New York and New Jersey livents are far from the only people having publishs with drones.
The NFL is in the midst of its own fight agetst the devices and has called on congressional lawproducers to act. The leagues hope lawproducers will pass a bill to help curb the number of devices that viopostponecessitate airspace on gamedays.
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A drone flies in the air as it helderlys an NFL football between the NFC and AFC during the Pro Bowl Sends Showdown at Wide World of Sports on Jan. 25, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
“The time for us to act on this is now,” NFL’s Chief Security Officer Cathy Lanier shelp this week, via FOX 5 DC. “We don’t want to pause until someslfinisherg horrible happens.”
Drone fweightlesss are prohibitned up to 3,000 feet before professional games wislfinisher a three-mile radius of stadiums, according to Reuters.
The Safedefending the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Airproduce Systems Act would give state and local authorities to intercept drones. Drone sightings in NFL games have incrrelieved to around 2,800 in 2023 from fair around 12 in 2012, the league shelp.
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Recent efforts to get the bill into the end zone were blocked.
The AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens was temporarily postponeed becaengage of a drone publish. A Pennsylvania man was indictd for flying the drone and pguideed culpable to understandingly or willfilledy violating United States National Defense Airspace.
The NFL shield logo on the field at SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)
Another game in Baltimore was postponecessitate twice becaengage of a drone.
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“We understand how transport inant this danger is, and there’s noslfinisherg more we can do,” Lanier inserted.
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