well...it's a dead issue so what did you expect? We're not going back to NY. there's an agreement to stay in NJ and until something changes that's where we will be playing for the next 99 years
Hehe. . .Missed it, Jay. Petejet is pretty quick. Some of them have been memorialized in the BS Forum.
Tell you what - if you were a member here in good standing, and didn't just join so you could post a link to your petition, we might have left you alone.
I didn't think "good standing" matters when it comes to establishing an identity for our team, getting a home of our OWN and getting out of the shadow of the giants. The Meadowlands, first and foremost, will always be the hoem of the giants regardless of what some title or deed is going to say. The jets are an afterthought who are there to help pay the bills. And apparently some of you are OK with this.
What's up with you guys? Batman? Napoleon? Why would you guys bomb a perfectly good petition with these things?! Oh wait, because the petition should be retitled "Long Island and Queens Residents Who Want Jets Stadium In Queens or Long Island"
I signed it because even if it's too late. I want my feelings in this matter to be reconize by the Jets. If they ignore it so be it.
Spoken like a true weenie who lives so close to the stadium that his cab fare is probably under $10....
Holy crap Petey!!!! We've never seen this! Thank you for enlightening the Board with "Fresh & New"!!! You're a Demi-god!!! ok , Maybe a little harsh but Just preparing you for life on .... TGG ! Tough Love! :wink:
Just because it's "a done deal" doesn't mean it's dishonorable or wrong to sign a petition. There wasn't going to be any more Browns in Cleveland, and then people passed petitions around and things changed. The Jets being in New Jersey is a joke, a legacy of the greed of previous owners. Why we should meekly accept that, and the fact we are the only pro sports team playing in a park named after another pro sports team, simply because the powers that be say so, is lost on me.
man, what a bunch of losers you guys are. the guy came here asking for help and this is what you do? if you don't support it, fine...but acting like children makes all jets fans look bad.
In neverland we already have a stadium. In the real world we are STILL hoping for one. It's not going to happen any time soon. Do we want our own house? HELL the FUC*ING YES!! But will we stop rooting the team on if we don't get one? I say no. How about you?
Oh how inconvient for the 100 people who prefer a second football stadium to be built within a 10 mile radius of the other 3 stadiums/arenas that are going to be built. Oh yea NYC should just throw another 600 million just so 100 people can get their stadium on that side of the imaginary border. How is it Hess' or Woddy's fault? They both tried to get something done and NYC told them to go f' themselves. Plus Woody would have to become a vegetable before giving up $150 million a year on a $600 million investment to settle for a $80 million profit on a $1.1 billion investment in a city that told him to go f' himself in one of the worst parts in said city. Football is football no matter where it is played. I wouldn't care if the Jets played at Rutgers, it's still Jets football the name of the stadium shouldn't matter when it comes to football.
Actually the Browns were always going to be back in Cleveland. That's why Art Modell left all the Browns records and logo's with Cleveland. Baltimore Ravens were essentially an expansion team without the expansion draft. And why is it SUCH A BIG DEAL that the Jets play 10 miles outside of New York??? Who really gives a shit! It's such a stupid thing to get all up in arms about in my opinion
:rofl: :rofl: How didnt you win funniest poster...oh wait... As far as pistol Pete goes....Didnt mean to make a joke of it...its just that doing a petition now is like me takin the ladder out tomorrow morning and sprucing the house up with lights for christmas. I wanted the stadium in Manhattan very badly. Its over. Woody would be a moron not to take the deal with the Giants. Get a petition to get Herm Edwards out as our coach...and Im in.
The Jets are home. They have played in NJ for 22 years now. NYC didn't want the Jets despite numerous opportunities. Instead, NYC wanted a tennis center. And I rode NJ Transit into the city today and Dolan's development of the Hudson rail yards is progressing nicely!!!! Say what you want, but Woody is no dope. And why is it that people from LI and Queens who want a stadium in their backyard are "fighting the cause" the bring the Jets home, but people in NJ that are satisfied with the NJ stadium deal and THEIR proximity to the stadium are put down? By the way, almost 50% of Jet season ticket holders are from NJ. Get over it already. The NJ stadium is going to be shared and will not be Giants Stadium. The Jets and Giants sharing a stadium not only makes economic sense for both teams - same profits for half the cost - but it is no different than, say, the Knicks and Rangers sharing MSG or the Devils and Nets sharing the Continental Airlines Arena. Are those teams getting screwed by sharing their homes? Face it - the Jets are in NJ to stay. That leaves you with three choices. Enjoy the long ride to and from games, give up your tickets, or move to NJ. If you all wanted a stadium in NY so badly, you should have supported the WSS instead of whining like a bunch a babies about the tailgating, the potential ticket prices, the (phantom) traffic, and the phony altruistic support for the police, fire fighters and the schools. So, now that the $300 million is not being spent on the WSS, has it been distributed to the city workers for raises or given to the NYC BOE? Anyone?
When I said "owners," I meant Leon Hess and his group. In 1984, they not only rejected a significant upgrade offer from Mayor Ed Koch regarding their lease with Shea Stadium, but tied the deal to the New Jersey Sports Authority, which owns the Meadowlands, buying Monmouth Racetrack, a losing investment Hess co-owned. Of course football is football and the Jets are the Jets and I root for them wherever they play, but if it really makes no difference, why aren't they the "New Jersey Jets"? That's really where they play.
Art Modell did not leave behind the logo and records of the Browns willingly. He was ordered to do so after an agreement was reached by the city of Cleveland and the NFL in February 1996, four months after announcing the team was moving. He had every intention of reestablishing the Browns in Baltimore as the Browns, only the hue and cry of Cleveland's fans, plus the support they got in the national media, prevented the NFL from going along. (The only thing keeping the Saints in New Orleans, I'm convinced, is the memories Tagliabue and others have of the episode). The Browns were not always going to be back in Cleveland. It was the fans that forced the NFL to make that determination, long after Modell left the city high and dry.
