Gifts sports teams should actually give season ticket holders
By Josh Sanchez
On Thursday night, we got to see the Los Angeles Kings’ gift to season ticket holders for the upcoming season.
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After winning the Stanley Cup to bring an end to the previous season, the Kings sent tubes of ice/water from the Stanley Cup Finals playing surface in a fancy box that came along with their tickets.
It is a great, unique gift for the fans, but it got all of us here on FanSided thinking.
What should teams actually give to their fans?
At times you can get a team branded drawstring backpack, pens or a brand new personalized Nike jersey (if you were one of the lucky Kansas City Chiefs fans when Nike took over as the NFL’s uniform provider), but let’s face it: a lot of the gifts are underwhelming considering the amount of money you invest in your future disappointment.
So what would happen if teams would provide gifts to their fans that accurately portray what will happen/what they should expect? Our FanSided leadership group came up with some brilliant ideas.
Let’s take a look at some of the gifts teams around the world of sports should provide for their season-ticket holders.
Kansas City Chiefs: X-rays from all of your favorite players and a book of coupons signed by cheap-ass Clark Hunt.
Cleveland Indians: Mushed up hot dogs the entire team choked on.
New York Yankees: Derek Jeter Walk of Shame gift baskets and fans with blades made of Jeter bat wood (for the hot days).
Indiana Pacers: Paul George shin fragments and bottled-up pieces of Roy Hibbert’s soul.
Phoenix Suns: Robert Horry voodoo dolls.
Dallas Cowboys: A box full of empty hopes and promises, sealed with tears, and swatches of the draft card Jerry Jones was going to turn in to select Johnny Manziel until he was physically restrained.
San Jose Sharks: Step-by-step guide to performing the Heimlich maneuver.
Oakland Raiders: “Get out of jail free” cards from monopoly
Miami Heat: Dinosaur bones and fossils Chris Bosh collected ever since his time back in the Mesozoic Era. That and The Official Dwyane Wade Guide to Spelling a Perfectly Normal Name Funky.
Oklahoma City Thunder: Copies of Sleepless in Seattle, signed by Meg Ryan and KD.
Florida State Seminoles: Mystery Publix gift cards. One in five WINS free crab legs!
Atlanta Braves: Atlanta Hawks tickets.
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