Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers is one of the oldest franchises in history. The Green Bay Packers are also the only team in NFL that doesn’t have an owner. Instead, the team has a total of 111,967 stockholders with a total share of 4,750,925. Since any stockholder doesn’t receive any dividend or any special privileges for being one or even a guarantee for the Green Bay Packers game tickets, the Green Bay Packers is the sole non-profit team in the league. The current Green Bay Packers Logo that appeared in the Green Bay Packers helmet was designed in 1961. The Oval G has a dominant white color with black borders and shades on the inside of the letter and the whole oval is covered by yellow.

Green Bay Packers history started in 1919 when George Whitney Calhoun and Curly Lambeau created a team in Green Bay. Green Bay Packers football officially started in NFL 1921. Before the Super Bowl era, the team had a total of nine NFL championships. The Green Bay Packers were the first team to win the first two Super Bowls – regarded at that time as the AFL – NFL world championships. Their latest Super Bowl win is in Super Bowl XXXI wherein they beat the New England Patriots for the 1996 season. Supports of the team heralded it as the year of the champions: 1996 Green Bay Packers.

The team is known to have one of the greatest following in the NFL. Home Green Bay Packers tickets for the season have a 35-year waiting list. Online 2007 Green Bay Packers tickets are already sold out. Other supporters of the team, usually called the “cheese heads” opted to watch their team play on the road based on the Green Bay Packers schedule. Most of the times, the home season tickets are handed down to the next generation by will.

Supporters of the team have also shown their support online. The official Green Bay Packers website is frequently visited for the latest Green Bay Packers news, the latest of this is the proposed acquisition of wide receiver Randy Moss Green Bay Packers by the team’s quarterback, Brett Favre. The Green Bay Packers 2007 schedule is also monitored for supporters online who watch their games on TV and listen to the team’s official radio. Items like the Green Bay Packers poster are also sold on various websites and other memorabilia such as the Green Bay Packers rug, t-shirts, caps and other commemorative items.