Mad Jack the Banner Guy here…remember me? Yeah, I bailed out this year after 30 seasons and 194 banners.
I submitted 11 reasons for jumping off but seems I missed the big one - Michael Bidwill!
Cole, a somewhat thoughtful post and you’re right on with some points but others deserve correction:
- The main reasons I gave up my tix was those mentioned in the opening. Only one of those was the banner issue.
- speaking of the banner, it was never ‘kiss ass’ messages until just the last...
Yup that was my favorite! Ironically, we were playing the Patriots that day so I went with:
CPL PAT TILLMAN
- A TRUE PATRIOT.
And underneath the Cardinal bird eye a giant teardrop. Classic.
Yes, that last banner above was a subliminal message as I feared it would be banned and thus No More banners. In the SDS days I truly spoke for the fans. My favorite of all time was the last game in SDS:
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES - BOTH OF ‘EM!!
Fellow die hard STHs,
Well this is it. End of an era as I've finally decided to not renew my Cardinals season tix after 30 years and 194 banners.
Cardinals emailed me this week to remind me that my deposit is due. Here's my (lengthy) reply:
"Arizona Cardinals,
Hmmm….some good reasons NOT...
MadJack the Banner Guy here asking a simple question: are you renewing your 2023 season tix this year? If not, why?
I’ve plenty of my own thoughts but will wait to hear from other STHs.
Thanks,
MadJack.