This is really too bad. It seems like a jersey on the statue is effective promotion of both Detroit and the team on the jersey: a mutually beneficial advertising campaign. Think about the number of times this would show up on National TV for the Spartans alone during the final four on CBS.
Mr. McDuffee should be honest and just say that they found another way to make a profit in addition to the rent from the building’s tenants. If they really wanted to protect the statue from damage they would make the teams sign a waiver that would require them to compensate the building management for any damage done to the statue as a result of putting the jersey on and taking it off.
The quote at the end is priceless because in effect they discouraged the Spartans from taking on the cost even if it wasn’t their intent.
Thoughts?
(via @amitchowdhry)
