The fallout from
Black Monday 10/26 continued to rain down on the DC area today. Due to the
new sign policy at FedEx Field,
loads of signs were confiscated at the gate last night. It's ridiculous that we can't even bring in a D-Fence sign anymore. Or that fans have to
sneak-in a Sean Taylor tribute banner.
Worst of all, that a wife of an soldier in Afghanistan's sign had to be thrown in the garbage:
Today, Redskin's COO Dave Donovan was on the Mike Wise show and cleared up some stuff about the sign and t-shirt policies.
The Redskins blog transcribed it. (I don't advocate giving them page views, so I'll paste it:)
"The banners, we do have a prohibition against signs and banners in the stadium, and we don't care what they say. We take them down. They get in the way of other people viewing the game, and people get poked in the head -- that stuff happens.
"Our policy regarding messages on T-shirts and other clothing is simple: if it doesn't display profanity, it's fine.."
That's right, people are getting poked in the head at games! That D-Fence I mentioned before? It's really, really pointy folks!
Question. Are there any stadiums in the NFL with more stringent sign rules than FedEx Field? Are we now the NFL's the equivalent of Soviet Russia, where the only signage we can use is State-Approved?
A sign here, a sign there, big deal. By banning and throwing them in the garbage, Snyder has made the story bigger than it ever would have been otherwise. It's just another bone-head mis-step, the latest in a long series of late. He is panicking, let there be no doubt.
You're looking at a portrait of Danny under pressure. And it ain't a pretty picture.
The good news is that it's open-season on T-shirts, so why not grab a
Boycott Snyder T? They're not profane and the money goes to Cafe Press, not Snyder.
Or, how about this adorable lil' fella:
Coming Soon: A baby's bib, so your lil' stinker can drool and slobber all over Danny's face.
In other
#BurgundyRevolution news, there was some chatter today about needing a new tag on Twitter. #BlackMonday1026 is over. At this point I think it's #BlackSunday every Sunday. And since it's every Sunday, no need for dates anymore. Who's with me?