rude they are for not sitting. the dude bro turns around and calls the victim a 'geriatric f**k,' 'f****t,' and 'hick.' then sucker punches him right in the face. i don't know if he got away or left in handcuffs, but i hope it's the latter."

Odubco also included two other photos after the incident. One shows blood on the floor and seats, and another shows staffers cleaning it up.

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NFL.com reporter Ian Rapoport confirmed that the NFL is in contact with the Panthers about the video. "We take all of these very seriously."

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