I'm an American living in New York City, and I'm a supporter of Liverpool Football Club.

So, in solidarity with the LFC supporters who today staged a mid-match walkout in protest of rising ticket prices, I'm pledging that this year, 2016, I won't purchase anything from the club shop.

I periodically spend a non-trivial amount of money on items for myself and gifts for others. Not this year. This year I spend $0.

This year I won't purchase the new LFC shirt, as I've done many times before. Which means New Balance and Standard Chartered will get just a little bit less of what they've already paid for.

Here's hoping the the club executives do right by the people who make this club what it is — the people whom I admire even more after today taking an organized stand against an unjustifiable price-hike scheme. It would cost the club relatively little to make a truly rewarding investment in them.

TV money = sustainably affordable match days for the working class and the kids. That is the right thing to do.

I know this pledge isn't much, but it's what I can do from where I am. Join me if you like.

Up the Reds.