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Wednesday Walk Around the NFL, 10-8

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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:

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.

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The graphic is a nice touch. Just thought I’d chime in about it.

by Woogie526 on Oct 8, 2008 8:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah isn't it?

It was a surprise to both of us, LOL

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 8, 2008 8:44 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

See

I can even keep some secrets from co-writers. LOL!!

by Ed Valentine on Oct 8, 2008 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions   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 reply actions   0 recs

Was that you sitting next to me?

LOL

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 8, 2008 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

figures

SI posted that about an hour after I did the walk.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 8, 2008 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey

it’s all good. Gets people generating conversation, and that’s fine.

by Ed Valentine on Oct 8, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, God!

The best part of that is the stuff about getting mooned by grandma’s. Funny!

by Ed Valentine on Oct 8, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

The Vet was awful for baseball

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 9, 2008 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   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 reply actions   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 up reply actions   0 recs

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