Skins sell ticket straight to scalpers

[CRedskinsRule]

Ridiculous to hate on Snyder for utilizing standard business practices. But not really surprising.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Ridiculous to hate on Snyder for utilizing standard business practices. But not really surprising.

I am not hating on Snyder, I am hating on his decision to sue a 72 year old grandmother and life long/die hard Redskins fan that no longer has the money to afford her tickets. This women did not even have enough money for a lawyer.
Here at my arena, we had a dozen or so big corporations that had signed multi-year corporate deals (sponsorships and/or advertising deals) go belly up during this recent recession. We did not sue them. I think your 'standard business practices' is a little bit of an over generalization.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I am not hating on Snyder, I am hating on his decision to sue a 72 year old grandmother and life long/die hard Redskins fan that no longer has the money to afford her tickets. This women did not even have enough money for a lawyer.
Here at my arena, we had a dozen or so big corporations that had signed multi-year corporate deals (sponsorships and/or advertising deals) go belly up during this recent recession. We did not sue them. I think your 'standard business practices' is a little bit of an over generalization.

How did you guys handle it?

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How did you guys handle it?

We eventually found other companies to replace the ones we lost. It might have taken a little bit of time and in the end some of the new deals were not as sweet as the old ones we lost. But overall we are fine. Here in Houston, like Washington DC, there is money. The recession did not hit as hard as other parts of the country like Detroit. The Redskins will find people to buy their seats and if they don't maybe they are charging more than the market is willing to pay.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

We eventually found other companies to replace the ones we lost. It might have taken a little bit of time and in the end some of the new deals were not as sweet as the old ones we lost. But overall we are fine. Here in Houston, like Washington DC, there is money. The recession did not hit as hard as other parts of the country like Detroit. The Redskins will find people to buy their seats and if they don't maybe they are charging more than the market is willing to pay.

I agree, the Skins had so many other options besides suing that I just cant understand why they chose to fight these people and lose even when they "won".

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I am not hating on Snyder, I am hating on his decision to sue a 72 year old grandmother and life long/die hard Redskins fan that no longer has the money to afford her tickets. This women did not even have enough money for a lawyer.
Here at my arena, we had a dozen or so big corporations that had signed multi-year corporate deals (sponsorships and/or advertising deals) go belly up during this recent recession. We did not sue them. I think your 'standard business practices' is a little bit of an over generalization.

Your 72 yo grandmother had over 100,000 dollars in debt not just to the Redskins. I think alot of my disdain in this goes back to how the media spins things. Do you really think this is all the story behind it? I read the opening paragraphs, and the lil ole grandmother, and I felt like the Post was just trying to do a hatchet job. I have no idea if there was sufficient justification, or what steps the Skins did or didn't do to resolve it without a lawsuit. But this lady wasn't some helpless clueless grandma sitting down and knitting sweaters. She was a real estate agent. She dealt with contracts for her livelihood.

As to the fact that the Skins maybe do this the most, could it be because they have the largest ticket base. if they do 20 lawsuits for 20000 club seats(just simplifying the numbers) thats 1 for every 1000 CLUB seats. How many club seats does Gillette stadium have? or any other stadium.

This article was written with one intent, paint as sympathetic view of the people who broke the contract, and as antagonistic view of the Skins business practice, as possible. There was little if any attempt to portray a balanced viewpoint, and it was relatively lazy journalism.
I say lazy journalism, because lawsuits are public domain. Instead of just accepting a no answer or decline to comment, pull up the records. Did Dallas do this same tactic. What about teams that have the top 10 # of club level seats? Were the Skins the only ones, or did 6 other teams that have large stadiums file lawsuits. What steps did the Redskins offer the 72 year old grandmother. Why did she not go to court and dispute it - I want say again, she was a very successful real estate agent who dealt with contracts mortgage lending, etc. not a stay at home, unsure of the banking and finance.

This article smacks of the media's intent to shape opinions rather than report facts in an unbiased manor.