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Anchor:
ALL BETS ARE OFF FOR Redskins (web|news) SEASON TICKET HOLDERS.
SOME SEATS ARE BEING YANKED AND REASSIGNED THIS YEAR.
THAT'S GOT SOME LONG TIME FANS CRYING FOUL!
7 ON YOUR SIDE'S ROSS MCLAUGHLIN IS HERE WITH THAT STORY... ROSS?
Ross McLaughlin:
IT SEEMS THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GUARANTEED A SEAT A FEDEX STADIUM IS DANIEL SNYDER..THE TEAM'S OWNER. WHY? TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR CONTRACT..YOUR SEASON TICKETS "CAN BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON.
Story:
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK...EVEN IN THE OFFSEASON, THIS TOWN SPENDS LOTS OF MONEY ON THE REDSKINS.
Ralph Sanford/Redskin Season Ticket Holder: "That's exactly where the all money goes you know...on those things."
RALPH SANFORD IS NO EXCEPTION. HE'S PUMPED A SMALL FORTUNE INTO REDSKINS FOOTBALL.
Ralph Sanford: "Well over a hundred thousand dollars."
SINCE 1981...ON SEASON TICKETS, MEMORABILIA AND CONCESSIONS. A TRUE DIE HARD FAN. HIS REWARD? THIS LETTER. HIS SEATS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY.
Ralph Sanford/Redskin Season Ticket Holder: "They told me it wasn't any of my business why they were relocating me."
HE'S DEPRESSED, LET'S HIT THE ROAD BECAUSE HE'S NOT ALONE.
Ross: "You're the Mayor of Leonardtown."
Harry Norris/Redskins Season Ticket Holder: "I'm the Mayor of Leonardtown."
DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD YOUR TICKETS.
Harry Norris/Redskins Season Ticket Holder: "My Dad first bought the tickets in 1943 so our family has had the tickets for 65 years."
ANYONE ONE CAN BE MOVED AT ANY TIME.
Harry Norris/Redskins Season Ticket Holder: "The Redskins expect loyalty from their fans and I think the fans should expect loyalty in return."
HE SAYS HE'S NOT GETTING IT, AND NEITHER IS RALPH.
Ralph Sanford/Redskin Season Ticket Holder: "I have no idea where my seats are going to be."
YET THEY HAVE TO PAY IN ADVANCE. SO WHAT'S GOING ON? STRAIGHT TO ASHBURN VIRGINIA .
Ross: From 7 On Your Side.
TO THE REDSKINS CORPORATE OFFICE.
Will Norman/Redskins Public Relations: "Let me make copies and give this right back to you."
THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR FILES. A LITTLE LATER, HERE'S WHAT WE LEARN. THEIR SEATS ARE IN THESE LOWER SECTIONS OF FEDEX FIELD. THE REDSKINS SAY THEY'RE BEING RECONFIGURED FOR HANDICAPPED SEATING.
BUT THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER MITCHELL GERSHMAN ASSURES 7 ON YOUR SIDE QUOTE: "THE FANS BEING MOVED WILL GET SEATING IN THE SAME PROXIMITY EQUAL TO WHAT THEY HAVE AND I WILL PERSONALLY CALL THESE CUSTOMERS TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS." HE DOES.
Ralph Sanford/Redskin Season Ticket Holder: "I feel better."
Harry Norris/Redskins Season Ticket Holder: "Without 7 On Your Side, I certainly would not have reached Mr. Gershman."
AND NOW THEY CAN CONCENTRATE ON BEING FANS.
Ralph Sanford/Redskin Season Ticket Holder: "Go skins, 2009. Jim Zorn...good luck."
Ross McLaughlin:
THESE FANS WERE CONCERNED SOME OF THE SEATS WERE BEING TAKEN AWAY TO BE SOLD AT A HIGHER PRICES FOR THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB. WE WERE TOLD NO AND THAT ONLY A HANDFUL OF SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ARE AFFECTED BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL US HOW MANY.
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