Monthly Archives: June 2008
In the New York Post, Phil Mushnick slams the Giants and Jets over their new policy in the upcoming stadium requiring season ticket holders to purchase personal seat licenses.
Mushnick writes
Imagine if the Jets and Giants were told they had to pay a personal seat license. That in addition to paying to install 82,000 seats in their new ballpark, they had to pay an additional fee on all 82,000 of them in order not to have them removed next season. They would laugh in the faces of the extortionists, maybe even call the cops.
Of course, though, they would never have to confront such an outrage, the kind they’re presenting as a pay-or-get-lost option to their steadiest customers.
Over 90 percent of the upper level seats will have a $1,000 PSL. Less than 5,000 seats in the lower level will have a $20,000 PSL, which will be the most expensive PSL at the new stadium. The pricing of the PSLs for the other seats in the new stadium has not been finalized.
Hat tip to Harald for the news.
The Giants have announced their signing of right guard Chris Snee to a six-year contract extension.
“I am just happy to have it done before the season and really just have peace of mind and not worry about it and go out and play,” Snee said. “I had faith that it would be done.”
Snee, son-in-law of coach Tom Coughlin, has been a Giant his entire five year career, after being signed in the second round of the 2004 draft. Left guard Rich Seubert and left tackle David Diehl recently signed contract extensions with the Giants as well. The Giants offensive line was credited with being one of the main factors for their championship season. Locking in Snee, Seubert, Diehl along with center Shaun O’Hara and right tackle Kareem McKenzie ensures that the Giants will continue to carry that competitive advantage into the forseeable future.
“We are very pleased to get Chris extended,” general manager Jerry Reese said. “He has been a tremendous player and person for us since day one. It’s also very important to keep our offensive line intact.”
Snee spoke about the importance of chemistry among the fraternity of Giants linemen.
“We have spoken so much about how well we play together and the importance of continuity,” Snee said. “We feel like we’re the core group of the offense – that is where we feel like it starts. To keep this group together for as long as we can is important.”
Snee has started all 59 regular season and six postseason games as a Giant. He has 48 consecutive regular season starts, the third-longest streak on the team behind David Diehl (80) and Eli Manning (55).
Snee and his offensive line carried the Giants to finish fourth in the NFL in rushing yardage with an average of 134.3 yards a game.
Snee hopes to remain a Giant his entire career, which this deal likely ensures.
“That would be great,” he said. “That is what I told myself the day I came in. As I saw the roster changing so frequently, I started to think, ‘Maybe it is not as 100 percent as I thought.’ But this certainly is a great step in that direction.”
Neil Best of Newsday is reporting that Giants radio play-by-play announcer Bob Papa will be taking over
for Bryant Gumbel in calling Thursday night NFL Network games.
Best reports that the new gig will not interfere with Papa’s Giants work or his boxing duties at HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
According to Ernie Palladino of the Giants Journal, the Giants Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots will be celebrated this weekend at State Fair Meadowlands at Giants Stadium fairgrounds in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Any fans who attend can receive a tour of the New Meadowlands for $10, with all proceeds donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The fair will open at 2 p.m. and closes at 2 a.m.
To see daily updated photos of the progress at the New Meadowlands, click here.
Michael Eisen of Giants.com reports that the team has waived five players, including backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen.
The others were first-year players: Wide receiver Todd Lowber, long snapper Nick Leeson, defensive tackle Brian Soi and offensive lineman Jacobs Hobbs.
This leaves the Giants with 81 players including six unsigned draft choices.
Lorenzen was signed in 2004 and played in four regular season games and one postseason game. He threw a total of eight passes and completed four for 28 yards while with the Giants.
SNY Sportsnite catches up with former Giants defensive end George Martin, who has walked cross country to raise money for those affected by 9/11.
Giants 101 lists the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Giants mini camp, and reports that rookie Mario Manningham is not making many friends early on.
“The rookie wideout who has the New York media buzzing was unimpressive at his first mini camp. Manningham had trouble tracking down several deep balls (which is supposed to be his strength) and was not on the field when he was supposed to be several times during practice. The coaches were heard yelling at him several times, and he ran a few incorrect routes. This happens with rookies, however I would much rather be hearing he is catching deep homerun balls than this report.”
Lets hope this is rookie growing pains and not Manningham becoming a real pain in the neck.
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