NFL, members of Congress alarmed by drone incidents over packed sports stadiums

Cathy Lanier, the NFL’s chief of security, told NBC News that since 2018, when the FBI and DHS were granted drone mitigation authority, there have been 121,000 requests for them to send teams to stadiums and other venues. “They’ve been able to approve 77,” she said. 

And even that limited “takedown” authority is tenuous — it is set to expire Nov. 17 when the current congressional spending bill does. Peters and other lawmakers, backed by a coalition of sports leagues, including the NFL, NCAA, MLB and NASCAR, are pushing legislation that would give state and local law enforcement agencies the authority to bring down rogue drones.