MOODY: Harsher security tactics needed at NFL stadiums

In the aftermath of the fiasco at the Niners-Raiders game last weekend, I say make all NFL stadiums give fans breathalyzer tests upon entering the stadium not to mention metal detectors.

Too harsh? Maybe, but incidents like that make people not want to attend games. A few people can screw it up for everybody else and that's so wrong.

I'm not interested that the stadium folks will make less money because they won't be able to sell beer for outrageous prices. I'm more concerned about fan safety and comfort. Innocent people start getting hurt when drunks start to fight and shoot each other. How would you feel if one of your loved ones got caught in one of those melees?

NFL teams need to start caring about their fans and less about the almighty dollar. Maybe fans should sue the team and the city if they are injured. That might get the attention of the decision makers.

The 49ers are talking about more security and stopping tailgating after kick-off. Stopping tailgating after kick-off is a tough one. I know of people who don't even have game tickets who have gone to Candlestick to just party. They bring their food and TV sets and just have a good time.

It's an American tradition to have a beer while you're watching your favorite team, but people either can't stop at one or they come into the game tanked. Either way, it's not a good situation.

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I give the Dayton High football team a B-minus for its effort against Lovelock on Friday, but I give the snack bar personnel an F.

The opening game of the season, and you run out of soda before halftime. What's up with that? Did somebody, anybody, think about making a run to Smith's, a mere two miles away to replenish the supply?

Hopefully that problem will be rectified by Friday when defending 3A state champion Truckee comes to Dayton.

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Just a reminder to local golf fans, the annual Stage 1 PGA qualifier is coming back to Dayton Valley Golf Club in October.

Practice rounds will be Oct. 16 and 17, and competition will take place from the 18th to the 21st.

Two players from last year's event, Andres Gonzales and Scott Gordon, made it through all three stages of Q School and got their PGA cards for this season. Neither played well enough to retain their cards, and it appears that both will have to go back to Stage 1 this year.

Gonzales was 246th on the money list with a little over $95,000. Both played at the Reno-Tahoe Open, but didn't fare very well. The RTO winner this year, Scott Piercy, played here several times.