Philadelphia sports radio director starts petition to ban professional sports in Denver due to elevation

[Denver Native (Carol)]

What a JERK


A week removed from the Philadelphia 76ers’ second-half collapse in a 100-97 loss to the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver, a Philadelphia sports radio director is taking action.

Spike Eskin of WIP radio, who suggested Denver teams shouldn’t be allowed to have home games because of the city’s elevation during a Twitter rant last Friday, has now started a petition on change.org to do just that.

Titled “Ban Professional Sports In Denver,” the petition states that Denver’s mile-high elevation “creates an unfair advantage for the home team.”

“As has been public knowledge for a long time, athletes who travel to Denver who do not have the proper amount of time for their bodies to adjust, have trouble breathing when performing. A person from a cold weather climate participating in hot weather, that’s tough. A person from sea level competing in Denver, that’s cheating,” the petition reads. “We propose that all professional sports move teams out of Denver, so we can have fair outcomes for the sports we all care so much about.”

rest - https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/15/denver-professional-sports-ban-petition/

[Magnificent Seven]

We should start creating a new petition to ban professional sports in Philadelphia due to chilly weather and annoying Philly fans!

[Denver Native (Carol)]

From article - loved the following:

If you’re worried Mr. Eskin might be starting a movement, know this: As of 2:41 p.m. MST, the petition had been signed by 121 people.

AND

In response, Denverite staff have launched a petition to raise Denver’s stadiums 1,000 feet.

[Hawgdriver]

You took this a bit personal, huh Carol?

[MNPatsFan]

We should start creating a new petition to ban professional sports in Philadelphia due to chilly weather and a**h***, thuggish Philly fans!Fixed your post for you.:D

[MNPatsFan]

What a JERK



rest - https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/15/denver-professional-sports-ban-petition/What a joke. Can you say a poor sport and sore loser!:tsk:

[Poet]

It's a cute way to get attention.

[BroncoWave]

It's a cute way to get attention.

This. It's a local sports talk radio show doing a stunt for attention.

[Cugel]

What we should do in response is turn the visiting team locker room into a hyperbaric chamber and lower the atmospheric pressure inside till its equivalent of about 14,000 feet like the top of Longs Peak. That would give them something to complain about! :vollkommenauf:

[Valar Morghulis]

It’s no different to those who say a London franchise would have an unfair advantage in the playoffs

FTR I don’t agree with either

FTR I don’t agree with a London franchise either

[OrangeHoof]

Wait. He didn't mean Cleveland?

If the altitude is such an unfair advantage, why are the Broncos 5-8 at home in the past 2 years?

[OrangeHoof]

It’s no different to those who say a London franchise would have an unfair advantage in the playoffs

It's true. Forcing teams to go ten meters to pick up a first down is an unfair advantage. :P

[dogfish]

:lol: