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Anybody here about this? I mean if you feel so holy then don't buy the ticket, it's that simple.
http://www.nydailynews.co..._fans_jolt_jets_nfl.html
[h1]Jewish fans jolt Jets, NFL[/h1]
BY Gary Myers
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Thursday, April 16th 2009, 8:22 AM
The Jets called the NFL office Wednesday tocomplain about their first two home games of the 2009 season being scheduled for Rosh Hashanah and then hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the two holiestholidays in the Jewish calendar.
"The Jets are hearing from their fans," said Howard Katz, theNFL's senior VP of broadcasting, who oversees the creation of the schedule. "There was miscommunication between the Jets and the NFL office, for whichI take full responsibility. All we can continue to do is look and see if there is a solution to this."
The Giants requested the NFL put them on the road Sept. 20 and Sept.27, the second and third weeks of the season. Apparently, the Jets also requested not to play at home on those days, but the message did not get through, Katzsaid. As a result, unless the league does some juggling, Jets ticket holders who observe the holidays will not be able to attend 25% of the team's homegames. New York has the largest Jewish community in the country.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed this year from sundown on Friday, Sept. 18 until sundown on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Jets are scheduled to playthe Patriots at 1 p.m. on Sept. 20 in their home opener.
Because of construction of the new stadium at the Meadowlands and the lack of parking, the league is precluded from scheduling any Monday or Thursday nightgames. An exception was made last year for the Giants' Thursday opener against the ********.
Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, officially begins at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 27. The Giants are playing in Tampa at 1p.m. and the Jets are home against the Titans at 4:15 p.m.
The logical solution would have been to put the Jets in the early game and the Giants in the late afternoon game, giving Jets fans time to get home beforethe start of Yom Kippur.
http://www.nydailynews.co..._fans_jolt_jets_nfl.html
[h1]Jewish fans jolt Jets, NFL[/h1]
BY Gary Myers
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Thursday, April 16th 2009, 8:22 AM
The Jets called the NFL office Wednesday tocomplain about their first two home games of the 2009 season being scheduled for Rosh Hashanah and then hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the two holiestholidays in the Jewish calendar.
"The Jets are hearing from their fans," said Howard Katz, theNFL's senior VP of broadcasting, who oversees the creation of the schedule. "There was miscommunication between the Jets and the NFL office, for whichI take full responsibility. All we can continue to do is look and see if there is a solution to this."
The Giants requested the NFL put them on the road Sept. 20 and Sept.27, the second and third weeks of the season. Apparently, the Jets also requested not to play at home on those days, but the message did not get through, Katzsaid. As a result, unless the league does some juggling, Jets ticket holders who observe the holidays will not be able to attend 25% of the team's homegames. New York has the largest Jewish community in the country.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed this year from sundown on Friday, Sept. 18 until sundown on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Jets are scheduled to playthe Patriots at 1 p.m. on Sept. 20 in their home opener.
Because of construction of the new stadium at the Meadowlands and the lack of parking, the league is precluded from scheduling any Monday or Thursday nightgames. An exception was made last year for the Giants' Thursday opener against the ********.
Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, officially begins at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 27. The Giants are playing in Tampa at 1p.m. and the Jets are home against the Titans at 4:15 p.m.
The logical solution would have been to put the Jets in the early game and the Giants in the late afternoon game, giving Jets fans time to get home beforethe start of Yom Kippur.