Could it be the NFL has gouged its fans just a wee bit too much?
Green Bay, as of Wednesday morning, was about 8,500 tickets short of a sellout, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Tom Silverstein. If the Packers don't sell out by 3:40 p.m. Thursday, the game will be blacked out on local TV from Green Bay to Milwaukee. That's almost inconceivable. The Press-Gazette said the Packers have sold out every regular-season game since 1959 (a playoff game in January of 1983, at the end of the strike-shortened season, did not). And yet they are having troubles selling out a playoff game a week after Aaron Rodgers returned from injury to beat the Bears for the NFC North title.
Update:
Lem has a post on this (thanks for the link too)
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Update: Lambeau Sold Out!
Homophobia
ReplyDeleteThe hate helps keep you warm when it is -4 F.
DeleteThe ghost of Vince Lombardi showed up on Christmas Eve. He was wearing red and gold...
ReplyDeleteThis is your chance to drop a few thousand to see the 49ers in subzero temperatures!
DeleteOf course, not too much different than Candlestick Park in the summer.
DeleteI hope they don't cancel the game. Real men play in weather like this. Of course, real men like me who don't get paid that much will stay home and watch it on TV!
Delete"like Candlestick in the summer" Heh. Wasn't it Twain who said the coldest winter I ever knew was SF in the summer."?
I knew you would get that reference!
DeleteThe commish at the time said the NFL had reached parity. I forget who replied, "No, mediocrity".
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