First off, there are Lions fans who would own up to the fact?
Secondly, they have every right to be upset since they paid for that stadium. Then again, why not cancel their season tickets and stop buying the merchandise. I am sitting today with my family and they all whinge about the Redskins and how bad they are and that the owner is a dink. But until "fans" cut off the the revenue streams, these owners will continue to bring in the money and sellout the corporate boxes.
Not that I am a huge Redskins fan but i had season tickets from 1998-2002. I waited on the waiting list for 25 years for them and after five miserable seasons, I gave them up. It is one thing to complain and walk out. it is another to put your money where your mouth is.
"They pay 60 or 80 bucks for a ticket, so they can do what they want with it," Detroit tackle Jeff Backus said. "It's their right to do that. We're not putting a good product on the field, so if that's the way they want to react to it, then so be it."
That pretty much sums it all up. The players don't care because they are getting paid, regardless and the administration knows that that once I gave up my Redskins seats, there was someone else just as happy as I was when I got mine, to plonk down and pay $1200+ for two bad seats for 11 home games.
From a purely professional standpoint, I certainly encourage everyone to patronize as many professional sporting events they can each year. Purchase as much product from sports advertisers. Also, watch as much golf as they can on cable over the next 15 years. Thank you.
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:16 pm
