Jon Thomas
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ORIGINAL: Lynn G. Thanks Jon. Made me gag. One more Just for Lynn This time from from the New York Daily News Green Bay tries to be cute but the Packers and their fans are just too cheesy Saturday, January 14 2012, 12:58 AM Big Blue rides high, but Mr. Cheesehead points out New York's plan to beat Green Bay is full of holes. The Green Bay Packers are supposed to be all warm and cuddly, full of small-town, winter-wonderland charm. In reality, they are a dastardly, untrustworthy group of bullies. Here are 10 good reasons you should not fall for their aw-shucks, Midwest baloney: 1. Their fake stock. We enthusiastically endorse public ownership of all professional teams, and love the notion of a nonprofit sports enterprise, but the Packers’ current “stock offering” to fans at $250 per share arrives with a litany of legal disclaimers taking all the cuteness out of community proprietorship. “The Packers have no obligation to repay the amount a buyer pays to purchase Packers stock. “The Packers believe offerrees (columnist’s note: is “offerees” even a word?) and purchasers of Packers stock will not receive the protection of securities laws with respect to any offering or sale of Packers stock.” Plus, there is a $25 handling charge per transaction, for mailing a piece of paper to your home. 2. Not all of their fans are as loyal as advertised. The Packers have a season-ticket waiting list of about 86,000, and a turnover of about only 90 tickets a year — meaning it might take nearly 1,000 years to get a seat. But plenty of greedy Green Bay fans this week have been reselling their playoff tickets on StubHub and similar secondary market sites. There were still more than 1,600 tickets for sale Friday on StubHub alone, ranging anywhere from $139 to $12,936 for Suite 4000, whatever that is. In fact, that concept is so obnoxious it becomes our next reason . . . 3. The Packers have a Suite 4000, not a suite-for-thousands. 4. The Packers “own” the letter ‘G.’ Let’s say you want to put a slightly flattened ‘G’ on your helmet, or on any team logo. First, you have to go deal with the Packers’ legal staff. The Packers were granted the trademark on that style ‘G,’ soon after it was dreamed up by equipment manager Gerald Braisher in 1961. The University of Georgia had to go begging, helmet in hand, in order to employ something similar. And speaking of that G . . . 5. Where’s the “B”? An organization must be pretty arrogant to believe one letter is good enough to represent two proper nouns. Can you imagine the Yankees’ logo with just an “N”? The Royals’ with just a “K”? The Rays’ with just a “T”? The Packers’ lonely “G” has created many misperceptions among chronically confused commentators such as Tiki Barber, who once decided on-air that the “G” stands for “Greatness.”That would be even more arrogant, if it were true. By the way, the inventor of the logo has the initials “‘GB.” Probably has that trademarked, too. 6. The Packers get all the breaks, dating back to 1965. That field goal by Don Chandler against Baltimore was no good. Maybe this grudge is not as timely as it once was, but any Colts fan will remember that emergency quarterback Tom Matte was cheated out of a dramatic victory when Chandler’s wide kick was ruled good, sending the playoff game into overtime. The Packers “won” that game, 13-10, and the NFL soon extended the goal posts the next season to a height of 30 feet. Too late for Matte. 7. The Packers win too often to be lovable. They are not the Cubs or Clippers. They’re not even the Jets. Why is it that the Yankees are considered unlikable, robotic rule-stretchers, yet Green Bay has 13 NFL championships of one sort or another and is still supposed to be all pure and endearing? 8. After getting the best from Brett Favre for 16 years, the Packers callously dumped what was left of the guy on the Jets. Favre embarrassed most of New York with his sexting escapade — not to mention his league-leading 22 INTs hurled off his back foot. At least he helped to get Eric Mangini fired. 9. Curly Lambeau was a decent player, but he was a much better “player” ... He was married three times, once to a Miss California. 10. Lombardi this, Lombardi that, Lombardi fatigue. Books, plays . . . we’re even stuck with the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. We know about Lombardi’s Jersey roots, but the Bill Parcells Rest Stop would be more appropriate for our fan base. And the food there stinks. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/t-hack-pack-article-1.1006047#ixzz1jTEU1ONd
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