Live in Florida? You can see the Panthers for free
October 11th, 2008
No one cares about the Florida Panthers. Hell, only like three guys that play for the team probably do. But times are tough, economy-wise, so the Panthers organization has a solution: go to a game for free.
The Panthers, apparently courtesy of president and COO Michael Yormark, will give out 500 free tickets per game to anyone with a Florida driver’s license. All you have to do is register on the site, print out the e-mail they send you, and bring the e-mail to the game. Free tickets!
Want TWO free tickets? That’s fine too! And it’s not like these are even bad games. Look at some of the teams you can see. The Sharks, Sens, Bolts, Red Wings, ‘Canes, Devils or Rangers will all be in town before the end of November, and you can see them all for zero dollars. Pretty sweet.
But wait, illegal aliens, the Panthers thought of you too! Even if you DON’T have a Florida license, if you leave your information and answer a few questions, someone from the Panthers will call you about getting you down to Sunrise for a game too.
The fine print is great too. “Program will remain in effect until everyone in Florida experiences the excitement of a Panthers game at least once.” Ambitious.
Oh and speaking of the Panthers, Bryan McCabe may have broken his back. That didn’t take long.
We’re now something like 26 days out from the start of the NHL season so I figure this is as good a time as any to start doing the season previews. This is mainly for two reasons: 1) I am lazy and there’s no way I’ll do one of these every day, and 2) This is early enough that if I just stop doing them entirely you’ll have forgotten by October anyway. Oh and I guess also to show off my near-infinite knowledge of the National Hockey League. I’ll be previewing the teams in reverse order of finish in the 2007-08 season. Please note, though, that this is the opinion of one man, however smart and handsome he may be.



