I'm beginning to think that Redskins owner Dan Snyder might be making things worse between the fans and the team. Throwing millions at over-the-hill players is one thing, but putting unreasonable in-stadium restrictions on the tens of thousands of supporters who battle beltway traffic to endure three hours of what now passes for football ... well, let's just say the persecuted are mobilizing. In the wake of the team's latest loss -- a 27-17 Monday night matchup with the Eagles that the 'Skins never had a chance of winning -- comes reports that a few fans were ejected from FedEx Field for wielding anti-Snyder signs.
That's one way to get back in the good graces of the 80,000 or so folks who are already fed up with the current state of the 'Skins.
This morning, D.C. Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg, who deserves some sort of award for his coverage of this story, writes that Redskins general counsel David Donovan says that signs have been banned from the stadium because ... they're an injury threat.
Seriously.
In an Tuesday radio interview Donovan said: "They get in the way of other people viewing the game, and people get poked in the head. That stuff happens. We have an absolute prohibition. We don't care what [the signs] say." Steinberg is rightly skeptical:
I mean, poked in the head? By a piece of poster board? In a stadium in which people regularly stumble around, drunk, while holding, and occasionally tossing, BOTTLES FULL OF BEER? And you're trying to protect people from the poster board and the cloth banners?Luckily, the Redskins are on their bye so I'm certain this will all get sorted out before they take the field in two weeks. Either that or the torch and pitchfork crowd will have grown in number and Snyder will be forced to decree that Redskins fans are no longer allowed at FedEx Field. You know, for safety's sake.
You can see a sampling of some of signs confiscated during Monday night's game here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
10-28-2009 @ 12:01PM
kevin said...
did his feeling get hurt when he found out that the fanbase do not like him or how is dragging the team to shit.oh poor baby get over it & start doing a better job of handling the team .but if you want to throw money away on bad players or stupid coaches .then just throw some of that money my way if your just gonna throw it away.
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10-28-2009 @ 9:02PM
timothy bud 69 said...
i need money
10-28-2009 @ 12:25PM
bowwdown said...
as a longtime redskins fan i dont want to abandon the team but i am really considering it until daniel snyder is gone
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10-28-2009 @ 5:57PM
Janice said...
You don't have to abandon the team. Just take a "hiatus" until this idiot is gone. Can't say that I blame you.
10-28-2009 @ 10:30PM
u14cmch said...
I agree. I have been a Redskin fan all my life but I didn't even bother to watch the game Monday night. The owner needs to go. NOW!!! Until then, I will be hanging with my dad and daughter and watching the Steelers.
10-28-2009 @ 1:07PM
Chang said...
By the looks of this guy in the picture a few signs with dentists and or denture makers contact info might be a good idea!
I guess its soup for dinner again Slappy!
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10-28-2009 @ 2:46PM
bee5505 said...
As a LONG time fan, I really miss Jack Kent Cooke. I too, may have to pass on the NFL until this owner gets a grip on the Redskins. Until then, Go Yankees, Go Orlando Magic (LeBron is soooo over rated) and Go NHL Penquins!!!!! Snyder sucks!
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10-28-2009 @ 3:02PM
gobluespartyon said...
Bee5505 LeBron James isn't overrated he's a pretty good basketball player one of my favorite players in the NBA.
I think it is wrong to ban signs I can't stand the Redskins or Dan Synder. Thanks you Deadskins for giving the Lions there first win in 19 games for that I thank you. Go Lions, Go Pistons, Go Redwings.
10-28-2009 @ 3:14PM
Scotty said...
you'd never get a current orlando magic player calling lebron overrated!
10-28-2009 @ 3:02PM
brudav said...
Snyder must have studied at the Obama School of Public Relations. Read, hear, or something you don't like? No problem. Just make your critics go away.
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10-28-2009 @ 3:05PM
Tom said...
Hey Snyder "Ban This"
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10-28-2009 @ 3:09PM
govikesatw said...
SOMEONE NEEDS TO MOVE IN AND BUY THE REDSKINS. SYNDER DO NOT CARE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO FIRE SNYDER. FANS WANTS ZORN TO BE FIRED!! SNYDER SAYS "NO". HE KNOWS HOW TO COLLECT FANS MONEY BUT CANNOT GIVE THEM BACK WHAT THEY WANT! SO, WHO PAYS SNYDERS BILLS ? "FANS"!!I NEVER SEE ANY NFL TEAM OWNER LIKE THIS ONE. SNYDER DON'T GIVE A S...ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF AND HIS POCKET. SNYDER ALSO LOST FANS RESPECT. SHAME ON YOU SNYDER!.
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10-28-2009 @ 3:12PM
bee5505 said...
gobluespartyon LeBron James isn't overrated he's a pretty good basketball player one of my favorite players in the NBA.
*** Did he learn how to shake hands yet? Again - go Magic. Sorry about your redwings.
But, back to the skins, what a sad state of affairs, yes Lion fans you are welcome. I am surprised we didn't lose to the bucs. I guess we do not have a "gipper" to play for.
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10-28-2009 @ 3:18PM
ddscorp1 said...
Snyder is a complete BooB! I have been a Skins fan for over 30 years and ever since this guy became the owner, They havn't done a damn thing! Even with a Hall Of Fame coach, Joe Gibbs; this owner couldn't win the big one! He obviously has the money to build a winner, If only someone would give him a clue on how to build this team, maybe things could change! I guess when your the owner you can kick out fans who voice the truth and make signs that say "Snyder, You Suck!" I see the Redskins loosing alot of ticket holders, not for loosing so much, but because they have a BooB for an owner! Get a Clue Snyder! Or hire someone that does! 100 Million for an often injured defensive tackle when you don't have a quarterback...."Snyder, You Suck"!
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10-28-2009 @ 3:52PM
rakylejr said...
Can't win the big one - HE!! he can't even win the little ones.
10-28-2009 @ 3:18PM
hello asca said...
oh for the love of..... i have never heard of such blatant censoring of fan opinions in ,my life Synder you should be ashamed
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10-28-2009 @ 3:23PM
Patrick said...
Gimme a break, F you Snyder
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10-28-2009 @ 3:30PM
Benny said...
i think they could ban signs just for the fact that other can't see around them and takes away the game from other being able to watch
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10-28-2009 @ 3:52PM
Red said...
C'mon people grow up. I have been to many football stadiums and you cannot bring in signs or umbrellas due to safety reasons. A sign can be on a sheet but no stick. This is not a Snyder thing, it is a stadium thing. I am so tired of all the stupid and ignorant comments. Think before you comment and see how it sounds. And the bottles of bear, the bottles are plastic not glass so that is mute point. This just isn't FedEx Stadium it is every football stadium in the country. Geeezzzzzzz!!! Don't even respond to my comment, it'll be your waste of time.
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10-28-2009 @ 4:30PM
reliantncc1864 said...
Incorrect.
You haven't been to Invesco in Denver.
Here they actually GIVE OUT signs sponsored by McDonalds. We are free to write what ever we choose on them. Now maybe we wont be on the big screen with something nasty about our owner, but we are allowed to write whatever we want on them.
It's called FREEDOM.