An SFC member sent the following article with the following comment today:
“Please read the following article and see how the discussion never includes the fans or the impact of their decisions on the fans.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012902860.html
Mark Maske’s piece is well written and informative, but this SFC member is right. What about the sports fan?
Labor disputes between the NFL and the NFLPA are no secret. On Wednesday the Players Association will draw a line in the sand as DeMaurice Smith makes statements representing the players in a press conference. Not to be outdone, Roger Goodell will take the podium on Thursday announcing the NFL’s stance.
While the PA has vowed it would be willing to sequester itself into a hotel with owners until a deal is done, the Billionaires Club will have no part in the survivor-style reality show option that Donald Trump is licking his chops to produce. Talk about Must-See TV!
Instead, all we have to cherish is this ‘rather than having a week off before the Super Bowl’ Pro Bowl game featuring all the NFL stars who weren’t good enough to be playing next Sunday.
All the gripes about today’s fan experience are moot juxtaposed with the signs of pending doom which clearly point to no football on Sundays, and it is a shame that sports fans get no say considering that they possess such a huge stake in the game.
That’s why the Sports Fans Coalition was created: to stand up for fans. Stand up with us.
