Et tu, Daniel Snyder?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/01/AR2009090103984.html

"Redskins Fans Waited While Brokers Got Tickets" was the title of the Washington Post story that ran on September 2. The gist: Redskins ticket sales representatives took a whole bunch of tickets that could have been distributed to real Redskins fans on the famous wait list and instead distributed them to brokers so that the brokers could mark them up, and the sales reps could get credit for bringing in a whole stack of cash to the Redskins.

The result:

In November of last year, the night before the national election, scum bag Steelers fans invaded Fed Ex field and had themselves a great old time. Redskins fans were embarrassed.

Was it because the Steelers fans are just so rabid, and that they'd forego paying the mortgage to see the Steelers?

Was it because of DC traffic that Skins fans wanted to unload their tickets? Was it because of the election the next day?

Was it because we're good fans but are sick of going to that lousy stadium for a mediocre product that comes with waiting in a parking lot for an hour and a half?

Was it because that stupid stadium is too damn big, and that its easy for transplanted fans to get their hands on tickets?

No! Its because the Redskins themselves would rather get an injection of cash than have a genuine 12th man at Fed Ex Field. Daniel Snyder said he was "livid" when he found out about these rogue elements in the Redskins organization. Even he has to understand how hard that is to believe after 10 years of overpriced beers and parking for a shitty game day experience and an underachieving football team.

As the great Thomas Boswell said: "This is the kind of unconscious affection that bad owners prey upon. To them, we're better than mere customers. We're their marks, their suckers, branded from childhood with the team logo. And the worst of them exploit it shamelessly, though they had nothing to do with the creation of that loyalty."

While having omelettes with dad at Silver Diner, I compared the game day experience to Caddyshack 2 where Jackie Mason ruined Bushwood Country Club by putting in a waterslide theme park. That's kind of what I think of Fed Ex when I see the big inflated helmet, with the assholes running in a circle with a redskins flag. All that's missing is a Redskins mascot suit handing out Redskins lollipops.