Another Super Bowl Record Falls
For the fourth consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a television viewership record. Sunday’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLV by FOX is now the most-viewed program in TV history. According to reports...
View ArticleThe Numbers Don’t Lie
In a feature published in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated, the magazine takes a look at some important dollar figures that form what it calls “The Gross Football Product.” The graphic, which...
View ArticleForbes Survey: Fans Support Players
According to Forbes, the NFL’s most loyal fans support the players over the owners – by a wide margin. Of the 1,533 surveyed who describe themselves as “a big fan of the NFL,” 45.9 percent of...
View ArticleTruth Behind Additional Revenue Split
According to the Associated Press, NFL players received 52.9 percent of incremental increases to all revenues under the NFL’s now-expired contract. This fact comes despite the NFL’s repeated claims...
View ArticleColts Blogger Gets Both Sides of the Story
This week, a fan/blogger covering the Indianapolis Colts named Nate Dunlevy had the unique opportunity to speak with executives with the NFL and the NFLPA. He spoke by phone with NFL Commissioner Roger...
View ArticleSilver: ‘Settlement Remains the Most Prudent Option’
Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports writes an article published Wednesday that assesses the legal impact of Monday’s court decision. Silver raises several strong points in his article. Below are some...
View ArticleCornelius Bennett Pens Op-Ed Asking Owners to Lift the Lockout
The Buffalo Bills have had plenty of great players in their franchise’s history. Cornelius Bennett is one of them. Once a star linebacker and now an elected leader among former players, Bennett is...
View ArticleBoston-Area Businesses Hurt by Lockout
Boston, a city passionate about its professional sports teams, has seen each of its teams in the four major sports claim championships in recent years. (The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup with a...
View ArticleFree Agents Stuck in Limbo During Lockout
“Stuck in limbo” might be the most suitable description for a free agent during this NFL lockout. Technically unemployed, free agents don’t have contracts and aren’t part of a team, putting their...
View ArticleBennett: ‘All the Guys Want to Do Is Play Football’
While serving as Chairman of the NFLPA’s Board of Former Players, Cornelius Bennett has taken on an important leadership role to help former NFL players. “That’s what I get joy from now,” Bennett told...
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