We Approve Of This Petition To Replace Nickelback As The Detroit Tigers’ Thanksgiving Game Entertainment

Is Nickelback the most universally maligned band around? I suspected that was true even before a petition asking the Detroit Lions to replace the group as the halftime entertainment for the team’s Thanksgiving day game started circling. Here’s the message:

“This game is nationally televised, do we really want the rest of the US to associate Detroit with Nickelback? Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?! Does anyone even like Nickelback? Is this some sort of ploy to get people to leave their seats during halftime to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions? This is completely unfair to those of us who purchased tickets to the game. At least the people watching at home can mute their TVs. The Lions ought to think about their fans before choosing such an awful band to play at halftime.”

Look how many signatures this thing has! Sorry, Chad Kroeger and the gang, but it looks like you may be asked to take your terrible pseudo-metal elsewhere. Like back to Canada, which another petition will probably present itself shortly.

(via BuzzFeed)