identified her\u00a0<\/a>as the Long Beach Mariners varsity coach in its second paragraph.<\/p>\nKicked while she\u2019s down<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the latest Jets disappointment for Castanio-Gervasi, who has been fiercely loyal since childhood.<\/p>\n
As a child, she said she even got to catch passes from former quarterbacks Vinny Testaverde and Chad Pennington at Jets training camp at Hofstra University.<\/p>\n
Her dad, Frank, raised Castanio-Gervasi to succeed him as a new family football fanatic until he passed from esophageal cancer in 2011.<\/p>\n
Castanio-Gervasi even got to catch passes from former quarterbacks Vinny Testaverde and Chad Pennington at Jets training camp at Hofstra University as a child. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad and my grandpa had season tickets since Shea Stadium,\u201d she said, adding that her family has spent a conservative lifetime estimate of $1 million on the Jets.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo growing up, obviously, in our household, our family, it was what we did on Sundays\u2026He bleeds green, and that\u2019s why we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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When she made the October kick, Castanio-Gervasi was surrounded by around 75 loved ones. <\/p>\n
They came as part of an annual group game for the Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation and have raised a lifetime $50,000 in Frank\u2019s loving memory, she said.<\/p>\n
When she made the October kick, Castanio-Gervasi was surrounded by around 75 loved ones. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
Frank would have been \u201cfreaking out\u201d to hear his daughter had the chance to go on the field, she said prior to getting the awful news.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was always so proud of us in all areas of our lives, but especially sports,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was super proud of me playing soccer\u2026unfortunately, he didn\u2019t get to see a lot of my success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since losing her devout Jets fan father, Castanio-Gervasi and her three sisters, Lauren, Courtney, and Jaclyn, had taken turns bringing their mom, Lorraine, to games in Frank\u2019s place.<\/p>\n
Castanio-Gervasi and her three sisters, Lauren, Courtney, and Jaclyn, had taken turns bringing their mom, Lorraine, to games in Frank\u2019s place. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
This season, Castanio-Gervasi and her husband, Matthew, furthered the legacy and secured season tickets two rows behind her family\u2019s other seats in the 200 level for nearly $3,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cWin or lose with the Jets, it\u2019s a really big thing,\u201d said Castanio-Gervasi, who travels to away games as well. \u201cIt brings my family together.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least 15 family and friends bought tickets to see Castanio-Gervasi kick this Sunday, she said. The Jets have offered to cover the costs to make amends.<\/p>\n
At least 15 family and friends bought tickets to see Castanio-Gervasi kick this Sunday, she said. Dennis A. Clark for NY Post<\/p>\n
But Castanio-Gervasi, who renewed her season tickets a few weeks prior, said her kin sold the tickets as a sign of solidarity \u2014 including her mom, who seldom misses a game.<\/p>\n
Castanio-Gervasi was initially offered a consolation custom jersey and a $100 Visa gift card, but she will also be absent in protest \u2014 the first home game in a decade she\u2019s skipped.<\/p>\n
If Frank were still alive, he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d ditch his season tickets over the incident, she said.<\/p>\n
Had Castanio-Gervasi successfully made the kick, she said \u2014 before getting cut \u2014 that the money would have gone toward buying her first house and the Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation.<\/p>\n
The Jets said the franchise would donate to the medical cause.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole thing is extremely upsetting,\u201d said Castanio-Gervasi. \u201cMe and my whole family are let down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gang Green keeps finding new ways to let their fans down. The New York Jets canceled the on-field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[657,1431,2044,131,133,132,2890,58475,4182,6434,752],"class_list":["post-108694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-exclusive","tag-family","tag-high-school-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-island","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-metro","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}