commentary...

people may laugh and snicker about the ownership structure of the Packers,but i do not laugh,or snicker,and people ask about a dividend on the stock... there is not a financial dividend to it,and if i was to give up the stock to the CORPORATION,as the Packers put it,in their corporate by-laws,i would be given two and a half cents for it... however,there is a dividend to ownership,and there are two areas of the dividend that i want to talk about:1)pride in the team,and 2)that owners know that the renovation,and expansion,of Lambeau Field could not have happened without their help... not at all... the team reports that half of the monies put up for the renovation,and expansion of Lambeau Field came from the shareholders/owners,past and present,and that sparks the real team pride of the shareholders/owners of the Packers... so the shareholders/owners of the Packers get trinkets,and clothing that tell people that they are shareholders/owners,but honestly,it is the team that the shareholders/owners are very,very proud of,and the shareholders/owners get to vote on corporate matters,and where do average Joes(no slight intended-a general term)get to vote on a NFL team's corporate matters... only in one place,in Green Bay,PERIOD...