Over the past month, the WNBA has been harassed with a barrage of green sex toys thrown at arenas across the league. On Friday, they reached the NFL.
During the Tennessee Titans’ final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, a visitor managed to get a green sex toy onto the field at Nissan Stadium. Per the Associated Press, the Titans said they captured images of those responsible and reported the incident to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
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The incident occurred while both teams were at midfield and did not appear to be noticed by the players on the field or the broadcast.
The first sex toy to hit the WNBA came on July 29 during a Golden State Valkyries-Atlanta Dream game. It was followed by several more, with the league getting less and less amused. Players and coaches complained the action was both dangerous and demeaning to women, while the league threatened criminal prosecution for anyone caught throwing them.
Three men have been arrested so far on a litany of charges, with the most recent having allegedly hit a 12-year-old girl in the stands of a New York Liberty game.
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A cryptocurrency group has taken responsibility for the sex toys, but carefully avoided tying itself to the people who have been criminally charged. A spokesperson also indicated in an interview with USA Today the group might be moving on from the WNBA, and that appears be bearing out.
This isn’t the first time a sex toy has made it onto the field in an NFL game, just the first time it’s been noticed outside of a Buffalo Bills game. Throwing such objects onto the field became a tradition at games against the New England Patriots, to the point that the team begged its fans to stop.