May 2011
You’ve got the Power
All it takes to get the attention of the owners and players is a movement. A movement from fans for fans that will send a clear message to a league gone crazy. It starts with the remote. Maybe a web site. Some twitter campaigns. If a whole nation can rise up in unity (Egypt) I think it’s feasible to rattle the cages of the players and owners that it’s time to get this thing done. I almost launched a movement myself called the400. the400 is a reference to the horrible treatment 400 fans got at this years Super Bowl when they took their seats away and never replaced them. So you start a website called the400.com and you tie in social media, a few local radio stations, a press release and a forum for an entire country sick of the greed of professional sports. You urge nationwide boycotts of advertisers (start with the one that sponsored the Super Bowl) and away you go. I’d do it, but frankly don’t have the time. If you feel the urge. Go for it. Someone has to stop this nonsense. Deadline for this weeks caption contest is Thursday afternoon (today) at 5 p.m. So get those last minute entries in!
