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Young and foreign fans confronted by clear-bag rule at World Cup matches

Millions of young fans come of age around World Cups and many who stream into the stadiums are shocked to find they can't take their big purse, or a backpack, in with them. The same consternation is affecting fans from countries outside the U.S. and Europe, who don't generally face the clear-bag rule. Europe has gradually increased bag restrictions, but isn't as strict with clear-bag requirements. Terrorism worries have grown, especially following the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks near the Stade de France during a France-Germany friendly soccer match, and the 2017 Manchester arena bombing after an Ariana Grande concert. But rules vary greatly across countries and continents, leaving the globe's football fans often befuddled by local requirements. FIFA is clear about the clear-bag rule. It's the top issue listed on its online Fan Safety and Support page for the World Cup. For those who know the rules, including most Americans who have gone to events at stadiums in recent years, it doesn't seem controversial. Still, for thousands of fans from across the world, this is their first World Cup experience and forking out money for a clear bag and paying to have their opaque bag to be stored is just another harsh lesson.

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00:01I want a club from the United States.
00:07Give me it.
00:08Give me it.
00:09Give me it.
00:09Give me it.
00:09Give me it.
00:11Give me it.
00:13Give me it.
00:14Yeah.
00:15Okay, I will.
00:16It's a water bottle.
00:18Oh, yeah.
00:20I will take it back.
00:23Yeah.
00:24Yeah.
00:25I'll come here.
00:29I'll be honest.
00:30It's 50-50 on whether the hose up in.
00:32And it controls it into the, like.
00:40Yeah.
00:49Oh.
00:50Yeah.
00:51Yeah.
00:53Yeah.
00:56I don't know how to do it, I don't know.
01:35no I was not I got into the line and they came around with like a folded piece of paper
01:41and
01:42they said if it doesn't match the size of the paper you can't go through the paper was like
01:45it was really really small so it shocked me and surprised me I bought my ticket like two months
01:52ago and I looked on the website I looked at what I can bring in what I can't bring in
01:56obviously I
01:57can't bring knives and guns and stuff like that obviously but it didn't say anything about clear
02:01back so I was surprised and then I also have to pay for the parking which is probably gonna be
02:04like 200 so plus the ticket the ticket was 500 probably 200 for the parking 30 bucks for the
02:11thing that's probably over $700 and it's a lot I mean I don't mind it because I've never been
02:18to a match before and this is my first match I've been to and I'm happy but yeah it's just
02:23a lot
02:23and then it's not really a game for everybody if you have to pay 700 800 900 dollars to get
02:28in and
02:28use everything here the rules is really strict and if we need to put our bags in in here then
02:43we need
02:43to pay a very expensive fee like about 28 dollars so it's really expensive I don't know we need we
02:50can't bring this back and I think this spec is really small so I'm really surprised that I cannot
02:57bring bring it into the game I think it's fine I feel like it does make the lines go a
03:06little faster
03:06because they can see what's inside but I know that it could be a struggle for a lot of females
03:11or families
03:12because they have a lot of things that you can only fit so much in your bag I think it's
03:23really
03:23safe like as many shootings as there are as many problems as there are even though you might have
03:28to buy your own bag like it's keeping everyone in the stadium safe you know my wallet charger makeup brush
03:42like always and some gloss honestly I understand why they do it but I think they should like release
03:54like the restrictions are a little too much the restrictions in terms of like what the dimensions
04:00of your bag that you can bring in I think it's a little too small so it's like they only
04:04allow
04:04clutches so maybe a little bit bigger but I mean you know we've been to so five in a sofa
04:09enough times
04:10at this point just invest in a clear bag and make it work so chips water scarves wallet fan napkins
04:24a
04:25little bit of snacks I'm fine with it yeah I think it makes for everything more safe for everyone so
04:30people can see right away if there's anything dangerous coming in
05:16you
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