Redskins Censoring Signs Critical of Organization

Pretty despicable and downright stupid organization. They actually believed censoring negative signs was going to contain the negative view the fans have of the team, but all it's done is fan the flames. May be the worst front office in professional sports. There's definitely no team in existence that displays less gratitude to their fans than the Washington Redskins.

Here's a blog post with a lot of examples of signs being confiscated. An excerpt is below:



And now it's Mike Broderick, a longtime season ticket holder, who came to the Chiefs game with Dumb and Dumber signs, attracting a security official who threatened to seize his season tickets. (See above.) The guard told Broderick he could either go to the security office, leave the stadium, or hand over the signs. So Broderick asked if he could put the image on a t-shirt instead.

"That would be kind of offensive," the security official said.

"It's offensive to come to these games," Broderick said he replied.

Broderick gave up the signs, and came back on Monday Night with new signs hidden under his jacket, and with t-shirts to match. The signs were about to be taken, as NFL Network cameras rolled live, and Broderick showed the security guy the team's old policy, printed in his telephone yellow pages, which he had brought as proof. Policy's been changed, he was told. Eventually, he said, security also made him turn his t-shirt inside-out, calling P.G. cops in for support. He said I could use his name, because his frustration overwhelms any fear of losing his seats.

"I'm to the point where I can't even give the stupid tickets away because people are so frustrated," he said.


Also, Wilbon's take on it. A few excerpts below.

Clearly, the Washington Redskins didn't learn a damn thing from being called out for suing season ticket holders who could no longer afford seats in the worst recession in decades. That should have embarrassed them into cleaning up their act. But management, like the product on the field, has gone from bad to worse. Censorship seems to be the order of the day now.

We appear to be at the point where Snyder and/or others in his charge are angry. They'll show Washington. They'll show anybody who doesn't get in line. They'll charge among the highest prices in the league, bring you into the worst gameday pro football experience in America, overcharge you for it, then tell you to enjoy it -- or damn well act like it. Take on Snyder, and Redskins management will take you out.

Could a club think any less of the people who support it than this censorship suggests? Most businesses live by the motto "The consumer is always right." The Redskins motto apparently is "The consumer will take what we give 'em, because we've got a million suckers on a waiting list."