"Banner Day"

Champion Eagles Cheerleader Joe Banner highlights how out of touch he is to the attitude and response of season ticket holders to the news of an Eagles Thanksgiving night home game.  

 

Says Banner: “I think when people see it, they'll be fired up about it. It will fit perfectly. People will have their Thanksgiving dinner around one o'clock or four o'clock, and then a lot of people will head down to the game and a lot will be together with their families and watch the game. I just think it will be a great day."

 

What world is Banner living in? The game essentially precludes any kind of tailgating and will force most people to leave their holiday dinner tables by 6pm at the latest to navigate the game traffic to have any hope of getting to their seats by the 8pm kickoff.

 

Banner is correct that it will be great for most Eagles fans to watch the game that night. But for season ticket holders that are paying the freight for Lincoln Financial Field, the Thanksgiving game is a travesty wrapped in an outrage. This is exactly why it would have been preferable for the Eagles to have played a Thanksgiving game on the road.

 

That Banner can’t admit that, or the fact that it appears – once again - that Lurie was once again snookered by the league’s scheduling office, in this case into hosting this white elephant of a game, is a disgrace.