Don’t Black Us Out Woody

by Scott Weiss

An article in the Newark Star Ledger on Friday gave Jets fans a reason to worry.  As the Jets are getting ready to move into their new $1.6 billion stadium that they will share with the Giants, approximately 17,000 PSL’s appear to be unsold.  The Jets billionaire owner, Woody Johnson, is getting nervous.  He is also digging in his heels.  Johnson said he will not sell tickets on a game by game basis for the seats that require licenses because that corrupts the value of the licenses.  The problem for fans is that if seats remain unsold for games, the NFL’s TV blackout rules go into effect.

It was not bad enough that many families who had season tickets for generations, were priced out of the seats by the PSL fleecing, now these same fans may not even get to watch the games on TV.  What an outrage!  Knowing the character of Jets fans (does fireman Ed ring a bell?) they will not take to this abuse very well.  However, when fans anger is expressed in an unorganized way, it is just noise. All you hear from the media is that the situation is really unfair, but there really is not anything that fans can do about it.

An organization like SFC can take the collective anger of fans over issues such as these, and present a united voice to battle the injustice.  I don’t know about you, but I will not be able to stomach not being able to watch my Jets on TV because a greedy billionaire did not get enough money from the team’s followers.  Let’s end the insanity people, and let Woody know that he ain’t gonna push us around.

Scott Weiss is the Local Chapter Chair for SFC-New York/New Jersey.  He has been involved in the sports fans advocacy movement since 2000.  He is a life long fan of the Mets, Jets, Knicks, and Rangers.

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