Austria Salzburg - Call for Solidarity

That's a shame, but I do love red bull & vodka.

As Dave Attell says:

"Red Bull & Vodka: Just what a drunk needs.......energy!"

 

Sure, especially seeing how there have been demonstrations of solidarity from all over the world.

The Magpie

 

snort crushed no doze pill, follow with shot if chilled vodka?

 

I haven't tried that yet, but I've been trying out replacements. A couple have been close to acceptable, but not enough to end the experiment. It will behoove me to have an answer by the 12th, so I'll share it here when I've got one.

 

Getting back on... *ahem*... topic, doing a banner would probably be best: this seems to be what several clubs are doing to show support.

Here's one from Norway:



The Magpie

 

How about something like the Judean People's Front did at the end of Life of Brian?

 

on it; check your email

 

Splitters!

 

Maybe something in English will help people understand what it's all about.

Maybe something like "Say no to corporate interests. Say no to Red Bull. We support Austria Salzburg" in purple and white.

Reminds me of back in the 80s when it was fashionable to wear t-shirts with Japanese characters on them, a Japanese friend busted out laughing when he saw a shirt that said in Japanese "I am a fool who paid far too much for this shirt"

Tom

 

Other displays of support can be seen through the following link:

http://www.violett-weiss.at/solidaritaet-bilder.php

 

Ahhhhhhh. Revolution is in the air! The People's Republic of Cambridge rises again. Maybe we can get Mike Dukakis to lead us forth into battle against those nefarious wallet sucking soul killers. Drive the scum out, I say. Who needs corporations and their blood money? Who needs jobs? Don't we live in a democracy? Surely we can just tax the rich, and maybe the poor just a little more, and make sport franchises public property. Or else pass a law fixing ticket prices. Or, better yet, give ourselves a stipend to be fans. THAT ought to improve attendance! Besides, who the hell does Red Bull think they are, Coca Cola? That stuff tastes terrible. How do they expect fans to root for a team that represents such a foul product. I say kick them out and let Salzburg find a nice group of liability lawyers to buy them and create a cozy ethical atmosphere that we can all enjoy.

 

You know, I almost wonder whether you forgot the sarcasm tags

 

I'm all for bad things to happen to Red Bull for trying to kill the soul of a club for shameless promotion. I think Karma will have its say in the end.

I'm also for ANY sponsorship deal to be worked out for the revs if it meant paying to bring in better players.

As long as it doesn't turn people off or make us look silly. (i.e. the Ricky Schroder pampers logo on our jerseys. Unless, of course, Ricky Schroder was a billionaire and wanted to buy the team to put his baby pictures everywhere. That would be cool!)

 

Good question. If Halliburton and Bechtel can purchase us a good one then perhaps we can finally live in fine democracy (oops, sorry Magpie, forgot the sarcasm tags )

But assuming that this is indeed a democracy, the least we can do is raise our voice and do some "voting in the marketplace" with a boycott. If you approve of what Red Bull is doing then by all means drink up.

 

Anyone else find it ironic or inappropriate for MLS fans to be standing in solidarity with some random Austrian club against 'modern football' when MLS teams are owned by some of the richest people and largest corporations in the world? I know the idea behind being a club supporter is to stand tall with all supporters of the game throughout the world but the idea of MLS fans getting involved seems a bit ridiculous to me. We are 'modern football.'

 

Hey, if you want to talk about the Duke, you're going to have to go through me.

 

Is the caption, "My uncle ran for president and all I got was this lousy T-shirt"?

 

Guys why do you think anyone is going to care about this?? Just curious

 

wouldnt it be better if there was a slash through the Red Bull logo?

 

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A young Clint Dempsey working the Nacogdoches branch of the Duke's campaign.

 

Yup, just couldn't come up with a decent one for the moment.

Probably not, but then, does it matter?

The Magpie