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    Jets Fans Plan To Mount "Fire John Idzik" Billboard Near MetLife Stadium

    Fed-up fans of the 1-8 team have raised nearly $12,000 for the project.

    The 2014 Jets are an eyesore, so it's only fitting that long-suffering fans plan to call for action within the organization by buying a billboard near MetLife Stadium.

    The "Fire John Idzik" campaign is being led by two long-suffering fans from New Jersey who blame the team's incompetence on GM John Idzik and are calling for team President Woody Johnson to fire him.

    Per the campaign website, FireJohnIdzik.com, the mission is as follows:

    Join other long suffering Jets fans in our quest to rid the organization of our CLOWN GM. Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase a billboard in the vicinity of MetLife Stadium and let the Jets know that their most loyal fans are demanding change.

    Show [President] Woody [Johnson] that we paid our [Personal Seat Licenses]. We put up with the massive rip-off that is MetLife Stadium and the absurd price of tickets & concessions. But we will no longer put up with John Idzik running the show.

    Donations are being hosted through fund-raising site Fundly, and have already passed the $10,000 goal with 54 days to go. That's a lot of angry Jets fans.

    A handful of donors have really coughed up some cash for the cause, including what appears to be National Packaging, a packaging materials company based out of nearby Kearny, New Jersey.

    Presumably speaking against criticism that money could be better utilized, campaign organizers explained how the funds will be used:

    Fans sent us that money for a billboard. We will do something for charity next but we are using that money for it's original intention.

    BuzzFeed News has reached out to a rep for FireJohnIdzik.com for comment.