The Philadelphia Eagles tried to make money by selling cartons of snow to fans for $50 each, and it worked.
The team is officially sold out Last Sunday, a memento snow fell at Lincoln Financial Field during a playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Eagles won the game 28-22 in the snow and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, so the team commemorated the snow by collecting it and selling it in ice cream-style pints for $50.
It sold out in less than three hours.
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Fans watch in the snow during the fourth quarter of the NFC divisional playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 19, 2025. (Mitchell Lev/Getty Images)
The number of spectators for this match was 69,879. Many of those fans could have taken the stadium's snow home with them for free.
Rams players committed multiple drops, fumbles and incomplete passes that appeared to be affected by the snow, and it is believed that the conditions of the game influenced the outcome, favoring the Eagles.
The team claims that their snow is the first ever certified snow collectible tied to an NFL playoff victory and “sets a new standard in the world of sports.”
“The Philadelphia Eagles' District Round victory over the Los Angeles Rams on January 19, 2025 will forever be remembered as a snowy victory!” the product description on the team's website reads. I was there.
“To commemorate this amazing feat, certified snow was collected directly from the end zone of Lincoln Financial Field immediately after the game. This is not your typical memento. , and a concrete, frozen snapshot of determination.'' Preserving and authenticating the very snow that surrounds this monumental game, fans will experience a once-in-a-lifetime playoff experience like never before. opportunities are provided. ”
While the Eagles organization monetizes snow, fans have a reputation for using it as a weapon.
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The entire interior of Lincoln Financial Field as snow falls during the second half of the NFC divisional playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams at Lincoln Financial Field on January 19, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The situation. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
Former Dallas Cowboys star linebacker DeMarcus Ware told Fox News Digital that during his rookie year in 2005, an Eagles fan threw a snowball filled with batteries at his mother. spoke.
“My rookie season, when my mom was in the stands, I told her not to put her jersey on, and she was in the front row, and we were in Philadelphia, and they snowballed. They were throwing batteries in them. Some of them hit my mother,” Ware said. “At that point, I turned around. I didn't care about the football anymore. I wanted to go get the guy who was in the stands. But I didn't.”
Los Angeles Rams defensive end Jared Verse said Eagles fans threw snowballs at him after Sunday's game because of comments he made to reporters in the week leading up to the game about “hating” fans.
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On January 19, 2025, during the game between the Eagles and the Rams in the NFC divisional playoffs at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a groundskeeper ran onto the field with a snow blower to clear the line during the game. Clear. (Gina Ferrazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“I walked into the locker room after the game and they were throwing snowballs,” Vaas told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In 1968, a man dressed as Santa Claus came onto the field. Angered by the disappointing season, fans booed him mercilessly and even threw snowballs at him.
Eagles fans watched a viral video of team member Ryan Caldwell, a New Jersey native, abusing a woman with a vulgar slur during Game 1 of the playoffs against the Green Bay Packers on January 12. It has received negative attention nationally in recent weeks. .
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