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Football - Nielsen 4 MVP!
chrono_traveller
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So since the old football thread was locked up I was thinking of how to start a new thread, and this seemed to be a good starting point: NFL's Scrooge McDuck
Anyway just a couple of highlights:
I know things like this have happened before, but it just amazes me how penny pinching NFL execs can be. I don't know much about the Nielson ratings and how they are calculated, but it seems that numbers would be pretty inaccurate anyway on events like the superbowl because everyone and their second cousin goes to watch the game at a party.
And the fact that just this one instance isn't going to stop the bazillion other gatherings that are exactly like this one.
Anyways, Bears 28 Colts 24.
Anyway just a couple of highlights:
The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church's "Super Bowl Bash" on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.
Initially, the league objected to the church's plan to charge a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words "Super Bowl" in its promotions.
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But the NFL objected to the church's plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.
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"We have contracts with our (TV) networks to provide free over-the-air television for people at home," Aiello said. "The network economics are based on television ratings and at-home viewing. Out-of-home viewing is not measured by Nielsen."
I know things like this have happened before, but it just amazes me how penny pinching NFL execs can be. I don't know much about the Nielson ratings and how they are calculated, but it seems that numbers would be pretty inaccurate anyway on events like the superbowl because everyone and their second cousin goes to watch the game at a party.
And the fact that just this one instance isn't going to stop the bazillion other gatherings that are exactly like this one.
Anyways, Bears 28 Colts 24.
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Say hello to your new football thread.
Maddie: "I am not!"
Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
I wish the Giants didn't suck so much.
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
Would it be illegal to watch the super bowl on it?
These people would be dumb. But they would still predict the tie. I say it'll be an epic game, Bears pull it out by the skin of their teeth, and Stephen Colbert has a conniption.
Colts 30 Bears 24
In regards to the advocates of his former empire: “I was going to have them all executed… the Royal Advocate talked me out of it.” -Shadowthrone (Emperor Kellanved)
I had a dream about this game, you know. I'm serious. Somebody comes unblocked right through the middle, levels Peyton, and you hear bones breaking and stuff. I think he dies.
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
We're so bad we know we're good.
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone.
We're not here to start not trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle. :whistle:
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
Just think of Eli's and Payton's faces if Eli ever gets a ring and Payton doesn't. Priceless
Edit:
The way I read that article yes, though I'm sure it wouldn't hold up in court if the NFL actually sued someone over it.
George R. R. Martin is not your bitch. ~ Neil Gaiman
You die.
Now.
Maddie: "I am not!"
Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
I can dream.
Nope. If I hear you did, I'm dropping a dime on your ass.
The guns were also registered in another state. He probably honestly forget. Doesn't sound like he's trying to sneak anything.
Also, Colts over the Bears by at least seven.
Edit: Wouldn't getting charged with anything normally be a violation of probation? If he was already on probation then, yeah, he should stay home...
Jamal Lewis had his federal prison term suspended until the offseason.
Two HS players in Ohio had their sentence suspended until the season was over after they made another student crash his car, resulting in brain damage.
Misdemeanor gun charges are small potatoes in the high-stakes world of tight-panted excercise.
Listen to all of it.
Now, see, this is the Colts video to watch. Superbowl-themed and everything.
and since you need help to put on/take off one of those uniforms, he's not going to get far running around town in full attire.
Especially since his number will be easily visible and reflective.
I think the point he was trying to make was that any other person probably wouldn't get out of the house arrest, he just is because of his celebrity status.
I don't really know what to think of it myself. While it irks me that he is probably getting special treatment, I also agree that he's not exactly a danger to society.
Bears 28 Colts 20.
And just to keep in the spirit of things:
Bears defense cracks like an egg and Peyton sucks out the gooey centre. Colts 21-3
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
Man, the Bears are going to get hate fucked due to Turnoversaurus Rex.
While they've said all the right things, Eagles say they want him back, Garcia says he wants to be back, I see little hope of him actually coming back. He's gonna pull a Detroit again and try and get a starting role somewhere else. Then, god forbid, we're gonna be stuck with A.J. Feeley for the first few weeks until McNabb can come back.
Another free agent I'd really like to see back is Stallworth. He's really the only deep threat that the Eagles have.
George R. R. Martin is not your bitch. ~ Neil Gaiman