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machngunjoe 09/02/2011 12:38 PM Report
Someone tell Jerry to fire Romo, that guy hasn't been able to do crap for years now, time to move on.
doodah 08/26/2011 08:30 AM Report
It's Football la la land, for those who need a break from reality. At least that's what I tell myself everytime I have to sit thru another Stupid commercial or shoot the TV screen everytime I see chris collinsworth's ugly mug.
SharkswithfrikingLazers 08/26/2011 02:27 AM Report
So what about the fans in this ten year deal?
We heard in July http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11772 that it costs a family of four $700 to see a Dallas Cowboys game.
On this program we heard Jerry Jones talk about his new $1.2 billion stadium that could have only cost $800 million. He said it had to have pageantry, be built for television, have a positive ethos and be as powerful as the Roman Coliseum. (I guess that means $400 million more.)
Since only seven percent of NFL football fans have ever been inside a football stadium--per Jerry Jones--why even have stadiums where most fans can't even afford a ticket to see a game?
Forget the stadiums (because who really who gets stuck paying for them even though team owners think they can lock people out of them)--shoot the game on green screen or just CGI the background.
What the hec, just release the hologram version of Madden NFL XX. Now that's football.
doodah 08/25/2011 06:35 AM Report
Shark (or can I call you 'Jaws'?),
I heard 'Joe Thiesman' make an interesting comment, he says, if the players go back to wearing only the old fashioned low tech helmets of his era, he guarantees the concussion and spearing injuries would go down, because it would hurt too much to use the head as a weapon. That makes sense; no reason for more expensive and cumbersome air-bags. But I'm sure Congress in their infinite and Corrupt ($$$wink wink$$$) 'WISDOM' will make it (airbags in helmets) a law someday.
SharkswithfrikingLazers 08/25/2011 02:08 AM Report
Jerry Richardson says the owners are out front on safety and leading the charge on concussions.
It was funny that this same night Frontline reran its episode on Football and the 60,000 concussions that high school players get in a year.
So then, now that the owners are out front and leading the charge, what has happened besides lip service? Air bags in helmets?
SharkswithfrikingLazers 08/24/2011 02:12 PM Report
Life is very, very funny:
"Less persuasive, apparently, was Richardson, whose contract called for him to be paid $9,750 for his third season, in 1961, but who wanted a full five figures. He was drawing an Army stipend while fulfilling his military commitment in the off-season, had invested his '59 championship check—$4,674—and was living frugally. But he had a wife and two kids and a third on the way, and no, he wasn't Raymond Berry. Still, he had caught a touchdown pass in the championship game, and $9,750 just didn't seem right. Over $250, he walked. Left camp in 1961 and never played another down of football. Went home to Spartanburg, S.C., and opened a hamburger stand."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1140299/3/index.htm
So Jerry Richardson quit the Baltimore Colts over a $250 raise in 1961 and now he is a key to the ten year, billion dollar deal. WOW!!!
SharkswithfrikingLazers 08/24/2011 02:00 PM Report
Jerry Richardson is something else. From his love of Charlie expressed at both the beginning and as the closing music plays to his no piercings, no tattoos, haircut short demands. He is building a brand just like for his hamburgers.
Charlie, why no question about sex when you asked about whether he was following Vince Lombardi?
Jerry Richardson, who I will now call "Hamburger" so I can feel like part of this club, sounds like the type of owner who would claim his players might leave their best game in the bedroom.
Vince Lombardi had another theory: "It's not the sex that tires them out. It's the staying up all night looking for it."
So Hamburger, in preparation for the big game--no searching for sex after Tuesday? Should have gotten it in the ten year deal my good man.
REMant 08/24/2011 11:05 AM Report
So many figures of speech here I never did figure out what exactly had been agreed or why it would be better for pro football. Personally I think the best thing that could be done is to remove its monopoly, but I see the guests think rather differently. I think the fans and players realize, if not all coaches do, that the harder a team tries in preseason the more banged up they become and the worse they do later. That is no reason to extend the regular season, which seems too long already, but it might be to not make such a fuss over games that don't count.
doodah 08/24/2011 10:49 AM Report
I love the look on Jerry Jones' face when he's standing on the sidelines with his team (pride and joy) getting beatin to death. I Love It, Absolutely Love It. The look of the captain of the Titanic,, what could be Funnier? The ultimate Meddlesome MicroManager having his ass handed to him on a platter.