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Fri Jan-18-08 03:26 PM
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What makes the Packers special

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/346940_pack11.html Retro please excuse us while we all get teared up.

<snip> GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It's easy to hate the New York Yankees if you're a Boston Red Sox fan, and vice versa. The same goes for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, Michigan and Ohio State and those originators of the shotgun formation, the Hatfields and McCoys.

But who hates the Green Bay Packers?

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PeaceNikki

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Fri Jan-18-08 05:38 PM
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1. Here's the meat of that story:

What makes the Packers special? Start with the fact that there are 112,015 owners, the vast majority of whom hold one share of stock. Formed in the NFL's primordial mist in 1919, the Packers became a non-profit entity four years later and remain the only publicly owned team among the major professional sports.

The most recent stock sale, in 1998, netted 106,000 new "owners" who paid $200 per share (and sent $24 million straight to the team's bottom line) for certificates that are basically worthless. The stock never pays dividends or appreciates in value. But the emotional investment is priceless. When general manager Ted Thompson signs a free agent, the fans can thump their chests and say, "I helped bring that guy to Green Bay." And it's true.

Some people lose perspective that there's a unique deep sense of pride involved in a team like this. :patriot:

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Fri Jan-18-08 05:44 PM
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2. That's a great read! Thank you!

:thumbsup:

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LiberalFighter

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Sun Jan-20-08 05:09 PM
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3. Favre is another factor.

His wife Deanna is another factor. I can't think of another spouse of a player having that much face time or any face time in the public eye.

There are pockets of people that hate the Packers. But overall I would say they have a high opinion of them.

NOW should the Packers and Patriots make it to the Super Bowl I feel that most people will want the Packers to win but believe that the Patriots will win.

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