Stony Monday Riot made it clear later in the afternoon when they published their reply to the Fury email on their Facebook Page.

Stony Monday Riot has considered the offer from the Fury to move to section F1, and we have decided to decline. SMR believes that a solution can be found within Section W for the Supporters Groups. As such, the section should be exclusive to Supporters Groups, as well as those that want to join who have bought tickets to other sections. It’s our belief that SG tickets should not be sold online, or given away by the club. The SGs cannot fill all of section W yet, but patience is required. There are 24000 seats in the stadium, surely a few unsold seats on the goal line are not eating at OSEG profits. We know OSEG has done its homework on supporter culture, and know that these things don’t explode overnight. We ask that you help us in defining our section, section W, as a Supporters Section, and allow us to grow over time. With the proper support from the club, we know we can be one of the best supporters sections in North America. Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to your reply. Stony Monday Riot

** Update (7/28): Bytown Boys officially responded to the Fury’s proposal on their facebook page here is is:

Dear Ottawa Fury FC, We would like to thank you for your offer to move the SG section to F1, but we would like to respectfully decline this offer. We wish to grow Section W into a section dedicated to an unwavering bastion of support and love for the Fury, and we hope to continue to count on your love and support of us, your most loyal and die-hard supporters. We have various ideas on how the supporters experience can be improved upon so that the SGs, the fans, and OFFC can all mutually benefit, and would be happy to discuss in person or by other means. We were there from Day 1, and we promise you that we will always be there to support Ottawa Fury FC. Come on you Fury! ‪#‎WeAreSectionW‬ Sincerely yours, The Bytown Boys SC

There have been many issues between supporters and the Fury FO in the club’s short history. The Ottawa NASL franchise began a heavily marketed “name our team” campaign in which fans could submit team names, the team chose to keep the Fury name leaving many fans wondering if this was just a promotional tool and they had planned on keeping the name all along. A similar campaign, this time regarding a “vote” on kit selection, the winning kit reveal was delayed for over 6 months as the team was finding a kit sponsor. Amid numerous requests from anxious supporters the Fury always coldly replied that they were “finalizing” a deal. The kits were released at the last minute during a fashion show (yep!) without sponsors. More recently, during the season at Carleton, the Fury were openly unwilling to listen to supporters concerns over the overzealous and often intimidating tactics used by Security on Supporters.

The Ottawa Fury FC have stated that they back their Supporters Groups and they even sell a $5 game program with the supporters groups featured prominently. Unfortunately, stating that, and acting that you do support those that support your team are two very different things.

With no reply from the Fury at the time of this writing, it will be interesting to see what, if any, changes are made to Section W before the Fury next home game on Saturday August 9th.