Striking Resemblance Posted on April 30, 2023 at 07:52:41 AM by alecs1974
Striking Resemblance was the headline in an Orlando Sentinel newspaper around the summer of 2002 when Orlando Jai-Alai was eliminating year round jai-alai and going to seasonal. Does anyone remember the players protesting outside the fronton? It was a walk and work incident where the players were picketing outside and then they would go in to play the performance. This went on for a few weeks if not longer. It made news coverage. The players were protesting the reduction in performances and going to seasonal. In the end, management held a fan appreciation tournament similar to a Citrus Invitational. The only team I remember was Goikoetxea and Elizegi. Then the fronton went to a 4 or 5 month season, then 3 months, then 2 months. Does anyone have memories of this?
Funny story; at that time, I was arriving at the fronton and all the players were outside encouraging fans not to go in. When I arrived, they all started applauding and waving and I wasn't sure why. Then it occured to me that I had a Basque flag on my front license plate so they took it as a sign of support. Replies:
