Source: BroBible
Summary
Arizona Cardinals fans have raised nearly $10,000 through a GoFundMe campaign to pay for billboards urging owner Michael Bidwill to sell the team. The effort was initiated by fan Nathan Kropp, who criticized Bidwill’s lack of commitment to winning. The Cardinals have struggled on the field, with a 1-4 record this season. The team has not made the playoffs since 2015 and received a failing grade in the NFLPA’s report cards. Bidwill has faced allegations of a toxic work environment and rule violations.
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The habit gets a new name.
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Cardinals fans have been fed up for years.
Author: Evan Null
Cardinals Fans Have Donated Nearly $10,000 to Spend on Billboards to Urge Owner Michael Bidwill to Sell the Team
The Bidwill family has owned the Cardinals for close to a century, as they were still in Chicago when Charles Sr. acquired the franchise in 1932.
Michael Bidwill, who currently serves as their owner and chairman, joined the front office in 1996. He’s served as the president since 2007, and he officially took the reins after his father, Bill, passed away in 2019.
His tenure has been defined by a disappointing product on the field and a slew of allegations concerning a toxic work environment where he was accused of fostering discrimination and harassment.
The Cardinals also received the second-worst grade in the league in the most recent installment of the NFLPA’s report cards, and they were the only franchise that got an “F” in the “Team Ownership” category.
Earlier this week, a fed-up fan named Nathan Kropp turned to GoFundMe in the hopes of raising $900 to pay for digital billboards to urge Bidwill to sell the team due to his “lack of commitment to winning.”
Cardinals Fans Have Donated Nearly $10,000 to Spend on Billboards to Urge Owner Michael Bidwill to Sell the Team
The Bidwill family has owned the Cardinals for close to a century, as they were still in Chicago when Charles Sr. acquired the franchise in 1932.
Michael Bidwill, who currently serves as their owner and chairman, joined the front office in 1996. He’s served as the president since 2007, and he officially took the reins after his father, Bill, passed away in 2019.
His tenure has been defined by a disappointing product on the field and a slew of allegations concerning a toxic work environment where he was accused of fostering discrimination and harassment.
The Cardinals also received the second-worst grade in the league in the most recent installment of the NFLPA’s report cards, and they were the only franchise that got an “F” in the “Team Ownership” category.
Earlier this week, a fed-up fan named Nathan Kropp turned to GoFundMe in the hopes of raising $900 to pay for digital billboards to urge Bidwill to sell the team due to his “lack of commitment to winning.”
Cardinals Fans Have Donated Nearly $10,000 to Spend on Billboards to Urge Owner Michael Bidwill to Sell the Team
The Bidwill family has owned the Cardinals for close to a century, as they were still in Chicago when Charles Sr. acquired the franchise in 1932.
Michael Bidwill, who currently serves as their owner and chairman, joined the front office in 1996. He’s served as the president since 2007, and he officially took the reins after his father, Bill, passed away in 2019.
His tenure has been defined by a disappointing product on the field and a slew of allegations concerning a toxic work environment where he was accused of fostering discrimination and harassment.
The Cardinals also received the second-worst grade in the league in the most recent installment of the NFLPA’s report cards, and they were the only franchise that got an “F” in the “Team Ownership” category.
Earlier this week, a fed-up fan named Nathan Kropp turned to GoFundMe in the hopes of raising $900 to pay for digital billboards to urge Bidwill to sell the team due to his “lack of commitment to winning.”
