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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:16 PM
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For Redskins Fans, Hard Luck Runs Into Team's Hard Line
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 06:16 PM by AsahinaKimi
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 3, 2009

It would be hard to find a more loyal fan of the Washington Redskins than real estate agent Pat Hill. She's had season tickets since the early 1960s, when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy.

In the hallway of her modest home south of Alexandria, the 72-year-old grandmother points out the burgundy-and-gold Redskins hook rug she made. In her bedroom, she shows off the pennants from two Redskins Super Bowl games she attended, and she opens a music box on her dresser that plays "Hail to the Redskins."

Now, Hill says, her beloved Redskins are forcing her into bankruptcy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203887.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:21 PM
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1. Wow, that is messed up.
I understand she has a contract with them, but I am dismayed by the lack of compassion.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:04 PM
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2. When corporations were awarded personhood, they were not required to
actually have compassion ... so it shouldn't come as a surprise that they lack in it ...
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:13 PM
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3. Well, I WAS a fan until I read that. n/t
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