postgame comments from Portis

[memphisskin]

Originally Posted by CRT3

Well if the owners and coaches are not going to play the starters for at least a portion of the time during the preseason, why should I as a season ticket holder be required to pay full fare to watch this mess. I am forced into buying my preseason games every year and go because I pay for the ticket. Now you have a player saying he shouldn't be playing. Well I shouldn't be paying. While it might be a crime to potentially lose a starter for openning day it is just as much of a crime to charge me to watch people practicing.

Your beef is with the owners, not the players. the problem is that as the offseason programs have changed, the model we use for the season has not. The preseason is just one long dress rehearsal, and to potentially lose someone as important as Portis in the first preseason game to accomodate fans makes no sense. What's the reward for Portis to be playing in the preseason? Portis has a point, he has nothing to prove, and that time could go to a rookie who is fighting to make the team. The rooks can't play with the vets on the field.