Comments on: Land of the Free?

By: AT

AT — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:34:58 +0000

Snyder can’t ban this sign:
http://fire-snyder-sign.blogspot.com/

By: John Michael Kane

John Michael Kane — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:26:08 +0000

Boss Hog;

I have an idea as to what we can do but will not mention it in a public forum; email me at the address I have left here on the form. Obviously John Michael Kane is not my real name, but you never know given how paranoid Nepolean is if he might have some of his flying monkeys monitoring the boards.

By: BossHog

BossHog — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:51:54 +0000

I guess what’s most stunning to me is the breadth of the problem right now. I think it WILL start to cost Mr. Snyder money, and if I’m honest, I wasn’t sure that I’d ever see the day where there would be enough disgruntled fans to actually see so many empty seats at FedEx.

Snyder is a smart guy – so it’s amazing to me that he doesn’t seem to recognize how dire this situation is becoming. The comedy of errors is on display for all to see, and who didn’t get nearly nauseated watching the Monday Night pre-game? It was chock full of franchise slagging in prime time TV… it’s hard to attach a monetary value to that kind of bad press, but what a sickening experience for any die-hard Redskin fan.

While I know that Dan Snyder hasn’t given anyone any reason to believe that he will relinquish his stranglehold on running this team instead of letting a professional do the job, I hope that (even if it’s only for business reasons) he recognizes how truly dire the situation has become.

Band aids aren’t working – they’re just pissing everyone off.

With every failed band-aid attempt, there is little left for people to point to, but the constants… and they’re running out of options.

People are fed up of being slapped in the face for being a Redskin fan.

IMO, only REAL change will reverse the spiraling direction of this franchise.

By: Mike Keys

Mike Keys — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:27:50 +0000

It’s incredible. That Snyder… or his minions… would think that this is a viable option to manage public opinion is the height of arrogance. In a democracy, it is possible to do many things without getting much of a response… however, trying to muzzle dissent is not one of those things. The blow back on this will surely cause significant regret at Redskins Park. This is not an employer-employee relationship. Fans are customers… you don’t tell customers to shut up. Mr Snyder, I hope, realizes that he doesn’t have much of a window in which to correct this, before it starts to cost him real money.

By: RiC

RiC — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:59:26 +0000

In the Nation’s capital not only of the US but of most intense and active legal actions, it only seems a matter of time before somebody brings the Redskins Organization to Court for infringing on the rights to free speech entrenched in US laws.

The actions taken by the Redskins Organizations against the fans and the media are unconstitutional and illegal.

Somebody will and must sue them!

Hail!

RiC

By: BossHog

BossHog — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:53:13 +0000

I think people's right to express themselves through absence is firmly establishing itself, by the increasingly large number of empty seats at FedEx. And yeah, you can do anything to get more noticed than putting thoughts on a cardboard sign - that's already officially been censored. :) Tell me, did the XMB-5000 that you blogged about have a 'thoughtcrime' sensor? Is that what's next for Redskin fans? All fans guilty of thoughts against the establishment will be turned away at the door...

By: Bobby Johnson

Bobby Johnson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:02:41 +0000

Sometimes you speak the loudest when you say nothing at all.

Sometimes your presence is most felt by your absence.

If you want to protest the Redskins, or their management, there are ways of doing it that far exceed anything you could write on a cardboard sign.