[Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Packers - and Robert's redskins

[Joseph Hadzima]

Let's Go JETS!!!!


--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

> Couldn't agree more about the fan-milking (to put 
> it politely).
> 
> We have had Skins tickets since '37.  We used to 
> have 6 tix on the 50-yard line in the mez at RFK 
> stadium.  We could get popcorn or a hot dog 
> without standing in the rain.  
> 
> When the owner built the new "Jack Kent Cook" 
> stadium in "Raljon" Maryland, we were assigned 6 
> seats up in the nosebleed section, one of which 
> was behind a metal screen.  
> 
> It was so bad that the Washington Post sports 
> section ran a picture taken from it on the front 
> of the section.  I missed the runback of the 
> kickoff on the first game because I couldn't see 
> the endzone.
> 
> We were offered seats at the same altitude as 
> those which we had had at RFK - for three times 
> the money.
> 
> We kept 2 tickets (for sentimental reasons) for 
> he rare occasion when we are in Washington and 
> the weather is decent, but turned the other 4 in.
> 
> We are shifting our loyalties gradually to the 
> Patriots, and expect that we will let the last 
> two Skins tix go in a year or so.
> 
> Robert, disgusted ex-Redskin fan in Maine
> 
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