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@Blair Kiel posted:

Very few of you know this, but Henry has a very heavy Yiddish accent.

I'm not judging...I'm just giving you something to use to hear his voice the next time you read one of his posts.

I read all his stuff with Morgan Freeman's voice.

Florio on Packer stock, may surprise some.

And even though the shares cost $300 each, they are “involuntarily redeemable” at $0.025 per share, if the Board of Directors learns that the shareholder cannot be located after at least five years since last contact with the corporation.

But here’s the kicker. The clause that caused me to think twice about buying a share — even though I’m ready to do so, after securing all appropriate approvals from Mrs. PFT for spending $300 (plus a $35 “handling fee”) for a piece of paper to be framed on the wall in the PFT barn.

“The NFL Rules prohibit conduct by shareholders of NFL member clubs that is detrimental to the NFL, including, among other things, . . . publicly criticizing any NFL member club or its management, employees or coaches or any football official employed by the NFL,” the offering document explains. “If the Commissioner of the NFL (the ‘Commissioner’) decides that a shareholder of an NFL member club has been guilty of conduct detrimental to the welfare of the NFL then, among other things, the Commissioner has the authority to fine such shareholder up to $500,000 and/or require such shareholder to sell his or her stock.”

It would be fun (or maybe another word) to chronicle the efforts of the Commissioner to potentially fining me up to $500,000 for criticizing Roger Goodell or Jeff Pash or any specific owners or teams or officials or coaches or whatever. It also would be fun to see them try to collect the money.

@bvan posted:

Who of us owners has the power to block Florio's purchase?

This is the worst part.
Being the selfish bastard I am, I always wanted stock limited to real fans, or citizens of Green Bay, as opposed to any butt-head willing to fork over the cash.
I recall during the 2011 sale, TOG appeared on the FOX pregame show, and gave shares to Bradshaw, Strahan, Long, and others.
Gimme a break.

@Timmy! posted:

This is the worst part.
Being the selfish bastard I am, I always wanted stock limited to real fans, or citizens of Green Bay, as opposed to any butt-head willing to fork over the cash.
I recall during the 2011 sale, TOG appeared on the FOX pregame show, and gave shares to Bradshaw, Strahan, Long, and others.
Gimme a break.

Sounds like you've attended a seminar hosted by @Blair Kiel

"Navigating A World Populated with Those People™ "

@Fedya posted:

Wasn't that during the 97 sale, Timmy?

I really don't know, Fedya.
I was thinking it was after he retired, so I figured it had to be 2011. Otherwise, he couldn't be on a pregame show during the season, unless it was a bye week.

I have one share ....of course I had it framed and in my office, but the best part is that when talking football with people I can always stop in mid-sentence when I refer to the Packers as "we" and tell them ..."I can say that because I am an owner". Most of them get the sarcasm.

The Green Bay Packers have sold more than $41 million worth of stock in just over a week into their sixth stock offering in franchise history. The team said Wednesday it had sold more than 138,000 shares of stock, at $300 a share. The NFL’s only community-owned club last offered stock 10 years ago. WLUK-TV reports that more than half of the 300,000 shares being offered remain available. The stock sale is set to run until Feb. 25, unless all available shares are sold before that. Packers leaders say they will use the money to fund upgrades to Lambeau Field, including new video boards.

https://www.wxow.com/news/pack...00-676d55a3f738.html

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