Aug 21st 2008 12:28PM by Tom Mantzouranis (author feed)
Filed under: Jets, Giants, NFL FansOnce the assorted Giants and Jets fans enter the Stadium on Saturday night for the two teams’ preseason game, their rooting interests will be fractured in two. Outside the stadium before the game, however, blue and green will harmoniously blend into one distinct shade of rebellion.

Steve Kern, a Jets season ticket holder, has organized a pre-game protest rally at one of the stadium’s entrances for fans of both teams to bemoan the personal seat licenses that are being foisted upon them when the new stadium for both clubs opens in a couple of years.
“What bothers me is that you aren’t really getting perks beyond what you currently get as a season-ticket holder,” said Kern, 44, who goes to each Jets home game with one of his three sons. So Kern has proposed alternatives, including limiting PSLs only to the most expensive seats; a five-year freeze on season ticket prices, and allowing small coolers to be brought into the stadium.
All great ideas, all sure to be ignored. The teams don’t care what what these dissenters think, because they can just dip into their well of waitlisted season ticket applicants and find people to pay the personal seat license fee, despite the fact that they’re absurdly priced and exist without any benefit to the holder.

Still, in this day and age the only time people stray from passivity is when they’re speaking their mind through their fingertips. So I applaud Kern for his efforts. It may or may not make a difference, but Kern and co. will have made some noise. And in the end, that’s victory enough.