If you're going to the Game Thursday

gumby73

Your Referee assignments are in, and Browns/Redskins draw Head ref Ron Torbert- a 10 yr. nfl ref from Mich.St. a attorney..Mrs Sarah Thomas is your down judge(Duke vs Skins "i recovered my own fumble Sarah") & your Umpire is in his first season as a ref Terry Killens a former NFL player from Penn State..Post Injury report--Avery(ankle)/Garrett(knee)/Ogun(groin)/Richardson(abdomien)/D.Ward(leg tweak)/K.Kalis(stinger). 4 concussions=Devalve,D.Harris,A.Taylor,B.Price..4 Hammy's=Duke,Ratley,T.Thomas,Vernon.. official injury update =1 hour before gametime

PoeticG

If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

Dutch Oven

@poeticg said:

If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be.

hoorta

@diehardbrownsfan said:

So Pisspuke still uses tickets?

No, but just watch the fun in steel town. Golly gee, how the hail does you use this smartphone contraption?

Here's the deal. Electronic ticketing was mandated league wide this year by the NFL because of rampant counterfeiting. If you're a crook, easy peasy to buy a print a ticket at home, and make 10 copies of it, right? First person at the gate gets in, and everyone else who got scammed is screwed. As I said earlier, for all practical purposes the new interactive electronic tickets can't be duplicated. Screen shots won't work because the barcode formats change frequently. I was pretty amazed looking at one of the tickets and seeing the pattern actually change.

FWIW, talking with the Browns ticket rep, they held out as long as they could, until the league forced their hand. Many of the other teams had already gone electronic last season, and the league made it universal this year.

hoorta

@dutch-oven said:

Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be.

Career backup, spot starter. A nice path to financial security if you hang around long enough.

medicineman

Colt is out for season if I read that right or at least a while, broken leg maybe?

Nero

@dutch-oven said:

Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be.

One of the chosen few to be backup QBs... All hail our heroes.

hoorta

@medicineman said:

Colt is out for season if I read that right or at least a while, broken leg maybe?

That was last year.... Ditto that for Alex Smith.... Smith's leg was shattered so badly, he's not even going to play this year.

Icecube

@dutch-oven said:

Such a pain in the ass, been dealing with this nonsense for Indians games this season.

It's BS. F the league for pushing this.

The Gipper

I assume that one of the purposes of this is in order to eliminate scalpers....at least those who do not give the team or NFL a part of the "cut".

Can I assume that part of the "over the face value" price of tickets sold on some of these "official" secondary sales sites has to be paid over to the team/league?

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

1) I assume that one of the purposes of this is in order to eliminate scalpers....at least those who do not give the team or NFL a part of the "cut".

2) Can I assume that part of the "over the face value" price of tickets sold on some of these "official" secondary sales sites has to be paid over to the team/league?

1) Yes Gip, scalpers are essentially out of business. Would you trust a guy out on the street to email you a ticket after you forked over some money? Or- when I see the ticket on my phone I'll pay you? I pointed out- the reason for going electronic was to stop unauthorized ticket duplication.

2) Nope. It's your ticket, to do with as you please. StubHub et al take a percentage cut of the selling price, but the rest of the profit- or loss is yours. Seats in my section have increased 1,000% this year since 0-16 happened on the secondary market. Classic supply and demand. The supply is fixed, the demand is WAY up. I might be sorely tempted- but I won't do it. Should the Browns make the playoffs, I'm predicting I could sell off one playoff game- and that would pay for my 2020 season tickets.

PS damn fewer Redskins fans hanging out in my section, now that they had to pay through the nose to sit there.

ballpeen

@hoorta said:

This is un American- forcing someone to buy a smartphone just to go to a NFL game....

YOUR PHONE IS YOUR TICKET

Actually, there is a way around this if you're the account holder of record and go to the stadium ticket office. And don't let the battery die on your phone either before you get to the Gate. You listening Zombo? They had damn well better put multiple charging stations outside the stadium as good customer service if they want to have fans put up with this crap.

Yeah I understand- they just made counterfeiting tickets a lot harder. May have just about put street scalpers out of business too. I for one wouldn't trust 'em as far as I could throw 'em anymore. But I'm going to bet some tech smarty will soon be able to figure out a way to create a ticket that will fool the folks at the gate. Just like that kid Warriors fan who bought a rafters ticket to get into Oracle, and then turned it into a court side seat.

And some type of cover over where they scan. I can see a problem if it is pouring rain.

hoorta

@ballpeen said:

And some type of cover over where they scan. I can see a problem if it is pouring rain.

Thanks for pointing that out 'Peen. Hadn't thought about that. Had an issue with the bike in a rain storm a month ago, and couldn't even "swipe up" to turn the phone on.

hoorta

Should point out, not only did ticket prices go up, city of Cleveland is doing some serious profiteering too. They're charging $40 bucks for the Burke lot this year- ouch. If I hadn't previously committed to Steve and the Gnats Tailgaters, I would have looked elsewhere to park. Splitting that with the nephew, it was still $20 bucks. No wonder folks are staying home to watch the game on TV.