Remember these guys? In September I spent some time overanalyzing the Mets Citibank Ad.
Back then I thought these fans had made an off choice of cap. Then I noticed nobody else at the game was wearing blue. Then I noticed it doesn’t look like Citi Field.
Was it possible that neither the Mets nor Citibank could be bothered to take some pictures of a Mets fan at an actual Mets game? Well, Ethan has made my day and proven that to be true:
The Detroit Tigers sent out the below. We can talk about the ticket tax tomorrow. For now, stay with me….
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Dear Tigers fans,
As you may have heard by now, the Governor and the Michigan Legislature are seriously considering charging sports fans a 6-percent luxury tax on all professional and college sports tickets sold in Michigan.
This tax would be applied to tickets for major league and minor league baseball, football, hockey, basketball and auto racing. It would also tax tickets to all college sports including football, hockey and basketball. It would also add a ticket tax to all concerts, shows and could even include movie tickets.
This tax is not on the sports teams – it is on you – the fans. And all of us at the Detroit Tigers organization believe it is wrong to target the working families. Michigan would be the only state in the region to tax families attending movies, sporting events and concerts.
Fans Against the Ticket Tax was started to inform citizens of the potential for this legislation and to fight against this tax. We wanted to make you aware of this proposal and encourage you to speak out to the Governor and your representatives and senators in Lansing.
If you would like to voice your opinion on this issue, you can do the following:
- Go to www.NoTicketTax.com to join in the effort and tell the governor and your legislator what you think about the ticket tax. Let them know there should NOT be a luxury tax on taking your family to a baseball game.
- Send this email to all your friends and encourage them to get involved. Every email or phone call to Lansing will send a clear message that Michigan sports fans do not want the ticket tax.
Thanks for your help.
The Detroit Tigers
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Now click on the link in the middle to NoTicketTax.com
Look who’s there supporting the Tigers!
Hey, don’t these guys look familiar? There’s actually more blue hats in this shot than in the “Mets” version. Hey Dave, next time someone approves an email blast out some actual Mets fans in it.
We are the Mets Police. This is what we do.
Fun game – let’s try to spot these guys on as many team websites as we can.
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Hey, don’t these guys look familiar? There’s actually more blue hats in this shot than in the “Mets” version. Hey Dave, next time someone approves an email blast out some actual Mets fans in it.