The Art and Science of Scheduling Meet in the N.F.L. Office
Katz’s department must consider a confounding array of factors, from the N.F.L.’s expanded Thursday night package, which gives each team a game in a short week, to potential baseball playoff situations that could affect the availability of stadiums and parking lots in October. The summer is spent rooting against certain baseball teams that share facilities with football teams. When baseball began awarding home-field advantage in the World Series to the winning league in the All-Star Game, it further complicated the task.
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The process gets serious in January, when teams submit lists of requests detailing stadium availability and preferences for scheduling order. This year, teams submitted more than 70 blocked-out dates for stadiums — the Jets and the Giants are both on the road in Week 3, for instance, because Bruce Springsteen will be performing at MetLife Stadium — and 100 requests, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vincent Jackson traded to the Buccaneers (for nothing, because the Chargers are idiots and just let him be a FA).
Monta Ellis traded to the Bucks.
Excuse me while I weep.
True love
What is happening
The Packers lost.
The Colts won.
I’m actively rooting for the Patriots.
Is this real life???
Now THIS is the Chargers team I know and love. I don’t even care that is was against the Jags - a win is a win & you are never out of the AFC West!
PS. Stuart Scott totally said “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” post game about the Chargers. It may have been the highlight of my night.
I agree Philip, that was the worst day ever. That game was brutal for your fans. Good thing we play the lowly Packers next week and can bounce back! Oh wait…
(Source: theagonyofdefeat)
I’ve taken quite a liking to the new Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder…
I mean, look at this bit from his wiki:
Ponder graduated from Florida State in two and a half years with a degree in finance and a 3.73 GPA, then an MBA, and is studying for his second graduate degree, in sports management.
And not to mention he’s a cutie pie.
Football and football
The blackout policy is the most idiotic, backwards idea in all of sports.
Happiness is wearing this jersey.
Ringing in the new Charger season with friends & my homemade chicken wings.
Here we go. Draft day tomorrow.
Life is good.
TIME TO GET PUMPED FOR SEPTEMBER!!!
Sources: NFL to announce lockout
THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR FANS, YOU GREEDY JERKS.
“Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country’s most popular sport in limbo Friday by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired.
The union decertified, and 10 players, including MVP quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, sued the owners in federal court, putting the NFL on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987.
The NFL will announce a lockout, starting at midnight Friday, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.”
