SHOCK VIDEO: Jets Humiliated By 'Gate D Party'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBS) ― They're subjected to taunting and teasing. Women are being encouraged to expose themselves.

It's happening during halftime at New York Jets football games.

A shocking video that initially surfaced on YouTube has cast a bad light on the Jets and their fans. The video shows what is known as a "Gate D Party," clearly not what most fans pay to see when they come to the team's home games at Giants Stadium.

Mostly male fans pack the stadium's spiral columns, presumably drinking beer, sometimes encouraging young women to lift up their shirts.

"The fans -- they're excited and stuff like that," said Chino Ramos of the Bronx. "They do it in New Orleans all the time. No, I don't have a problem with it."

The gathering is nothing new, but many say it has changed -- for the worse.

On Sunday, visiting Steelers fan Dawn Gottschalk unknowingly walked into the crowd where she says hundreds of men singled her out and screamed for her to show her breasts.

"People were touching me and things like that and it was very, very frightening," Gottschalk said.

When Gottschalk refused, it got ugly.

"They started yelling obscenities and throwing beer bottles," Gottschalk said. "And spitting and it was really intimidating.

"As I was looking for my husband I saw a security guard walking by. I thought 'Oh great! He'll stop this.' But he didn't. He just kind of was shaking his head. He kind of chuckled to himself. He didn't stop it. He just kept walking."

John Santangelo of West Milford, Conn., said that type of behavior has been prevalent at Jets games for a long time.

"They really get going and they start chanting," Santangelo said. "I wouldn't want my wife over there."

Added Michele Jurewicz of Fairfield: "Everybody is entitled to have a good time, but sometimes when it gets out of control things happen that shouldn't happen."

And don't for a second think the fans making up the party are all young, misguided kids. There were plenty of misguided adults involved as well.

"We think of peer pressure issues with respect to kids and adolescents," said Dr. Andrew Simon of Seton Hall University. "It seems to be true with adults too."

In a written statement, State Senate President Richard Codey on Tuesday called for the state police and New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to increase security, adding:

"Apparently, Gate D stands for drunk and disgusting. It's beyond comprehension why security personnel would tolerate such behavior. …" miamipress.net