Mark Murphy. Image courtesy: WLUK
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Mark Murphy revealed the date of the annual shareholders meeting and first day of training camp as July 22.
In his monthly column published Saturday morning, Murphy responded to a variety of questions from fans around Wisconsin.
In response to a question about the date of the shareholder meeting, Murphy said,
Breaking news, our annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Monday, July 22, at 3 p.m. Our first training camp practice will be that morning at 10:30 a.m., and we are hoping that many shareholders will come into town for the weekend and stay to watch practice and attend the meeting. Thanks again.
Another question posed was about the Green and Gold package season ticketholders and the distribution of games for each package. Murphy’s response is as follows,
For years, our policy has been that the Gold package will get the second and fifth home games. I think this policy has served us well, and over time, it has been fair to both the Gold and Green ticketholders. If we started giving Green ticketholders the second and fifth games, we would open ourselves up to criticism from both the Gold and Green ticketholders for favoritism. With the move to 17 games in 2022, we decided that we would alternate the ninth home game between the two packages, starting with the Gold package. We were slotted to start the rotation of the 17th game in 2022, but that game was designated as an international game. Since we played that game in London in 2022, this is our first year to have a ninth home game and as a result, we are starting the rotation with the Gold package. The Green package will get seven games in 2026, unless we are chosen to play another international game. So, this year the Gold package has three regular-season games and no preseason game. I know that you are upset with our policy and the schedule, which is set annually by the NFL, but you do have several attractive games, including games against the NFC champion 49ers and the up-and-coming Texans.
The Packers are set to open the season in Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil against the Eagles. The Corinthians, whom the stadium is home to, regulate that green is not to be worn in the stadium, as that is the color of their archrivals the Palmeiras. On that topic, Murphy said,
I have heard from several others about the Corinthians fans’ disdain for the color green. Unfortunately, the game in Brazil is the Eagles’ home game, so they will be able to choose what color jersey they wear. Maybe we can convince them to wear their black jerseys, so we don’t have to wear green! We are looking forward to being part of this historic game, regardless of what color jersey we wear.
Murphy publishes his monthly column, “Murphy Takes 5”, every first Saturday of the month.
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