BOYCOTT!

so, i was seriously pontificating the other day, and i couldn't figure out why fans can't ACTUALLY affect how a team is run. i mean, logistically, they really should be able to. let's use the knicks and the lions, for example.

both teams have GM's who may or may not be legally retarded. niether can count beyond five (when asked to once, millen replied "banana," and thomas merely bit the interviewer), niether seems to comprehend what a Sah-lah-ree Cap is, and both are just blatantly running their respective teams into the ground. this is a sad scenario because both franchises have fan bases that are basically rendered dormant due to all this garbage being dumped into their laps. how could this be fixed? stop buying the product.

i really mean this; if the fans are so incensed with how things are going, and signs and blogs and any other passive-aggressive means of communicating with the owner aren't working, the fans should boycott their teams. it's a tough love dealie, but it really should work. how much money will the fords make if no one attends any games? if no one watches any games? if no one buys any shirts or sweaters or blankets? personally, i bet the owners would cave midway through the season (which is a more pleasant situation for football fans, seeing as how there is only 16 games.).

the only problem would be getting the hardcore fans to actually, i don't know, not spend their hard-earned dollars on something that is making them miserable. heck, i'll be the spokesperson for the lions - i'll set up a website, be the voice of dissaproval, and in general be the one in the sniper's scope. that's how much i hate the lions currently, and how much knicks, celtics, and all NHL fans feel right now.

unless the lions win and the red wings get to the Cup finals. then i am content.

...but seriously, why wouldn't this work?

"hey! who said i eat my own boogers! ....NO ONE ELSE CAN EAT THEM! THEY'RE MINE!"