Editing Philadelphia Eagles (section)

===Bad behavior===
Along with their [[Ultras|fierce devotion]], Eagles fans have [[hooliganism|a reputation for bad behavior]] and [[violence in sports|sports-related violence]], especially when the team plays its rivals.<ref name="anderson20021029">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/sports/sports-of-the-times-to-eagles-shockey-is-public-enemy-no-1.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=To Eagles, Shockey Is Public Enemy No. 1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 29, 2002 |access-date=December 23, 2012 |last=Anderson |first=Dave |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302193329/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/sports/sports-of-the-times-to-eagles-shockey-is-public-enemy-no-1.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the most famous incidents occurred in the 1968 season when fans of the struggling 2–11 Eagles [[Philadelphia Eagles Santa Claus incident|pelted snowballs at an incarnation of Santa Claus]] during a halftime Christmas celebration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Matthew |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Only in Philadelphia: A look back on the day Eagles fans booed Santa at Franklin Field |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/12/penn-football-franklin-field-eagles-santa |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=The Daily Pennsylvanian }}</ref>

In 2006, [[HarperCollins]] published ''If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?'', a book by Jereé Longman, in which he describes the fans of the [[700 Level]] at [[Veterans Stadium]] as having a reputation for "[[crowd abuse|hostile taunting]], fighting, public urination and general strangeness."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Longman |first=Jeré |title=If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer? |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |year=2006 |location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5LjeHAAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-06-084373-1 |access-date=November 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105135524/https://books.google.com/books?id=5LjeHAAACAAJ |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 1997 game against the [[San Francisco 49ers]] in Philadelphia featured so many incidents that, beginning at the following home game, the Eagles appointed a judge, [[Seamus McCaffery]], to preside over a temporary courtroom at the stadium; 20 suspects came before him that day.{{r|anderson20021029}} Fan behavior improved after the team's move to Lincoln Financial Field, and "Eagles Court" ended in December 2003.<ref name="ap20031206">{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/nfl/12/06/eagles.court.ap/ |title=Court at Eagles' games is out of session Sunday |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 6, 2003 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212035014/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/nfl/12/06/eagles.court.ap/ |archive-date=December 12, 2012 }}</ref>

During a January 2025 home playoff game against the [[Green Bay Packers]], an Eagles fan shouted obscenities at a woman wearing Packers gear; the incident went viral online, leading to the Eagles fan losing his job and receiving a ban from the stadium.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=2025-01-15 |title=Eagles Fan Loses Job at D.E.I. Firm After Misogynistic Attack on Packers Fan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/eagles-fan-taunts-banned-job-loss.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>