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NFL Fails Fans Again

NFL Fails Fans Again

Due to a heavy snow storm the Minnesota stadium’s inflatable roof was heavily damaged. The NFL scheduled game between Minnesota Vikings and New York Giant was force to changed venue all the way to Detroit. Stay in Minnesota The NFL decision to move an NFL home game to another states was not only disrespectful to the fans but the many services that depend on sporting events.  Could the game stayed in Minnesota? Yes, just 2 miles down the road. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome has a capacity of 64,035  and the TCF Bank Stadium, the football stadium for the Minnesota...

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NFL Players Association Relaunches Free Mobile Twitter App

NFL Players Association Relaunches Free Mobile Twitter App

The NFL Players Association has teamed up with the Pro Football Writers of America to launch “NFL Pro Tweets,” a free Twitter App that allows users to follow NFL Players and members of the Pro Football Writers of America on the iPhone. The mobile app is also a fully functional Twitter app for your personal Twitter account. NFL fans can now follow all the latest news, comments and quips in one place. Description NFL Pro Tweets is brought to you by the NFL Players Association and is a fully functional Twitter application and gives you easy access to view...

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New NFL Rules Fails Fans

New NFL Rules Fails Fans

Instead of switching to college football rules the NFL owners voted to change an element in the overtime rule, giving a possession to the team that loses the coin toss at the start of OT if the team that wins the coin toss scores a field goal with its first possession. The proposal passed 28-4. As it is written, the rules change applies just for the postseason, but the owners also decided to discuss adopting the changes for the regular season at their next meeting, in May in Dallas. The Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals...

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NFL Doesn’t Take Risks = Boring Halftime Shows :: Alternatives

NFL Doesn’t Take Risks = Boring Halftime Shows :: Alternatives

David Allan, Ph.D., an entertainment marketing expert, says Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Bandâ’s slotted performance during Super Bowl XLIIIâ’s halftime show is just another example of the NFL playing it safe. â’Remember when rock was risky?â’ asks Allan. â’Well now itâ’s the safest thing to broadcast during Super Bowl halftime, except for country.â’ Janet Jacksonâ’s â’wardrobe malfunctionâ’ at halftime of the 2004 game compelled the NFL to skew away from younger and bolder performers in favor of older and more mainstream acts. â’Ever since Janet and Justin Timberlake decided to play dress up, or dress down as the...

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NFL Failing the Athlete and Fans

NFL Failing the Athlete and Fans

Peter King, Sports Illustrated Writer wrote “I have zero interest in the league tempting fate and adding another game or two to the regular season, which it seems favorably inclined to do beginning in 2010 or 2011.” I personally believe the NFL has changed for the worst. I am not talking about adding teams only in the richest of states, the poor attempt for extreme drunk fans with the XFL or the poor marketing attempt of the USFL. I am talking about this short lived World League of American Football (WLAF) and NFL Europa. These were supposed to be...

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