andy1282
05-20-2006, 12:45 PM
I just wanted to mention one reason why there are so many cowboys fans in the reason. Many forget that until the late fifites(?) the redskins had no blacks on the team. I beleive they were the last team in the league to integrate. As such, many black area fans of the time rooted for whoever was playing the skins that week. Its only logical that many would become fans of hated rivals like the cowboys and eagles. I am not saying its the only reason, because i am sure there are alot of redskins fans in texas, but it is one that has been brought to my attention in the past.
aehs77
05-20-2006, 02:02 PM
snyder was right he had lost a step
RobH4413
05-20-2006, 02:22 PM
how many redskins fans are there at cowboys games in dallas? just curious.
EDIT: forgot "in dallas"
dmek25
05-20-2006, 06:47 PM
is andy1282 wewhite in disguise?
Master4Caster
05-20-2006, 10:14 PM
I was at that game and the stadium was full of rabid, raving, riotous, rightous Redskins fans and damned few cowboys fans. It was one of the very few times since 1999 that FedEx was as loud and as rocking as RFK. Vibrating stands are a beautiful feeling.
But, Mitchell has a point. Up to last season, there were a LOT of NFC East fans in the stands. But that's a function of money, not loyalty. FedEx sells out every game by season ticket holders who are either true fans or ticket brokers. In the Turner years, a true fan was faced with the prospect of using an $80 ticket to see a team with a less than 50% chance of winning, or selling the ticket and watching on TV. So a lot of Cowboy/Eagles/Giants fans scalped tickets. Brokers sell to anybody. My company had season tickets and a couple of times before 2005, couldn't get any customers to go to the games. So those tickets went back to brokers - who sold them to the other guys.
In other cities I lived in, when the local team was bad for a long time, fans cancelled their season tickets. That doesn't happen here. People kept their tickets for the return to glory. I think that's next season. FedEx will be rocking from August to January. You watch & see.
hooskins
05-21-2006, 12:20 AM
Considering the skins only win superbowls under republican presidents, you ought to be glad GW is in office.
damn then we better win a superbowl quick b4 next election, otherwise we are gonna have to wait for four years.
BigSKINBauer
05-21-2006, 12:47 AM
damn then we better win a superbowl quick b4 next election, otherwise we are gonna have to wait for four years. no, it'll be more than that so we really better win soon.
Giantone
05-21-2006, 09:45 AM
I was at that game, It was 90% Redskins fans as opposed to the past when it was only 75%. I love B-mitch be he is on crack on this one. That was th loudest event I have ever been to. Listen the highlights and the you suck chants. The crowd was brilliant!
Thing is I was at th Giant -Cowgirl game last year in NY and it was the same there .So 90,000 and out of that 10,000 fans of the other team,as long as your team is kicking ass it's fine .
EXoffender
05-21-2006, 11:59 AM
Mitchell will say just about anything to challenge the fans and the team to do better. Even if it's true.
EXoffender
05-21-2006, 12:01 PM
Thing is I was at th Giant -Cowgirl game last year in NY and it was the same there .So 90,000 and out of that 10,000 fans of the other team,as long as your team is kicking ass it's fine .Ditto.