[Bradman]

Being a Revs fan since day one and driving the three hour round trip a couple times a year to get to the stadium, I have been there for the good times (legit non-double header 20K+ games, the LA MLS Cup) and the bad (opening day of CMGI Field and seeing no permanent mention of the Revs anywhere-boy did that send a message to the fans).

But, last week, the Seattle game had a perfectly decent 15K. On the side lines and looking left, right, and towards the Fort, it looked great (we know the far side looks and sounds like death). But the other endline....come on. Did they run out of tarps at Home Depot? Did the Farmer's Almanac predit 5K more in walk-ups?

If it was up to me, I would PACK them in on the sideline and Fort and tarp everything else.

Maybe not the most creative idea, but considering we are stuck in an NFL stadium until the Revs fold the team when the rest of the league demands a higher cap and SST (I hope not but let's face reality), any other ideas to make for a better game experience?

And why the ____ can Seattle scrub football lines while we go the minor league route?! There is idea #2.

[bwidell]

Originally Posted by Bradman

And why the ____ can Seattle scrub football lines while we go the minor league route?! There is idea #2.

The Revs do. But they can't when there's only an 18-hour turnaround for a Pats game at 1pm the next afternoon. Seattle hasn't had to deal with that (yet?).

[RevsFanDan]

Originally Posted by Bradman

And why the ____ can Seattle scrub football lines while we go the minor league route?! There is idea #2.

Am totally with ya..and when you watch the game on TV they make the Yellow lines so faint you'd swear they're always out of bounds or the goalies are handling the ball outside the box...

They just have no intention of spending that money when we have a Saturday night game and then the throwball is played on Sunday afternoon..!!!

I don't watch the patriots but are the yellow lines still there for their 3 hour commercial on Sunday afternoons??

[jass]

Originally Posted by RevsFanDan

I don't watch the patriots but are the yellow lines still there for their 3 hour commercial on Sunday afternoons??

Yeah, theyve been visible at every pats game this season. The center circle is the most obvious, as are the sidelines when they show the players walking around off the field (as the NFL field is narrow). The lines around the goal are almost invisible.

But the pats arent an excuse for the amount of paint revs fans have to deal with. The other shared stadiums (with baseball) use very little paint. In fact, during the last oakland game I saw, the baseball pitch was more obvious than the NFL lines!

[JMMUSA8]

Some of you are borderline ignorant to think that Kraft is going to put the Revs ahead of the Pats. Kraft has been good the past couple seasons of cleaning up the field when it is possible. The Seattle game was a case where it wasn't possible.

But oh yea, the Revs FO sucks and Kraft hates soccer. I heard he doesn't even know he owns the team.

[Bradman]

No, he likes minor league soccer....see

A. The lack of a single permanent Revs sign at the stadium when it opened.
B. Seating on one side to save costs.
C. Minimal to no tarping of the empty seats.
D. No DP (Where did the Dempsey cash go?)
E. No using Pat's leverage with the media coverage.
F. No HD TV

It was fine in the 90s....not so good with Euro leagues on ESPN and touring the country every summer. It is no longer enough (see Seattle, LA, Chi, Toronto, of how it could be).

I love the Revs but watching the EPL Review Show Monday nights, it makes everything I was in denial about for 10 years obvious.

[Minutemanii]

Originally Posted by jass

Yeah, theyve been visible at every pats game this season. The center circle is the most obvious, as are the sidelines when they show the players walking around off the field (as the NFL field is narrow). The lines around the goal are almost invisible.

But the pats arent an excuse for the amount of paint revs fans have to deal with. The other shared stadiums (with baseball) use very little paint. In fact, during the last oakland game I saw, the baseball pitch was more obvious than the NFL lines!

Um excuse me but the Sunday after Seattle, the soccer lines were meticulously rubbed off.

[Bradman]

Washing the lines wouldn't put the Revs ahead of the Pats....it would just mean they would have to spend some cash to work through the night. It would have zero impact on the Pat's game (by far the biggest game in town) but a huge message to a fan base that COULD be 20k+ per game with a little more money spent and a different message, IMO.

Sorry for not wanting to watch my team look like a minor league team playing on a HS multi-purpose field. I will only watch NE, KC and San Jose from now on and say, "This is good enough."

Forgot G for above - No soccer stadium either, put plenty of room for a retail center on site.

[bwidell]

Originally Posted by Bradman

A. The lack of a single permanent Revs sign at the stadium when it opened.
B. Seating on one side to save costs.
C. Minimal to no tarping of the empty seats.
D. No DP (Where did the Dempsey cash go?)
E. No using Pat's leverage with the media coverage.
F. No HD TV
G for above - No soccer stadium either, put plenty of room for a retail center on site.

A. I'll give you that.
B. So you want the whole stadium open, with people spread out throughout. Okay. I'd love that, too. If and only if it would sell out. Have you watched Colorado or Dallas home games? It looks like crap. I say we fill the whole side that's open now before we start taking the tarps off.
C. Huh? The side that isn't open has tarps covering everything. The parts that don't have tarps are available for tickets to be sold.
D. We weren't allowed to use all of the Dempsey cash on players. The majority of it went to setting up the fully-funded youth academy.
E. Don't really have an answer to this.
F. I want this, too. But, NO ONE, other than Seattle, broadcasts every game in HD. For us, it's not up to Kraft. TV38 doesn't broadcast in HD, and until they do (or the Revs find another local channel to broadcast on), we won't see the Revs in HD.
G. So... you would rather have a Soccer Specific Stadium right next to Gillette? You think that would be a financially solid move? What about, pursuing an SSS in the city like they are?

Originally Posted by Minutemanii

Um excuse me but the Sunday after Seattle, the soccer lines were meticulously rubbed off.

It takes much, much, much less time to remove the very little amount of lines that soccer uses than it does to paint on the large amount of lines that football uses.

[Jeremy Goodwin]

He likes a soccer team that doesn't compete with his football team and a soccer league that will never compete with the NFL. The pennies he casts to the Revs organization are a tiny price to pay for that.