Wednesday Walk Around the NFL, 10-8
Good Morning Giants fans, it's Wednesday, the Giants are 4-0, and it's time to take our weekly stroll around the league and talk about some of the stories making headlines across the NFL:
- From the Hartford Courant, a brief review and look ahead for the NFL's best division, the NFC East.
- USA Today talks about how the Rookie NFL coaches starting strong.
- The LA Times may have no team to cover, but they still write about football, and today they are talking about some new realities for several teams in the NFL.
- The Sporting News takes an early look at the MVP for each team in the league.
- From SB Nation's Big Cat Country, home of the Jags, Rusty 904's frustration has boiled over after the Jag's loss to the Steelers.
- From the Detroit Free Press, Lions head coach Rod Marinelli says he won't quit, the Lions are going to have to fire him.
- Vince Marotta of Phoenix Fanster talks about Arizona Cardinal fans selling their tickets for this week's game against Dallas to Cowboy fans, basically saying you are Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As a New York fan who does not live in the NY area, I have seen both sides of this argument. I lived in Phoenix for 7 years, and every year my friends and I would attend the Giants-Cardinals game, and we will do so again in November. In the old days, when the Cards still played at Sun Devil Stadium, the Cardinals rarely sold out, and when they did, it was because of a flood of opposing teams' fans, such as the Bears, Packers, Steelers, and Cowboys. Giants games at Sun Devil would normally draw around 40 to 45 thousand fans, with around 15K of those being Giants fans. We always sat behind the Giants bench, as did most of the Giants fans at the game, and it would always get the players pumped up to hear fans cheering for them in enemy territory. I am anxious to see the balance of fans at the game in November, as the Cards have been drawing in their new stadium, and this will be the Giants first regular season game there. You may remember the Giants did play a game in that stadium in February.
On the other side of it, nothing over the years has annoyed me more than to be at Giants Stadium, or to watch Giant home games on TV, and hear audible cheers from the crowd for the Cowboys or Eagles. You buy your season tickets, it is your right who you sell them to, but don't sell them to opposing team fans. Think of it this way: would you invite a Giants fan to your house to watch the Giants play the Cowboys, then invite 6 Cowboy fans over? So go ahead, sell your tickets, but sell them to a Giants fan, there are plenty who would love to by them.
Lastly, if you are a Cardinals fan, and have tickets for the Cardinals-Giants game in November that you want to sell, let me know, my friends and I need tickets.
Comments
I like
The graphic is a nice touch. Just thought I’d chime in about it.
by Woogie526 on Oct 8, 2008 8:24 AM EDT 0 recs
Yeah isn't it?
It was a surprise to both of us, LOL
Giants fan from the womb to the tomb
by jrs1940 on Oct 8, 2008 8:44 AM EDT 0 recs
See
I can even keep some secrets from co-writers. LOL!!
by ETVal on
Oct 8, 2008 9:00 AM EDT
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You should consider a political carrer
We're only gonna score 17 points?
by big blue wrecking crew on Oct 8, 2008 10:03 AM EDT 0 recs
same here
I lived in tucson for 8 years in the 90’s and I went to all the Giants games, and I agree, the stadium was never full, you could buy tickets at any time. But the cowboys games it was like a home game for them.
by Bajaserge on Oct 8, 2008 11:25 AM EDT 0 recs
Was that you sitting next to me?
LOL
Giants fan from the womb to the tomb
by jrs1940 on
Oct 8, 2008 11:27 AM EDT
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I wish
when I went to those games I was in college (mostly) and I could only afford behind the end zone on those dirty bleachers
by Bajaserge on
Oct 8, 2008 3:30 PM EDT
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Walk a little further
to SI.com who has this good article about the average sports fan getting priced out of going to games. Of course the new Giants/Jets, Yankees, & Mets stadiums are all discussed in the article.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/10/03/sports.economy/index.html?eref=T1
by potroast on Oct 8, 2008 12:13 PM EDT 0 recs
figures
SI posted that about an hour after I did the walk.
Giants fan from the womb to the tomb
by jrs1940 on
Oct 8, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
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Hey
it’s all good. Gets people generating conversation, and that’s fine.
by ETVal on
Oct 8, 2008 3:16 PM EDT
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Iggles Egging the Skin
Funny article about the Skins ride to Veteran’s? Stadium on Sunday
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/10/about_those_philly_fan_egging.html
by The Pale Scot on Oct 8, 2008 12:16 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh, God!
The best part of that is the stuff about getting mooned by grandma’s. Funny!
by ETVal on
Oct 8, 2008 12:43 PM EDT
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Lincoln Financial Field
Veterans Stadium is no longer among the living (and good riddance. Worst place I’ve ever watched a baseball game, and that says something considering I went to RFK frequently for it’s last 2 years)
by cjmulrain on
Oct 8, 2008 10:45 PM EDT
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Agreed
The Vet was awful for baseball
Giants fan from the womb to the tomb
by jrs1940 on
Oct 9, 2008 8:42 AM EDT
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Check the Thermostat...
Hell’s a bit nippy.
“They’ve outscored opponents 127-49 and lead the NFL with an average of 431 yards a game.”
by The Pale Scot on Oct 8, 2008 12:18 PM EDT 0 recs
love that article about the economy and ticket prices
I understand the philosophy of taking the higher ticket price if you can afford it. Any business owner would do the same thing. But as I mentioned in a post earlier this summer, at what point does the lack of true fan support compromise the product on the field? In the run to the NBA playoffs last year, Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors called out Toronto fans for their lack of enthusiasm during some must-win games. Let’s face it, these athletes are pumped by the roar of the crowd, and the tangible feeling that the world really is watching is what drives these athletes to do the amazing things they do. Case in point: the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Knicks. These teams are absolutely atrocious when you compare today’s teams with the tradition and successes they come from. But they still sell those insanely priced tickets to people who don’t necessarily follow the team like joe sixpack would. It stinks, but it’s just the way it is.
by NYcON on Oct 8, 2008 3:44 PM EDT 0 recs
Agreed
Another case in point is 1 that they mentioned in the article: Fenway. As an outsider (Yanks fan) living in New England I have seen a dramatic change in the crowd from when I moved here 13 years ago. It’s totally a social event where half of the crowd is not paying attention to the game, the college students that used to pack the bleachers are getting priced out and replaced by the white collar crowd, and the rest of the crowd is much less the diehards that they used to be (those damn pink jerseys and hats everywhere). I may not agree with Sox diehards, but I sure as hell have a much greater appreciation for them now that I’ve had to endure the ignorance of this new fan.
by potroast on
Oct 8, 2008 5:47 PM EDT
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