There's nothing more dear to my heart than loyal sports fans. Seasons after season, their team goes below .500, missing the playoffs, yet those fans still show up to games and keep the team logo decal on their car bumper. However, when do fans go to far in their loyalty?
Perhaps, when a team cheats to advance to the Super Bowl, then that team is fined by the league for $1 mil. Then that team's fans start a money raising campaign to offset the fine for the multi-billionaire owner.
Yes, I am speaking about the 1,159 fanatical Patriots fans who have donated $16,244 (as of 5/17/2015) to "help" the team pay for the league's $1 million fine for "Deflate Gate". Directly from the GoFundMe.com page:
"IF you (The NFL) have a reason to punish them for cheating, fine.. suspend Tom Brady 4 games, take some draft picks.. IF you must add on a fine, be reasonable. One Million dollars is not F***ing reasonable. Its classism."
According to Forbes, the Patriots' total revenue was $428 million and an operating income of $147.2 mil for the 2014, fiscal year. Moreover, the Patriots' possess a budget of with a total team value (franchise, stadium, marketing, etc.) of $4.2 billion. That being said, I completely agree that $1 million is unreasonable. The $1 million fine is meant to sound like a lot the to non-New England world, but clearly is a drop in the bucket. The NFL issued slap on the wrist amounts to 0.23% of the team's revenue or 0.68% of the team's operating income, more than likely will account for less, since the Pats' "won" the Superbowl and revenue poured in.
Perhaps, when a team cheats to advance to the Super Bowl, then that team is fined by the league for $1 mil. Then that team's fans start a money raising campaign to offset the fine for the multi-billionaire owner.
Yes, I am speaking about the 1,159 fanatical Patriots fans who have donated $16,244 (as of 5/17/2015) to "help" the team pay for the league's $1 million fine for "Deflate Gate". Directly from the GoFundMe.com page:
"IF you (The NFL) have a reason to punish them for cheating, fine.. suspend Tom Brady 4 games, take some draft picks.. IF you must add on a fine, be reasonable. One Million dollars is not F***ing reasonable. Its classism."
According to Forbes, the Patriots' total revenue was $428 million and an operating income of $147.2 mil for the 2014, fiscal year. Moreover, the Patriots' possess a budget of with a total team value (franchise, stadium, marketing, etc.) of $4.2 billion. That being said, I completely agree that $1 million is unreasonable. The $1 million fine is meant to sound like a lot the to non-New England world, but clearly is a drop in the bucket. The NFL issued slap on the wrist amounts to 0.23% of the team's revenue or 0.68% of the team's operating income, more than likely will account for less, since the Pats' "won" the Superbowl and revenue poured in.