Sometimes love blinds you, and my devotion to the team did just that for years. It seems ridiculous, I know, but I actually used to defend the Redskins’ game-day experience at FedEx Field. Despite a lousy stadium and all the losing performances for most of the past quarter-century, I still managed to have a good enough time with friends and family at games that I didn’t bother to notice or care how the Redskins treat their fans.

Then I started going to road games.

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Seeing how other teams do things, my perception has changed dramatically. It’s not just that the service and amenities are better at other venues. Everything is better. I can assure Bruce Allen that the Redskins are not “winning off the field.” Not by a long shot. Get to a game in the Superdome in New Orleans, and you’ll understand the difference. (You can even blow a 15-point lead in the final minutes there and still have a good time).

By now, you know the complaints about convenient-to-nothing FedEx Field: overpriced parking, hot dogs that taste like last week’s 7-Eleven batch, beer from the World Cup, f-bombs thrown from the stands, pockmarked concrete, traffic jams.

The best way to improve the experience for fans, of course, is to win more games. Winning cures all. But regardless of who the quarterback, coach or GM is in 2018, the organization needs to rethink the entire game day operation if it wants to avoid losing even more of its shrinking fan base. So here is one devoted supporter’s Christmas wishlist to make Redskins games more fan-friendly:

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Address opposing fans

One of the biggest complaints about FedEx Field is the number of fans who show up to root for the opposing team. In 2008, when Steelers fans overtook the stadium during “Monday Night Football,” it was shocking. Nowadays, it’s a regular occurrence. But absent drastic measures, minimizing the number of road fans in Landover is virtually impossible at this point. So why not have a little fun with it? If we’re not going to rid ourselves of all those Cowboys jerseys, the least we can do is poke some fun at those wearing them.

At a future Redskins stadium, we might be able to throw Cowboys and Eagles fans into a moat, but in the meantime, why not ridicule them for our amusement? Other teams do it — even the Los Angeles Chargers at the lowly StubHub Center. So let’s have a popular Redskins great like Santana Moss go around asking Cowboys fans to identify Dallas on a map of Texas, or asking Seattle fans to name a quarterback before Russell Wilson. Put video of the interviews on the video board during timeouts. Hey, at least it will be entertaining. If we can’t get rid of them, let’s make them feel less welcome. Which leads me to my next suggestion.

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Discounts for Skins fans

Knock a dollar off certain food and beverage prices — but only for fans sporting the burgundy and gold. If this means raising prices stadium-wide by a dollar for Eagles fans and others, so be it. We are the home team; shouldn’t we feel like it? It would still be nothing compared to how Philly treats road fans.

A family section

Another complaint often levied at Redskins games is the number of highly intoxicated fans. There needs to be a family section, where alcohol isn’t served and parents with young kids can enjoy the game without worrying about drunks, bad language, the threat of a fight or worse.

Better giveaways

Somehow the Nationals, Wizards and Capitals give out great freebies each season. The last meaningful collectible I got at a Skins game was a No. 21 towel honoring Sean Taylor in the wake of his death. That was a decade ago. Where are the bobbleheads? Or the free T-shirts? Somehow I don’t think the Redskins commemorative mini-flag the team gave out on Thanksgiving is destined for many fans’ display cases. A Ryan Kerrigan bobblehead, though? That might be something worth keeping.

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Pregame/postgame/halftime entertainment

The musical acts, fireworks and light shows alone at other venues are worth the price of admission. If other teams can bring in quality live entertainment before, during and after the game, why can’t the Redskins? And maybe if the team spent some money on a postgame concert, it could ease postgame traffic congestion while giving fans the feeling they got something for their money that day.

Improve parking/tailgating

Jumbo video boards in the lots to watch other games before and after Skins games should be a staple for every game, not a special occasion. And it’s time to rethink the recent change in policy on parking permits. New rules in 2015 forced some fans to park in separate lots from their friends, despite having the same color of permit. Sometimes new doesn’t mean improved; the old system was more convenient for fans.

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Faster service

If you’ve ever waited in line at a FedEx Field Johnny Rockets because water was sold out from other concessionaires — only to be told 30 minutes later that they’re out of water, too — chances are you’ll agree: The service at Redskins games is not always fan-friendly. That water shortage happened during the second quarter of a hot and humid September game last season. In Week 2. That can’t happen.

More food options

The team has tried addressing its food and beverage issues in recent years, but the variety and quality still don’t come close to matching other NFL venues I’ve visited. Maybe the Redskins can get José Andrés on the phone. If he can get quality food to thousands of folks in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, why can’t a multibillion dollar organization provide some decent menu options for paying customers after two decades of complaints?

In the end, fans just want to win. And the game-day experience won’t feel truly different until a winning era arrives. In the meantime, though, the organization owes fans far better treatment. If you want to see what that looks like, the Redskins play in New Orleans again in 2018.