FWIW i also think people pulling season tickets is a titch overdramatic.
But my point is, the patch is legitimately controversial. I think there are valid reasons for wanting it on there, and valid (and also some other, racist) reasons for not wanting it on there. Given the obvious and predictable blowback that such a controversial decision would cause at a time when the AD is in a bad spot financially, I thought it was a pretty courageous move by the AD to include that patch (i haven't seen it on any other unis this CFB season). But then Gene gets back and acts like "gee I was little surprised we got some blowback" and then it made me think that maybe it wasn't such a courageous decision after all, and maybe instead Gene is just an idiot.