Six Reasons Why Brandon Jacobs' Helmet Belongs To The Colts Fans

Giants halfback Brandon Jacobs gave away his helmet to some Colts fans sitting in the sixth row at Lucas Oil Field on Sunday. After being pulled by Tom Coughlin, an angry Jacobs threw his helmet, sending it flying through the air towards the Colts fans.  The fans who gained possession of the blue #27 helmet were adamant about it being their property in the face of Colts staff, Giants staff, equipment managers and the Indianapolis Sheriff.  In the end, the helmet was confiscated from the fans.  Here are six reasons why the helmet was stolen from the Colts fans:

1) Brandon Jacobs gave his helmet to the Indy fans.

As Americans we value our possessions.  We protect them, take care of them and cherish them.  If we want to keep something, we make sure not to throw it into a crowd of 60,000 angry people.  Brandon Jacobs had apparently decided that he was done with his helmet.

2) Jacobs demanded a trade after the game.

He really doesn't need his Giants helmet anymore...

3) At a baseball or a hockey game, you get to keep whatever goes into the stands.

People bring baseball gloves to baseball games in order to get a souvenir.  At a hockey game, if a hockey stick goes into the stands, guess what: you now own a new hockey stick.  Those Indy fans own a Giants helmet that was stolen from them.

4) The Colts fans were sitting in $136 seats.

For $136 you should get a free helmet; every fan, every seat, every game.  NFL helmets cost about $250, but they can afford it.  One of the numerous millionaires in the building can subsidize it.

5) Jacobs endangered the fans' safety.

An NFL helmet weighs about six pounds.  An NFL helmet is designed to be strong and hard.  A world-class athlete can throw things with a lot of force.  NFL fans are not prepared to deal with being backdrops for the County Fair bowling ball toss.  The fact that these two enterprising men stopped this Giant blue threat means that they now own said threat.

6) The fans in question have had a rough couple of days.

In a radio interview with 1070 The Fan in Indianapolis, the anonymous fan described the helmet as a "projectile" that threatened the safety of his father. After he gained ownership of Jacobs' helmet, he was accosted by Colts personnel, Giants personnel, stadium security and the Sheriff climbing over the rails like so many agents in the Matrix.  His phone has been ringing off the hook and he wants to put this incident behind him.  They were given a game ball after their new helmet was misappropriated by the authorities, but the fan maintains that,"The NFL and the Giants especially dodged a real bullet there. ... There were some really hot and heavy fans in that section because of the danger he put us in."

Either way, Jacobs needs to be more careful to preserve the safety of the people who paid good money to see him.  It was surely an accident, but there are shades of the Pistons brawl at play.  Fans want to watch the game, not duck flying objects coming from the field of play.

Jacobs is very genuinely contrite about the incident.  He was fined $10,000 dollars for the incident but not suspended any games by the Commissioner.  His best course of action is probably to sign a helmet and mail it to the anonymous fan.