There is one goal of every team in the NFL at the start of every season and that is to win its most prized possession, the Lombardi Trophy. The Lombardi Trophy was named after Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi after his team beat my Kansas City Chiefs in super bowl one many years ago. 45 years later the Packers are back in the super bowl taking on the most winning team in NFL history the Pittsburg stealers. Everyone watches the game, for the most part, so I don’t want to talk about the game but what goes on behind the scenes.
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The super bowl isn’t just a game between two great teams competition for a championship trophy. It’s an all week party atmosphere that not only the team and the team’s venue but the entire city must come together to host such a big event. The Dallas cowboys have one of the biggest stadiums in the NFL costing the city of Dallas 1.5 billion dollars to construct. Naturally they invited tons and tons of people to attend their super bowl event not only to sit in a seat and watch the game but they also sold hundreds of tickets for people who would just sit in the parking lot and watch the game on one of the big screen’s outside the stadium. This is the one topic that I want to highlight that goes on behind the scenes of super bowl games. The Dallas cowboys ran into a big problem this year when selling tickets into their brand new stadium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium This website has the full article concerning the matter but I just wanted to highlight the big points. Basically what happened is that Dallas Cowboys sold 850 tickets to fans in a certain section that apparently they miscalculated the number of seats which was actually only 400. So for the 450 fans that didn’t get into the game, that where obviously pissed off, they Cowboys gave them free merchandise, a pass to walk on the field after the game and take a tour of the stadium the next day, 3 times the face value of their tickets in cash, and a FREE super bowl ticket to super bowl 46. Sounds like a good deal right. Well I just learned today that these people are sewing the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys for more. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I mean I understand how pissed you’d be, especially if you are a Green Bay or Pittsburgh fan, to not get it but after all they gave to you your still sewing them for more? I don’t know how I feel about that.
Please leave your comments I’m curious to what you think about this topic. Are these fans being too harsh and to selfish or do they deserve more? What do you think the outcome will be? I’ll keep up with this story and let you know more as it comes to me.
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