The Colts are touring to Los Angeles to play the Rams on Sunday, and one Colts participant says they need to be ready for an unfair benefit the Rams get at dwelling: Fake crowd noise.
Colts security Cam Bynum mentioned on teammate Josh Downs’ podcast that the Rams make up for a quiet fan base by using the stadium sound audio system to pump in fake noise.
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“They play fake crowd noise as a result of their crowd isn’t that turnt,” Bynum mentioned. “The Rams, they have a good fanbase, but they’ve moved around so much where it’s not like true fans. It’s more of like a celebrity show in there. It’s like, yeah, I know this is fake.”
Downs asked Bynum, “They’re playing fake crowd noise?”
“Because on third downs, you see the crowd is sitting down, but somehow there’s noise coming from somewhere,” Bynum said. “We were just looking around last year [when Bynum played for the Vikings], we’re like, ‘Hold on, that noise is coming from the speakers. Because this crowd, nobody’s turnt up right now.’”
Downs mentioned, “I did not even know that was authorized to play crowd noise”
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Bynum answered, “I did not suppose so, both.”
It’s not authorized to play crowd noise over the stadium sound system, nevertheless it’s an allegation that has been made towards a number of NFL groups through the years. The Falcons had been fined and stripped of a fifth-round draft choose in 2015 after a discovering that that they had pumped in fake crowd noise. The Rams might be topic to self-discipline from the league as nicely, if Bynum’s suspicions had been discovered to be true.