Fans heading to the Meadowlands Sports Complex can expect a serious crack down. This translates to fewer tailgating hours and serious reprimands under new rules regarding alcohol and fan behavior.

Parking lots for Giants Stadium, the Izod Arena and the Meadowlands Racetrack will open five hours before events, instead of seven. In addition, season ticketholders who are ejected from the stadium or arena will have their tickets revoked. If the season tickets are being used by someone other than the owner, the owner will be sent two warnings. A third incident will result in revocation and each team can decide whether to issue refunds for revoked tickets.

Earlier this month, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell warned that spectators who misbehave would be ejected from stadiums and barred from coming back. The policy is aimed at conduct that the league said "detracts from the gameday experience." State Senate president Richard J. Codey, stated, "Consider this an idiot protection policy for those fans decent and mature enough to enjoy the event without getting trashed." Wait--people attend the games sober?

Unchanged is the halftime cutoff for alcohol sales, said to be the most stringent in the NFL, and the limit of two drinks at each purchase. The authority is also introducing a text messaging system that will allow fans to notify stadium management of problems. Copies of the fan "code of conduct" will be posted and distributed. Among other items, it requires fans to sit in their ticketed seats and refrain from "foul or abusive language and obscene gestures and harassment of visiting team fans."