Change to FedEx Field banner policy,(No paper bags allowed either).

[mtyquinn]

The redskins changed their policy on fan signage as of this morning and banned all signs.

I checked the FedEx Field policies last night and it said that banners were permitted but they could not be attached to the stadium itself or be mounted on poles.

Today when we went through security they told us all signs are banned and made us throw them out.

I had a sign that said "Love the Redskins, Hate the owner" and I also handed out over 100 small signs with Snyders picture with a circle and red slash through it out in the Green Lot F41.

It seems to me that they changed this policy in order to avoid bad PR.

The 1st step of any dictatorship when it feels threatened is to restrict free speech

[Madison Redskin]

Can I come to your house and put up a banner that says that your house is nice but you suck? Because if you won't let me, you're infringing on my 1st Amendment rights.

[Farbod21]

Originally Posted by mtyquinn

The 1st step of any dictatorship when it feels threatened is to restrict free speech

You are on private property man, its like going to someones house and saying you have free speech in his living room. If you wanna hold a sign, sit on the sidewalk.

[Metskins]

Oh please, you guys are going to defend this BS? This isn't his HOUSE. It's a stadium, where 90K people go to root and express their opinions. How would you feel if they told you to stop booing?

[Darth Tater]

Originally Posted by mtyquinn

The redskins changed their policy on fan signage as of this morning and banned all signs.

I checked the FedEx Field policies last night and it said that banners were permitted but they could not be attached to the stadium itself or be mounted on poles.

Today when we went through security they told us all signs are banned and made us throw them out.

I had a sign that said "Love the Redskins, Hate the owner" and I also handed out over 100 small signs with Snyders picture with a circle and red slash through out in the Green Lot F41.

It seems to me that they changed this policy in order to avoid bad PR.

The 1st step of any dictatorship when it feels threatened is to restrict free speech

How does a Fed Ex banning policy have anything to do with the first amendment?

[SkinInsite]

It's my 1st Amendment right to say this thread sucks.

[SkinsGuy]

The first amendment only protects you from government censure.

Snyder is not the government.

[Outlaw Torn]

I dont think that many people pay attention to signs in the stadium anyway unless they say FOX or somethin lol

[dreamshatterer]

Idea, bring a sharpie with you next time and add the "Hate the owner" part after u are at your seat.

[Outlaw Torn]

Originally Posted by SkinInsite

It's my 1st Amendment right to say this thread sucks.

[skinsfan_1215]

Originally Posted by SkinsGuy

The first amendment only protects you from government censure.

Snyder is not the government.

But, but... they's my rights...

[askounes]

Originally Posted by Madison Redskin

Can I come to your house and put up a banner that says that your house is nice but you suck? Because if you won't let me, you're infringing on my 1st Amendment rights.

If you pay me $150 to get in my front door, and give me $10 for a beer and $13 for a sandwich you can call me anything you like. Oh, and you have to park a mile from my house as well.

[HailGreen28]

They have the right to do so.

But anybody wanna disagree with the fact that Snyder is a gutless coward now?

[GhostofSparta]

Let's see, first amendment, first amendment.....ah, here it is.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

So I know I've lived in PA for the last year or so, but when did Dan Snyder join Congress? Otherwise it's not a first amendment violation, it's just an somebody doing what anybody who has private property has the right to do.

[MurrayH81]

ROFL, did you honestly believe Danny boy was going to let the fans rank on him?

If fans start wearing Dan Snyder Sucks t-shirts to games, they undoubtedly will make you buy a shirt to cover it up.

Heck, he will probably over-ride any negative chanting directed towards him with enough stadium sound to draw a penalty if it comes to that as well.