By now you’ve probably heard about plans not to award the Supporters’ Shield this year. The reaction to that decision by the Supporters Shield Foundation — a fan-run group entrusted with managing the trophy — has been mixed, to say the least.
Although the Foundation has offered a few public statements explaining the decision, exactly how and when it was made has not been entirely clear. Even before this had all played out, I reached out to the the organization in an effort to find out more about the process.
I was connected with the Foundation’s president, Steve Ferrezza, and vice president, Drew Picard, who helped me reconstruct a timeline and provided some added insight into the decision-making process.