Moscow on the Potomac

Dan Snyder says: "Hand over your wallet and shut the hell up!"

Dan Steinberg has apparently made it his mission to draw people's attention to Dan Snyder's policy of preventing fans at Redskins games from doing anything other than cheering for his awful team and consuming his overpriced food and drink. It's a good mission to have and Steinberg is getting some good stuff. The Redskins have banned all signs at the stadium, though team officials can't agree on when the ban went into effect. Even a sign written by a woman to say 'hello' to her husband in Afghanistan was banned from the stadium. Team officials say this is for safety, of course -- I must have missed out on that rash of sign-related impalings in recent years -- and to allow each fan a clear view of the action on the field -- no matter how painful it may be to watch that action. Here is Redskins General Counsel David Donovan on the Mike Wise show:

"We DO have a prohibition against signs and banners in the stadium, and we don't care what they say, we take 'em down," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said in a truly gripping interview on 106.7 The Fan's Mike Wise Show Tuesday afternoon.  "They get in the way of other people viewing the game, and people get poked in the head. That stuff happens. We have an absolute prohibition. We don't care what [the signs] say."

In a stadium filled with angry drunk people, I rather doubt cardboard signs and t-shirts are the greatest danger to public safety. They are, however, a danger to Dan Snyder's self-regard. Steinberg has a long list of signs and clothing [complete with photos] that were confiscated or turned away by stadium security. Some signs have been destroyed. Have a look at some of the signs the Redskins are worried will put someone's eye out if they're not careful.

http://dcprosportsreport.com/2009/10/28/moscow-on-the-potomac.html