It's pathetic that Brett is getting the blunt of this, when every single Packer fans knows it's the organization. Ted Thompson is a washed up, old man that needs help going to the bathroom. As proof, here are several things that need to be kept in mind.
Ted refused to purchase and quality player in 10 years.
Ted, Bob Harlan, and company is believed as pocketing money under the table, and evident in the Packers players salaries. For the last 10 years, the Packers have the lowest payroll they are playing players so where is all the money generated going? So the Packers never make money on merchandise, logo, broadcast rights, indoresments, etc? If this money is not going into purchasing players, nor to the players salaries, where is being funneled? Fans have a right to know...
Ted and Bob Harlan doesn't care one bit about it's fans and openly says this to it's fans, and can be proven when you read his press releases. Time and time again, he doesn't make any concern and throws his finger to it's fans. This was most evident when they at the Sold Out Draft Party inside Lambeau, that the fans boo'd Ted Thompson off the stage, wouldn't let him speak, and over 75% of the fans walked out on him. How more clearer can it be of the fans reaction and then tells the fans to take a hike, we don't know you anyways... With Bob and Ted not caring about the fans that they are suppose to keep happy, what infact is their personal agenda? It is evident it is NOT in any way in the teams best interest..
When players are past their prime, individuals such as Ted and Bob have the right to retire or not renew contracts, yet when individuals have a proven record over the last years that their judgement and logic has proven they are not at the top of their game anymore, who fires them? NO ONE! Sooner or later every single person has a decline in judgement, and the case we have here is that this organization has reached a point where they can not make quality decisions, how can these individuals get kicked out of their positions? THEY CAN'T! So as you can see, they can NOT do any wrong, yet the players, it's fans that boo's Ted Thompson out of the Lambeau Artum and use people do not own the team, and it's run as a DICTATORSHIP by Ted Thompson and Bob Harlan. These individuals are judge, jury, and policemen and have 110% control of the team, so their are no checks and balances in play; only their "Trust". Why don't they only get appointed 3 or 4 year contracts so they are not in a position like we have now that they have 110% control over the Packers, the supposed public team.
Ted and Bob Harlan don't care one bit about all the accomplishments Brett has accomplished and Brett has no right to ask for "Qualty" players or demand anything from this current organization. Brett will be remember in NFL history, when infact, Ted Thompson and Bob Harlan will NEVER EVER be in any history books, exact being known as jokes that ran the Packers into the ground.
Ted & Bob Harlan hired top CEO's that have a financial interest in stocks to manage the the team, and if they can run the team into the ground. These 6 Executive Committee members at the present time own 48% of all the Packers shareholders stock and do have a financial "Conflict Of Interest" where their motives are for personal gain and not in the best interest of the team. If you investigate into who actually owns what stock, you will uncover this. Also, board members openly are offering to buy and have first pickings of buying back stocks for their personall finanical gain to continue to control the team. Why else would Bob Harlan actually hire these individuals unless he knowingly knows that control the majority of the shares that have been offered on the market? Also, one individual that owns a major food chain in the Midwest also has exclusive rights to sell only their food, so having an additional side contract questions the movitives of board members. Board members combined have about 1 BILLION DOLLARS of asset's and this these are the reasons that these board members have been appointed to run the team. If they can run the team into the ground, they will look like the cowboys in WHITE hats to save the day, when infact, they are the BLACK hat cowboys running the team into the ground. City, County, and State contracts are being broken, misinformation if being passed on, and need a thorough investigation by an independent company; not like now as they currently have alwasy been keeping it "IN HOUSE" so they can manipulate the figures.
If you investigate and do some researching, they have a seperate contract to sell all the best seats in the house to their "official" ticket agency under the table. Over the last several years, they have been approached by several median inquiries about this and them splitting the markup value and pocketing this profit, which was said goes directly into the front office pockets for pure financial gain.
Within the Packer organization, they have hired many board member family and friends, which has been said as holding about 25% of the positions within the organization, based strictly on them having "connections" without any background or competition for positions.
This organization also seem to not want to post or make available to several media outlets when requested, it's financial records for review. This alone also questions why they do not want anyone to see their books and numbers. As a "supposed" Public team, this should be a matter of open record, yet Ted, Bob, and the entire organization does not provide these to the media that has asked to review them. What are they hiding?
So after years of non productivity of the Packer inner office and management is making a spin through the media that it's all Brett's fault when infact they can not show proven accomplished since winning the last Super Bowl! Anyone that thinks other then this has NOT done any investigating into when the actual accomplishment (or non accomplishments) Ted T and Bob Harlan have done over the last
It's a shame that the Packers now are know to turn their backs on it's fans. How more clearly can it be that this organization is past it's prime and now have taken this team as their own personal quest to run it like ####.
So Brett is the scapegoat for Ted and Bob to push the blame off to. Over the years take an honest look back and you only see Ted and Bob cut down every single player and get rid of them because they don't FIT in their team and how they FIT into the agenda? It's strickly Bob and Ted are the only ones that seem to make any sense in their own small world. So now they went thru everyone and now they are at the end of their own rope and blaming Brett. In NFL history, Brett will be remembered forever, and I believe Ted and Bob are jealous of Brett, yet they are the ones to blame.
If they were real men, they would step back and atleast "Consider" they are the problem within the organization, not Brett. But their ego's and their heads are so big by all their family and friends that get free tickets and kickbacks other Packer fans never get, keeps them believing it's everyone else and they can do no wrong. Ted and Bob are treated as mythological gods within the organization, yet they are willing to brush Brett off, who single handedly made the Packers great over the last years?
Fans are the ones that buy Packer products and generate the money for the team, and when openly tell the media in press conferences that they don't need the fans, it's what we have here. There are many underhanded things going on within this organization that it needs to be investigated by the NFL, and more importantly, the city, county and state to see they are cooking the books for financial gain. Anyone wanting to ensure the success of the team should not have a financial interest in the team in any manner, yet here, we have numerous board members that double dip and one triple dip for personal financial gain.
Ted Thompson is a piece of #### plain and simple, you cant do one little thing for favre. thompson is a joke and when i read something on foxsports by some adam s or some big writer for this site about how ted thompson should be applauded i nearly flipped
I am from Wisconsin and I must say you really did your homework. I agree that Ted should go and Brett only wants to get this team going again and go out on top with alittle more help.
You can't win an argument with Steeler and his clique. Nice try. Nevermind him, he will be all over the place. Stick with what you know and write it. I'll be paying closer attention in the fall when the Falcons #### it up.
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