I'm not saying it's 100% illegal as there's the First Amendment and all that, but bringing a big crowd of people to cause a ruckus in a wealthy residential neighborhood is going to carry some risks. Outside of that, I think it's bad form to go to somebody's residence to protest that your sports team isn't good enough.
"You must observe reasonable regulations on time, place, and manner when you exercise your rights to demonstrate and protest."
That's why the ACLU page tells you "Every municipality has regulations and it's your responsibility to understand them."
I believe he subsequently moved to L.A. https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-peter-thiel-20180215-story.html
@USA Saint, 2 questions for tomorrow's protest I assume we do not have to have tickets for 117 and that we can just walk over there from our normal seats? What time period will we congregate at Coleman & Earthquakes Way? 6:30 until KO?
No tickets in 117 are needed. We're just gonna meet in the section shortly before kickoff. I will be there at around 6:45.
n the midst of the rightful celebrations after a great game, a moment for me to clarify and apologize. I really tried, but my communication was evidently sub par. I apologize if I let down the fan base who expected more. So many things went wrong that it threw the whole thing off. Starting with the wind that made keeping the table of scarves under control a real task. Not enough people showed to get their scarves. Our banners didn’t make it threw security. We managed to make it to the section on time, only to find that the section was much more full than anticipated and that the block of seats at the top we planned to occupy was taken. We should have gone in the corner, where there was a block available. I’m guessing this made it impossible for those that told me they’d show to find us... the fact that we didn’t have banners and were surrounded by lots of other fans. In the end, we only had a group of around 10. The walkout seemed pointless given the size. We went outside the FO nonetheless and at least got our message across. Eli
Nothing to apologize for. You're to be applauded for your leadership. The effort isn't going to succeed or fail in a single game.
I apologize that I didn’t meet you guys outside the FO after the game. I saw that you had moved to the Ultras’ area and that you did not exit at the 74th minute, so I decided to just watch the game until the end. But I thought it was terrific that you moved down to the Ultras area. It will take more showings like that, where photographers and the TV cameras can see you. The more we make ourselves visible, the more the message sinks into the minds of the media and the FO. Even if the Quakes win a few more home games, we can always say, think what the Quakes would do if they had new team owners who are willing to spend money to restore the team to traditions of winning.
Watch the highlights at 2:07, after the PK miss. https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...ose-earthquakes-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap I "might" be the guy with the not so subtle "eff you". But they caught our section and the scarves.
My scarf is in the second round and I think that means I pick it up at the next game against Cincinnati. If I was supposed to pick it up yesterday then I'm one of those who didn't show. Sorry if that's the case. Will you be organizing again next game?
Saw the scarfs on TV for a second after one of the goals! I paused it and saw about 15 people with scarves. Good stuff! Wish I could have made it yesterday. Random tidbit I just encountered. I subscribe to the print version of Sports Illustrated and in an article about NFL draft prospect/ top MLB draft pick by the Oakland A's, Kyler Murray, John Fisher is briefly mentioned as having attended an in person meeting at Kyler Murray's parents house in Dallas with Billy Beane to try to negotiate/convince him to sign with the A's and forego the NFL. Now granted, Murray is a very unique situation -- but at the end of the day, baseball draft picks are still very likely to never even make it to the majors. Clearly Fisher cares enough about the performance of the A's to attend this meeting in person with a guy who may never even pan out if he stuck with baseball. It boggles the mind that an owner would care enough to do something like that, but is unwilling to spend a small fraction of his net worth to bring the A's payroll towards the middle of the MLB pack.