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TahitiNut

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31. One merely need look at the Detroit Lions to see this ownership attitude for more than four decades.

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 04:06 PM

Sep 2012

The Detroit area football fans are the most screwed-over fans in the country. William Clay Ford is the poster boy for peddling a mediocre-at-best product and charging top prices ... and GETTING IT. The Detroit area fans continue to pay insane prices to watch a clusterfuck of a football team. They inherit the white elephant of a stadium in Pontiac, abandoned in favor of an inner city stadium built for the convenience and comforts of the wealthy, and ease of separating the fans from their dollars in expanded vendor venues. (Oh... and it's handy for under-attended GOP political "rallies" too.) Ford has owned the Lions since 1963. The franchise has been to zero Super Bowls and doesn't have a playoff win since 1991.

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2012/05/detroit_lions_owner_william_cl_1.html

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Hey, Wisconsin, What Do You Think of Union-Busting Now? [View all] louis c Sep 2012 OP

recommend! madrchsod Sep 2012 #1

Excellent post. rec pintobean Sep 2012 #2

how true Chiquitita Sep 2012 #3

yep yep yep, so true. i have been drawn into all this that is happening seabeyond Sep 2012 #4

Let's threaten to take away the NFL's Anti-Trust exemption louis c Sep 2012 #5

yep dembotoz Sep 2012 #6

Sadly most anti unionists are too dumb RegieRocker Sep 2012 #7

That's our job, to do it for them louis c Sep 2012 #8

Just another example of Billionaires fucking up…... 12AngryBorneoWildmen Sep 2012 #9

Where is the NFLPA on this? caraher Sep 2012 #10

Divide and conquer. mac56 Sep 2012 #18

the players' contract forbids sympathy strikes fishwax Sep 2012 #27

I have learned today louis c Sep 2012 #37

that would be excellent fishwax Sep 2012 #40

Blue Flu! Sirveri Sep 2012 #54

What I'd like to see.... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #11

lol, I'd love it. nt eqfan592 Sep 2012 #12

Great Post malaise Sep 2012 #13

Wisconsin is just like the rest of America, people here prefer football to education HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #14

Why NFL referees are like Chicago teachers... Astazia Sep 2012 #15

Except that the Packers are a publicly owned team. VenusRising Sep 2012 #16

And according to the results of the recall vote on Walker, 52% of those "public owners" decided to 4lbs Sep 2012 #21

Public owners outside the state had no vote in the recall. VenusRising Sep 2012 #25

and 48% did not.... mcctatas Sep 2012 #52

A publicly owned team that belongs to and benefits the "commonwealth" -- King_Klonopin Sep 2012 #53

Isn't the same thing happening with hockey? amuse bouche Sep 2012 #17

Fuck the "integrity" of the game when it's about the MONEY! TahitiNut Sep 2012 #19

ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the morning" just mentioned this. 4lbs Sep 2012 #23

One merely need look at the Detroit Lions to see this ownership attitude for more than four decades. TahitiNut Sep 2012 #31

I would change ONE word: share October Sep 2012 #20

Wisconsin native and long-time Packers fan here Aldo Leopold Sep 2012 #22

All one has to do is pay attention to the referees in the NFL to predict the path of our schools Viking12 Sep 2012 #24

K&R! n/t Lugnut Sep 2012 #26

K&R Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #28

Isn't Paul Ryan a Packers fan? Blue Owl Sep 2012 #29

Paul Ryan loves socialist football? eridani Sep 2012 #34

I agree 100% BrainMann1 Sep 2012 #30

Kraft hosted Limbaugh in his Super Bowl suite while his Pats lost to the Giants. dsharp88 Sep 2012 #32

Outstanding post! K&R 11 Bravo Sep 2012 #33

Hey, Thanks louis c Sep 2012 #55

The people own the Green Bay Packers and that is how every sports team MindMover Sep 2012 #35

Sounds like the cheeseheads got what they had coming to them. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #36

Hey dumbass...a whole lot of us cheeseheads hate Scutt Wanker WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #46

I was way proud of the LA Lakers star, Derek Fisher, President of the Union cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #38

Good call! wakemewhenitsover Sep 2012 #39

This is the very definition of ironic. Hamlette Sep 2012 #41

right, because all Packer fans are republicans. WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #48

Here's one! Generic Other Sep 2012 #49

Ha! I love that! WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #50

Support unions-Simple meaning working people sticking together for better wages & working conditions GreenTea Sep 2012 #42

K&R! countryjake Sep 2012 #43

As Sean likes to say.... The Old Creak Sep 2012 #44

The sad part is that the Packers are pro-Union malaise Sep 2012 #45

Whenever I see Walker and Ryan... 47of74 Sep 2012 #47

Amen SpartanDem Sep 2012 #51