[Translate] The Atlanta Falcons are 6-0 and the only unbeaten team left in the NFL, yet you wouldn’t know it. If the NFL network or ESPN programmes, such as Pardon the Interruption (PTI) can bring themselves to actually talk about the Falcons, what they’ll say is, they only won because… Let’s start at the beginning, week 1 @Kansas City....
[Translate] Junior Seau Remembered by Football Fans If you know anything about Junior Seau the football player, the moniker he developed at USC and as a bruising linebacker for the San Diego Chargers “Say Ow” was perfectly appropriate. But I met Seau at his restaurant as he was at the height of his football fame when he was nothing but a gracious host...
[Translate] Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio Wants Colt’s Jim Irsay Off Twitter Twitter has certainly changed the way people converse, creating access to previously distant celebrities and notaries. And more importantly, the media has had to adjust accordingly, deciding how the social medium is navigated. Some see Twitter as a threat, others as a tool....
[Translate] Michael Bush Michael Bush left the Oakland Raiders to sign with the Chicago Bears today and for five-years and $14 million, $7 million guaranteed. The reception was, from Oakland Raiders fans, ho-hum, whereasChicago Bears fans were happy. But the person most unhappy with the deal was Chicago Bears star running back Matt Forte, himself. Forte, who’s...
[Translate] The classic 1981 NFC Championship Game between the Dallas Cowboys and The San Francisco 49ers is worth remembering not just because it was the San Francisco 49ers first NFC Championship win, or that it was the game that marked ‘The Catch,’ or that it had six lead changes, or that it pitted Bill Walsh and Tom Landry, but because a number...
[Translate] The NFL released a press announcement today explaining that the Sunday broadcast television packages with CBS, FOX and NBC have been extended nine years to 2022. Here’ the NFL’s statement: The National Football League has agreed to nine-year extensions of its Sunday broadcast television packages with CBS, FOX and NBC that will keep NFL games on free, over-the-air television, Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today. The nine-year terms are the longest for NFL television agreements with over-the-air broadcast...
[Translate] This is the official NFL policy on blackouts from NFLMedia.com BROADCASTING POLICIES Glossary of TermsFranchised Market – television market (ADI or DMA) that has an NFL franchise (i.e. Buffalo, NY or Phoenix, AZ).Secondary Blackout Market – television market in the home territory (with station(s) having signal penetration to within 75 miles of the game site) of an NFL franchise that is subject to blackout restrictions.Early Game – Game with kickoff at 1:05 p.m. (Eastern Time).Late Game – Game with...
[Translate] From the NFL. The official press release annoucing the death of NFL Europe. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (212) 450-2000 * FAX (212) 681-7573 WWW.NFLMedia.com Joe Browne, Executive Vice President-Communications Greg Aiello, Vice President-Public Relations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/29/07 NFL INTERNATIONAL TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL IMPACT: NFL EUROPA DISCONTINUED The NFL has determined that it will switch the focus of its international business strategy to presenting the NFL to the widest...
