Not so Super move by state police

Delaware County is once again safe for good, decent people to venture back out in public.

They busted up the Super Bowl block pool at a local tavern.

State police enforcement agents with the Philadelphia office of the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement swooped down on Chaser’s Bar, on Delmar Drive in Folcroft, last week.

They apparently left with more than $10,000 from a $125-a-shot Super Bowl block party.

Me? My hands shake a little when I’m forking over $5 to take part in the office block pool.

It’s one of the staples of Super Bowl weekend. You get a number for each team and then you eagerly await the score at the end of each period to see if yours match. If they do, you win.

Granted, $125 is a bit steep. But for some reason I don’t see this as some kind of threat to the Commonwealth.

Apparently state police got tipped off to the pool via a complaint and then they swooped down on the bar. Sign-in sheets and other paperwork were confiscated, as well as that wad of cash.

I doubt the bar’s owners were especially thrilled about the move. I’m not sure I blame them.

No administrative or criminal charges were filed, although state police are not ruling it out.

As crime goes, I don’t quite see it as being on the same level as underage drinking, driving under the influence or other problems sometimes associated with local bars.

Hell, some people might say Christina Aguilera’s mangling of “The National Anthem” was more criminal than a Super Bowl block party.

Don’t tell that to state police. They sacked Chaser's faster than the Packers took down Ben Roethlisberger.

Any chance all those players will get their $125 back? I wouldn't bet on it.

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