Playoffs in January
Surprise. Surprise. It’s come to this.
To compliment all the credit card bills coming in the mail this time of year from Christmas — the Flyers last week sent season ticket holders the bill for their playoff tickets.
Note to Flyers greedy brass: you’re not in the playoffs yet. So how in the hell can you charge season ticket holders for something that may never exist? Didn’t Enron do a lot of that? Yes.
I heard the news from a friend of mine who works in the US Attorney’s Office. Ah, that person is pretty pissed. As my friend stresses, this whole scheme is probably illegal, as it is impossible to tell whether the team will be in the post season. Charging folks for something that doesn’t exist is illegal … even if you’re Comcast.
Due date for the invoices is Feb 15 (Flyers brass showing their love to fans right after Valentine’s Day). Playoffs start 60 days after that.
WTF are you folks doing in Philly besides coming up with ways to put the screws to season ticket holders? A playoff bill in January. Why wait, send it as a Xmas present to the folks that have supported your cup-less team for 32 years.
This is especially a kick in the ass to the season ticket holders who make 5 monthly payments — August thru December — on their regular season tickets. A few weeks after satisfying that — WHAM! — a playoff bill in the mail … in January.
Classless.
I hope that season ticket holder in the US Attorney’s Office cools down. Or some lawyer doesn’t decide to fire a lawsuit against the Flyers and Comcast. Or season ticket holders tell you to stick it up your ass. Or you folks might have a PR nightmare on your hands.
Stock market is in daily turmoil, unemployment at a 5-year high, gas prices on the rise again, home heating fuel on the rise, a record number of foreclosures in the U.S., home sales number tumbling every month, and even banks are in financial crisis.
But hey, we’re the Flyers. Fuck you. We don’t care. Just pay up.
Flyers are truly a nickel and dime franchise at this point, pulling this type of shit on people. And this is why you’ll never win another cup until you start treating your fans like you used to, instead of hiring people to make it look like you give a damn.
But it’s not really about another cup in Philly, regardless of the how you have the fans snowed. It’s just about money. And when it is said and done, that’s all you’re going to have. Money and no cup. Sadly, most fans will not figure this out and keep shelling out their cash without questioning why the Flyers cannot win another cup. Simple. Again, it’s not about the cup. Just about cash.
Start treating people with respect and perhaps you’ll return the franchise to a similar place. Either way, at this point if you played a role in the decision to nail your fans with a playoff bill in January, you’re a creep — gold card or not. And no cash to me is worth being considered a creep.