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WAUWATOSA—The call from Monday night’s game is prompting some Packers fans to call for an NFL boycott. Patti Wetzel came up with the idea and has been using social media to spread the word.
"Next Thursday through Monday we don't anyone watching the NFL, we don't want anyone going to the games," Wetzel said.
Wetzel and others turned to Facebook, creating an event they hope will catch on across the country.
"This is not just disgruntled Packer fans or disgruntled people in Wisconsin,” she said. “This is all over the country because everyone has been on the receiving end of these bad calls and bad officiating."
Wetzel hopes the boycott message spreads from the Wisconsin restaurant where she works to NFL fans everywhere, who just like her, have had enough.
Packers Calling For NFL Boycott - www.nbc26.com
I know some of you believe it's not going to make a big deal, and it won't have a long lasting effect. But I bet many also didn't expect 70,000 of us to pick up the phones at midnight on monday night, and made calls to the NFL last night, but we did. So at least a part of us, are not quite as complacent as some would say we are. The Packers are not the only team that got screwed over this past weekend. We did as well and our coach is in talks of being fined or suspended for simply trying to give us and his team an explanation. Regardless of what this franchise may have been accused of in the past, here is your chance to prove that we, as fans, stand by having a clean, officiated game and we would much prefer it if none of this ever happened and do support a clean, competitive football game, win or lose. At the very least, it will put pressure on the media to not let this matter go and sweep it under the rug betting on our inability to focus on an event for more than a day and our short memories.
It's simple, here is your chance to stand up for what you are passionate about and what you really believe in. You have little to lose. Personally I am in. I can very easily control myself for one weekend. It's up to you. Just my two cents. Or you could sit by, do nothing, and cry about it on here next week when it happens again....
PS: And as a suggestion, for those of you that just can't get away from your crack, you could simply have a couple of guys on here keep up with the scores, drives, results, etc and post them on here for everyone to see. It helps a non official website out with some traffic, who believes in doing things the right way, and at the very least it puts pressure on TV ratings, the only people we can affect.