A reader comment included in
Deadspin's "Why Your Team Sucks" Panthers edition:
A friend bought PSLs a few years ago before we drafted Cam Newton, and
in his frustration at the high price of watching a shit team, emailed
the Panthers front office to vent. Somehow, someway Ol' Jerry (Panthers owner Jerry Richardson) found
about the email and called him. Did he call to save "have hope" or
"things will get better"? No. He called to tell my friend to stop
complaining and be grateful that Charlotte has an NFL team. He then
preceded to degrade him for about 2 minutes and threaten to take his
PSLs WITHOUT a refund, then abruptly hung up on my friend. I wish I was
making this up.
Just some cursory googling
points to it being at least plausible.
But Richardson and Panthers President Danny Morrison -- along with
several other team employees -- have been "calling on individual fans
who have complained about the team by sending a 'feedback' e-mail to the
Panthers website." Several of those fans have said that they are
"impressed with the personal touch."
Still, "Shut up and be grateful for your PSL privilege" isn't the most impressive personal touch.
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