Footing the bill

gyb13 · 11-06-2002, 01:26 PM

Wonder if this would ever happen in baseball.....

Quote:

Struggling team pays for tickets

[Associated Press]

PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- A bad pro soccer club is telling its fans, "This one's on us!''

Embarrassed by Sigma Olomouc's 2-5-5 record, putting it 13th in the 16-team Czech League, team officials ordered their players to foot the bill for tickets to Saturday's game against Sparta Prague.

All spectators will get in free to Sigma Olomouc's Andruv Stadium, which seats 12,119. At $1.70 a ticket, a sellout would cost the players about $20,000.

The average annual salary in the Czech Republic is $5,900.

"We were wondering how best to punish players who are paid royally but play lousily,'' club chairman Jiri Kubicek told the Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper. "Then a club official came up with this idea.''

The players, for their part, accepted the punishment for poor play.

"None us even thought about grumbling,'' captain Martin Vaniak said. "We hope the stadium will be packed. We want to get the fans back on our side.''

Gosfgiants · 11-06-2002, 02:00 PM

I wonder if anyone thought about doing this to the Brewers?

VNV Nation · 11-06-2002, 02:04 PM

That's funny, but just reason #987,352 why Europe is screwed up right now...

rcartman28 · 11-06-2002, 02:36 PM

Tampa Bay could do that and still wouldn't draw........

moose · 11-06-2002, 03:18 PM

is this the same team that scored 200 goals against itself?

JamesI · 11-06-2002, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by rcartman28
Tampa Bay could do that and still wouldn't draw........

I think people would go to Tampa for free (if they're playing the Yankees)

pathogan · 11-07-2002, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by VNV Nation
That's funny, but just reason #987,352 why Europe is screwed up right now...

what?

WiredTiger · 11-07-2002, 05:57 PM

I think Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle should team up to insure sell outs for the Rockies.

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Gosfgiants NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,136	I wonder if anyone thought about doing this to the Brewers? __________________ It'll always be Pacbell Park Beat LA!!!

11-06-2002, 02:36 PM	#4
rcartman28 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,408	Tampa Bay could do that and still wouldn't draw........ __________________ I would have looked out for the water main. But that's just me..... Brett Favre

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