I got this from my Secret Santa, You know who you are - I love it Thank you.
I'm a Green Bay Packers Fan Now
by cantleave 9 Replies latest jw friends
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dontplaceliterature
Don't you have better football to watch, Angus?
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cantleave
Nothing better than Southampton FC being top of their league......Despite a 3 - 0 defeat today
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palmtree67
That's only because you haven't researched the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
There was actually a Reader's Digest article on their fans.
Green is the color, football is the game!
We're all together and winning is our aim!
So fight, fight, fight through the sun and rain!
Saskatchewan Roughriders is our name!
Three Grey Cup wins in 100 years, and still have the greatest fans (hands down) - I think that says it all!
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poppers
Congratulations, cantleave. I've been a Packers fan since 1960 - glad to have you aboard!
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Berengaria
Coolest thing about the Packers is they are fan owned!!
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poppers
Coolest thing about the Packers is they are fan owned!!
Yup, and they just offered stock to the public again - 250,000 shares were made available to the public at $250 a share (not available to corporations or businesses). Sounds like they will be making an additional 30,000 shares available. And people who own shares will never make a profit from them. It just shows how deep their loyalty is to the team.
From http://www.packers.com/community/shareholders.html
"Green Bay Packers, Inc., has been a publicly owned, nonprofit corporation since Aug. 18, 1923, when original articles of incorporation were filed with Wisconsin’s secretary of state.
A total of 4,750,937 shares is owned by 112,158 stockholders none of whom receives any dividend on the initial investment.
The corporation is governed by a board of directors and a seven member executive committee.
One of the more remarkable business stories in American history, the team is kept viable by its shareholders — its unselfish fans. Even more incredible, the Packers have survived during the current era, permeated by free agency and the NFL salary cap. And, thanks in large part to Brown County’s passage of the 2000 Lambeau Field referendum, the club will remain solvent and highly competitive well into the future due to its redeveloped stadium.
Fans have come to the team’s financial rescue on several occasions, including four previous stock sales: 1923, 1935, 1950 and 1997.
To protect against someone taking control of the team, the articles of incorporation prohibit any person from owning more than 200,000 shares."
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sabastious
Aaron Rodgers is from another dimension, I swear. They are going to lose to Baltimore in the super bowl methinks.
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outsmartthesystem
Damn all you Packers fans!
My team missed da playoffs
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DaCheech
If my Giants loose, then I'll cheer for the Pack!
They're lucky they have the Michigan Wolverine ever - Woodson!