The skies over MetLife Stadium may be cloudy and rainy for Sunday’s New York Giants home finale against the Indianapolis Colts — but they won’t be flying over planes with protest banners.
According to Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post, three planes carrying banners were originally assigned to fly over the stadium during the week 17 game, but high winds, rain and low cloud cover caused High Exposure Aerial Advertising to cancel them.
Federal Aviation Administration rules prohibit aircraft from flying in cloud ceilings lower than 800 feet.
Before the Giants’ home games in Weeks 14 and 15, fans chartered planes with banners expressing their displeasure with the way the team’s 2-13 season has gone, targeting owner John Mara.
A banner read: “Mr. Mara Enough – PLZ fix this dumpster fire!” while the other said, “Mr. Mara Enough – we won’t stop until you fire everyone!”
Head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen will decide their futures after Week 18.
The Giants have yet to win a game at MetLife Stadium this season and could finish 0-9 at home — a first in NFL history — if they fall to the Colts on Sunday. They are currently mired in a franchise-record ten-game losing streak and haven’t had a winless home record over the course of a season since 1974.
How bad is it? The New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers have more recently won games at MetLife Stadium than the Giants when the local hockey teams won games during the NHL Stadium Series on Feb. 17 and 18.
