I Either Get What I Want or I Change My Mind!

Brett Farve is coming out of retirement again?  No not this time, not even money can get Brett Farve out of his longest stated retirement to date.  After the St. Louis Rams franchise-hopeful quarterback: Sam Bradford, went down with a season ending injury, the St. Louis Rams showed their desperation by reaching out to 44 year old Farve, in hope that the former Packer, Jet, and Vikings' star would again bring hope to a city well in need of wins.   Farve did indeed deny that he would be coming out of retirement and actually reasoned well with media stating that he's enjoyed his time with his grandson.  He also noted that health concerns would be an issue if returning, focusing specifically on concussions.

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Escalators Don’t Break, They Become Stairs...

I feel bad for Adrian Peterson; he's going to be one of the greatest running backs to play the game but he'll be shadowed by his team's poor performance.  Currently the Minnesota Vikings (1-5), are struggling to find a leader or a quarterback to lead their franchise.  The Vikings have been through countless number of quarterbacks over the years, including three different ones this year.  Proven rookie Christian Ponder, former Chief and Patriot: Matt Cassel and Josh Freeman, former Tampa Bay starter have all been given a chance to complement Peterson, but as of now all have failed.  Peterson needs help, offensively, if he wants a shot at the all-time rushing record, mainly because right now the Vikings are a one-dimensional team offensively.

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War of 1812?

Sunday Night Football! Peyton Manning, former Indianapolis Colt and present day quarter back of the Denver Broncos will return home to Indy to face his replacement, Andrew Luck.  The second war of 1812, reflecting the jersey numbers of the two quarterbacks (Manning #18, Luck #12), should be quite a show as both power-horse teams have proven that they can score some points.   So will the Broncos continue their scoring roll and light up the Indy D-fence or will the Colts win with Luck.

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If At First You Don’t Succeed, Call It Version 1.0

Question: is anyone even reading this?  Probably not, at least I don't think so.  This brings me to the understanding that blogs are becoming obsolete or out-of-date.  I don't feel blogs are used to communicate anymore, rather they're just for people who feel the need to express their own opinions on certain topics.  I am not the biggest fan of "blogging," but I have to.  I don't feel that I should be required to blog for a grade, when really whose reading it?  In my mind, I think that Twitter or Linked In are the new ways to communicate to specific people about certain topics.   I'm not saying blogging is completely useless, I just think its outdated and what you can do with a blog can be done on other social networking sites.

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If Winning Was Easy, Losers Would Do It...

A new trend is being set this year in baseball, people are watching winning teams.  Just kidding, this has been seen time and time again, over last couple decades of baseball; that TV ratings increase when a team performance is good.  Fans love watching good quality baseball, which in return usually means their team is winning.  The case this year is that the high-paid salary teams aren't winning and the small-marketed teams are.  For the first time in over 20 years the Pittsburgh Pirates had a winning season plus earned a trip to the playoffs.  Because of this, fan are finally watching Bucco baseball on TV, sending TV ratings through the roof.  On the other hand, the New York Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time in the last five years, and throughout the season fans showed their disgust for Yankees baseball by not watching the games on TV, decreasing TV ratings.  Not factoring the loyal-to-team baseball fans, the TV ratings correlation with good performance is a "no brain er." Of course fans are going to watch winning teams rather than losing teams...

 

 

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/09/30/Media/MLB-ratings.aspx

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I CAN Watch Them!

For the first time ever, Paralympic fans can watch their favorite athletes or events live on NBC or NBC Sports Network.  The U.S. Olympic Committee struck a deal with NBC, which will provide 50 hours of coverage, a mere 44.5 hour upgrade from previous Paralympic games.  Another step up provided in this new deal, is that delayed-taped coverage will no longer be the case; NBC will now run live streaming of the events.  I find this incredibly brave by NBC, because of the risk financially and the end result of less viewers.  In my eyes, I don't find enjoyment watching the Paralympics, and really who does? The only benefit for NBC is that they can be considered "The Good Guys," because what their doing is a great cause.

Will you be watching?

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