A football-newbie asks...
The 'next-to-nothing' is actually this story, kindly shown to me by Ursus.
The thing is, this got me wondering: the 'policing' bill for ice hockey events can't be that large, but what if it were to move to a large outdoor stadium - who would fit the bill then. And then I wondered (and here's my actual point, folks) do football teams foot some of the bill for the policing at their games? I presume they do, but does the extent vary? Furthermore, I wondered if this left police resources thin on the ground in other (local) places and if legal action had ever been taken against the police or teams for damages caused in an incident that might not have otherwise happened were it not for alot of the local police being at a match?
Not strictly football, I know, but a contentious adjunct to it, I suppose.
The 'next-to-nothing' is actually this story, kindly shown to me by Ursus.
The thing is, this got me wondering: the 'policing' bill for ice hockey events can't be that large, but what if it were to move to a large outdoor stadium - who would fit the bill then. And then I wondered (and here's my actual point, folks) do football teams foot some of the bill for the policing at their games? I presume they do, but does the extent vary? Furthermore, I wondered if this left police resources thin on the ground in other (local) places and if legal action had ever been taken against the police or teams for damages caused in an incident that might not have otherwise happened were it not for alot of the local police being at a match?
Not strictly football, I know, but a contentious adjunct to it, I suppose.
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