WARRIORS HONOR CLEMSON 

John, I’m not condescending at all. What I am saying is this whole flag-waving thing whether it’s a sports team or college or whatever is lost on me. Even in my passion for the New York Rangers organization, which manifests itself in this site, I can still go to a NY Islander or Bridgeport Sound Tiger game or a NJ Devils game or for that matter, ANY team and still have a great time. It’s the sport I love and that comes first to me.

You know what I would suggest to you or to any other people that have an issue with this? Solicit the team to have a night at the Bi-Lo Center that supports the school or schools that you like. I know Neil Smith personally and he’s NOT doing this to say F-U to other colleges, or because some booster wants it. He’s doing it because he’s in business to make money and this idea and promotion they feel will make them money. It’s a promotion; nothing more and nothing less. If Neil and his partners felt that promoting another school would make him money, I’m sure he’d do that too. You’ll never know unless you ask…

Don’t you think that’s a bit better idea than hurting a franchise that you obviously have passion about because they are supporting a promotion of a team you don’t like? Honestly, that makes no sense to me at all. Truly, there is no condescension in what I am writing here. I’m truly being sincere.

As I’ve said now several times, why not approach the team management and ask them to sponsor a night for the school you like…? This to me is just REALLY silly. Who cares what jersey the team is wearing as long as they’re still the same team and they still are your team?

John,

First, Are you sure you know what condescension is? How am I talking down to you? Did I somewhere write as if I were speaking to a child? If you see that, it’s in your imagination because none was written or intended as I see it.

Does expressing a contrary opinion constitute condescension?

Look, you can go, not go, you can do whatever you like. It doesn’t affect me a single iota. The fact is that it DOES hurt the team when a fan who normally would doesn’t. Look, it we were talking about the NY Rangers or an NHL team, I would tend to agree with you and your position. The money that you do or don’t spend isn’t really going to hurt them. The Road Warriors are a VERY small business run on a VERY tight budget and EVERY ticket sale matters to them.

I’m NOT speaking for Neil or anyone there, just sharing my thoughts also as a small business owner. You try anything that you think you can make money on. As I’ve suggested, if you think another school is better and you’d like to see them honored, talk to the school and talk to the team and make it happen. I GUARANTEE they won’t turn you aside if what you have in mind would make them money.

These guys are in business in Greenville because they weren’t making money in Johnstown. They’d move the team to Timbuktu if they thought it would sell tickets and make money. That’s what minor league hockey is all about.

So the bottom line on this is a simple one. You can easily keep your money out of it and punish the players by having one less passionate fan there for something they had nothing to do with, or you can ignore the fact that there’s some promotion that you aren’t fond of, let the team know that you’d like to have them honor your team and be more mature about it.

That’s my opinion. If you don’t agree, and you don’t want to go, be my guest…don’t go. I am TOTALLY fine with it. Like I said, it doesn’t affect me a single iota. All I am doing is pointing out some simple, basic common sense reasons as to why it’s being done. You’re acting as if it was done deliberately to antagonize fans and even having not spoken a word to the team about this, I can GUARANTEE it wasn’t done for that. It was done as a means to make money, nothing more and nothing less…

Now, if you consider that condescension I guess there’s nothing I can write that’s going to convince you otherwise. I’m just sharing… you can take it however you like. Regardless, I’m grateful that you support the franchise and of course this site….