This Packers fan spent $50,000 of his own money to travel to all 30 NFL stadiums in just 30 days. And he won the NFL’s most prestigious fan award because of it. ⬇️. 🧵1/12

When you consider concession revenue with an average per fan spend of $14.25, that’s another $843,000 the team is making off a 2.5-hour practice and some fireworks for a total of over $1.53 million. Now this is America’s team…. 8/8

The Packers only charge $10 per person to get in, and parking is only another $5, with all proceeds being donated to charity. This means that before anyone has even set foot inside the stadium, the team has collected over $700,000. 7/8

This event, which is called Packers' Family Night, has actually sold out over a dozen times in its 24-year history, and this year, 59,175 fans showed up to watch a glorified practice. 6/8

In order to give more fans a chance to experience football in Green Bay at an affordable price, starting in 2001, the team has opened up its stadium for one practice every summer. 5/8

For most football fans, one thing at the top of their bucket list is watching a game in Lambeau Field. It's why the Packers' season ticket waitlist is over 150,000 people and 50 years long, and why Lambeau Field was the 4th most expensive NFL stadium to attend last year. 4/8

In fact, when teams like the Chicago Bears have tried to open up their actual stadium to allow fans to watch them practice, they couldn’t even fill up one section. But the same can’t be said for America’s smallest market team. 3/8

It’s become common for NFL teams to open up their practices to fans. Attendance is usually free and held on practice fields that don’t hold more than a few thousand people. 2/8

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The Green Bay Packers make over $1.5 million every year from a single practice, but how is that even possible?. Let's break it down 👇. 🧵1/8

Even though fans and announcers said that the bright orange made the balls appear larger, and therefore easier to see, they were only used one more time that year before being retired for good. This guy was really the original Savannah Banana…. 9/9

After the game, hitters complained that they couldn’t pick up the spin of the ball because both the leather and the stitching had been dyed orange. However, pitchers proved to have the bigger complaint, claiming that the orange dye had made the balls impossible to grip. 8/9

Even though the game was expected to be a pitcher’s duel between two of the best arms in baseball, there ended up being a combined 27 hits and 16 total runs. 7/9

During a Spring Training game in 1973, he convinced the Cleveland Indians to use an orange-colored baseball, claiming it would be easier for hitters, fielders, and fans to track during the game. 6/9

Ever since seeing Yankees first baseman Joe Pepitone lose sight of a throw during the 1963 World Series, Finley thought that baseballs should be designed to be easier to see. 5/9

But none of those were even his craziest idea. Because in 1973, Finley decided to make a change to the baseball itself, it just didn’t have the effect he thought it would. 4/9

The A's were regarded as the worst team in MLB, so to keep fans interested, Finley:. • Designed bright green-and-gold uniforms.• Rented a live donkey to act as the team’s mascot.• Installed a mechanical rabbit that popped up from the ground to give baseballs to the umpire. 3/9

This is Charlie Finley, and after becoming a millionaire before the age of 40 by selling insurance to doctors, he bought 52% of the struggling Kansas City Athletics in 1960 for $1.97 million. 2/9

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There’s a problem with baseballs that no one is talking about, but when one man tried to fix it, he actually created a much larger issue. Let me explain 👇. 🧵1/9

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