Admit it, what would be cooler than a football team proudly taking the field with a picture of you emblazoned on their helmets? Just think — someday, maybe your smiling mug would rank alongside Pat Patriot and Ragnar as a galvanizing symbol of inspiration and camaraderie among a football team and its fanbase.
Apparently, we’re already edging down that potentially dark path following word that the Purdue Boilermakers will don a helmet this season featuring a collage of season ticketholder pictures.
No, that’s not a joke…
According to Crave sports site NESN, any Purdue student who buys a VIP card granting them season tickets to Purdue football and mens basketball games will also see their image included inside the Purdue “P” helmet logo when the team holds Iowa Sept. 27 in their Social Media Game.
Yes, we know social media is everything and everywhere these days. Yes, we know fans feel entitled to be a part of everything involving their team. But do we need photos of every Purdue undergrad on the side of a Boilermaker helmet? Even though the helmet will only be worn for that one Sept. 27 game, maybe this is a gimmick that takes the whole “team” thing a little too far…
