Constitutional Challenges to Pat-Down Policy Fade Away, Even as Procedure is Expanded

Major League Baseball fans glided past the ticket takers at Tropicana Field on October 3 for the playoff matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers.   However, a couple hours later and some ten miles away, National Football League fans attending the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts game at Raymond James Stadium got a different greeting.   The NFL’s recent mandate of enhanced pat-downs was in full force. The new procedure calls for expanding the customary