Denial of free speech @ games?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

I guess the next thing is he will ban ESPN and thier reporters. Hell most if not all sports writers in general for that matter.

All have been extremely critical of management.

And if that fails, he can just ban Rich Gannon from the facility. I hear that's all the rage these days.

[Lotus]

No t-shirts? No signs?

We've invented from thin air yet another reason to be a laughingstock.

[PennSkinsFan]

http://dcprosportsreport.com/2009/10/28/moscow-on-the-potomac.html

There is our view.

This is pathetic. If you don't like negative signs, negative tshirts, and whatever, simple solution, WIN. Hir3e people who know what the hell they are doing. He should also immediately fire his PR staff because negative press generated by actions like this does seriosu image damage.

[firstdown]

So if you guys owned a business and a customer was in you business with something like that about you the owner you would allow them to stay?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So if you guys owned a business and a customer was in you business with something like that about you the owner you would allow them to stay?

If my store had 80,000 people there and they were being civil while I was charging $2,000 for a hot dog then absolutely. Especially after I got caught suing fans that were eligible for bankruptcy.

[Bushead]

It's the private sector; they can limit people's free speech if they want to.

[Dlyne8r]

Firstdown - I understand, but given the current atmosphere and national attention this team is receiving (sports wise of course), I would think that Snyder would be a little more diplomatic in his approach or even allow it considering the potential media backlash it would create (and already has).

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by Dlyne8r

Firstdown - I understand, but given the current atmosphere and national attention this team is receiving (sports wise of course), I would think that Snyder would be a little more diplomatic in his approach or even allow it considering the potential media backlash it would create (and already has).

Yep. As much bad pub as he's getting, he's going to be getting more for kicking people out and cancelling their seasons tickets. He's better taking the "grin and bear it" approach. Wow, i hope it's not true.

[Dlyne8r]

Per one of the comments on this story in the D.C. Sports Bog, I fear for the part-time female security guard that was almost apologetic to one of the incensed fans stating that she was just doing her job and didn’t necessarily disagree with that fan’s protest, just carrying out management’s directives. Hope she doesn’t indeed lose that job, but I would think after last night she may be looking for alternative part-time work anyway. Who’d want that position?

[tjmorgan]

Cooke is rolling in his grave right now. Until Dan faces the mirror and decides that winning is more important than having his friend at his side, this organization will never change. We will at best be 8-8 year in and year out. And it is simple, we have no real team philosophy set by a GM/Coach duo that the whole team can follow. No real coach will ever want to come to this circus as long as Cerrata is in town. Which means we will actually be worse off than the Raiders, since their owner has less time on this planet to ruin things than Synder.

[hooskins]

I dont know its a tough call. These kinda stories look pretty bad though. Wait till the national media gets winds, or some kid records security guards forcing an old man to leave. Then Dan is gonna get national attention, and that will hurt him.

It is definitely better to let the mass voice their opinion quietly. As long as they are not creating a stir.

[Jamaican'Skin]

Didn't the Detroit FO do something similiar when M. Millen was the GM?

[sportscurmudgeon]

Jamaican Skin:

Yes, the Lions did something similar with regard to "offensive" posters and signs about Matt Millen. ANd that is what the Washington Redskins' organization has sunk to - - the level of the Detroit Lions...


tjmorgan:


You said:

Until Dan faces the mirror and decides that winning is more important than having his friend at his side, this organization will never change.

Is it possible - even remotely possible - that winning is NOT as important to Danny Boy than having his ego stroked by a bunch of ass-kissers around him? Think about it...

[Defensewins]

What if every fan that came to the next home game was wearing a Dan and Vinny are butt weasels T-shirt and all the fans refused to take them off? What then? The game would be played to an empty stadium?
I think Danny and Vinny are stupid, they do not realize they are playing with fire.
By denying the fans the right to poke fun at the FO they are going to alienate more fans and add fuel to the building fire.
This is yet another example of Danny's ego is more important than anything else...like the team, the fans, the franchise. Danny will never learn. He behaves like a spoiled child.
Who the fuck does he think is? That he is not open to criticism? That by definition is childish.
Ready, Fire, Aim!

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

What if every fan that came to the next home game was wearing a Dan and Vinny are butt weasels T-shirt and all the fans refused to take them off? What then? The game would be played to an empty stadium?
I think Danny and Vinny are stupid, they do not realize they are playing with fire.
By denying the fans the right to poke fun at the FO they are going to alienate more fans and add fuel to the building fire.
This is yet another example of Danny's ego is more important than anything else...like the team, the fans, the franchise. Danny will never learn. He behaves like a spoiled child.
Who the fuck does he think is? That he is not open to criticism? That by definition is childish.
Ready, Fire, Aim!

It's easy to hate someone who sues little old ladies. Eff Al Snyderato!