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Detroit, Minnesota, Indianapolis, and other northern dome Super Bowls could also be ruined by a blizzard, if they have to shut down the roads.
Minny might not have a dome next year:
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how many times has this happened in the past (a game being canceled because of weather)?
This sets a pretty big precedent - if the weather is bad the NFL may cancel your game. What is deemed bad? 12 inches? 6 inches and lots of wind?
I don't remember any time because of snow (hurricanes of course, I do remember).
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Public safety? More like looking for higher profit from parking and food sales at the game.. Never had a game postponed in Buffalo which routinely has much worse weather.. Not to mention viewers might be turning off a game they can't see on their screens, it's about television ratings.. You sound like a company man, public safety my ass!!
Actually, I think people would tune into a game they can't see, but I agree with the rest. If they cared about fan safety, they wouldn't have started the practice in the last ten years of scheduling night games after November 1st in the North...........They never even used to schedule 4PM games in the North.
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Damn - we had that, ballsy, but it didn't work out.
Helmet to helmet anyone?
When are they going to call that?!?
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The Giants?
I think they are protecting the public. Supposed to be a big storm.
Some real tough guys on this board.
Maybe not tough guys, but guys who were at the stadium for -26 wind chill or whatever it was for Jets/Raiders back to back games in 93/94.
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I thought it was going to be the other George Michael, the singer-songwriter.
My point exactly.
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Until you get through the first sentence.
I meant the subject line.
Should I start a thread titled RIP Bono and then in the body of it give a shout out to Sonny Bono?
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This thread is rather misleading.
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Ron Bunyan…I think. Didn't he retire due to gout?
Is the gout an STD in the Ryan household?
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You really are cantankerous!
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Trans Siberian Orchestra is pretty good, I don't have a link to provide. I haven't quite figured out that yet.
Where would you even start out - it's all good! (Now having seen them them 5 years in a row, I would say their on stage persona is not all good - they are too much like Spinal Tap. But, the music, lights, pyrotechnics, etc. are all great!)
This is short, but I just stumbled on this the other day and love Zooey's voice (and her eyes):
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I love legs, and I heard there are feet attached to them via the ankle.
Looks to me like Mrs. Ryan has your standard issue feet, just like every other feet I've ever seen.
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I remember listening to sold out championships on the radio in the sixties for this reason.
Didn't the TV networks have more of a factor on this than Congress?
Maybe the networks put pressure on Congress, but I'm pretty sure it's a law that changed the blackout practice.........My father, great uncle and grandmother drove to Rochester and got a hotel room to watch the championship game in '64 or '65!
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And I have ventured into the knee fetish world. Still have to figure out what you can do with a knee, but if people can do it with feet, why not?
I was thinking that if you lined up every girlfriend I ever had, I don't think I can pick out one set of their feet........I looked at my own feet and decided I wouldn't even recognize them!
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It won't even start well.
I just noticed that the linked story is almost two years old. I wonder if it started well, ended well or where it is?
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Maybe I clicked on the wrong one, but I watched like two minutes of the most boring video ever.......Somebody gets off on this crap?
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Yes to the one of the left, no to the one on the right.
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It was not on in the Rochester Market of which Webster is. I had a friend's dad tape in as they are in Pennsylvania. It was not on here
Right - people to the west of Rochester were not able to pick it up, but people to the east of Rochester were. I'm still saying it was being shown in Syracuse and this is the reason.
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I remember watching the Oilers game on the Watertown station since Syracuse was blacked out. Where my parents live they can pick up both over the air.
I think you're memory is wrong. I am quite sure that we got our tape from people in Webster.
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I can't make it to the game, anybody want to buy my tix? Sec 116 Row 19...just looking for face value.
This is actually the type of thing why I have no beef with the blackout rule.....I myself very much doubt that I'll be going to the game now. Right now, my friends and I are all super stressed and busy - it's the busiest time of year for at least 3 of us.......We were all on the fence about going to the game, but leaning towards carving out the time to get out there.
Now, since I'll be able to watch and save a lot of time by working while I watch, etc., I don't think I'll be going. So, the team loses on any concessions, etc. that I would have bought.
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Even Sunday when you can get a ticket for say $25 and park "off campus" for $10 and drink 2 beers for say $15. That's $50. That same $50 buys you considerably more than 2 beers and some wings to go with them at a bar showing the game. The stadium experience is always fun. But there are some (yeah, me
) that prefer to sit in a warm bar or on my couch drinking my beer than freezing my ass off on aluminum benches for December games. The NFL has the right to make money of course. And if they feel the blackout rule sells more tickets (not sure I agree but it is their call) then so be it. But while some don't go because they would rather watch on TV, there are some that simply cannot afford it. Seems a shame to dick them over in the name of putting more money in the pockets of millionaires.
Just my opinion though.
So, the truth is coming out! I have sympathy for any money issues, but not really for the warm bar argument!
I am quite sure many of these people spent more money going to Canada, and all this other crap than if they just bought a ticket. It used to be that all home games were blacked out, which was wrong. If you couldn't buy a ticket because it's sold out, they shouldn't also not let you watch on TV. So, Congress stepped in and made it fair. If there are tickets available, buy them and you can see the game. If not, then we'll show it on TV. (Of course, this was before the Internet and stubhub, etc. - so back then if you didn't have a ticket to a sold out game, there really was no way of seeing it).
Seems to me that it's not some inalienable right to be able to watch a football game. If there is a movie or a fight on HBO, and I don't want to or can't pay for HBO, do I have an an argument that I have the right to watch it on Channel 4? Why should NFL owners be forced to give their product out for free?
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If tickets were reasonably priced I would agree with you. But to bring my family of 5 to a game is going to cost me over $300 when it is said and done (have to get that many together from ticketmaster). I know the Bills are one of the lowest in the NFL, but there are a lot of families that can't afford a big price tag to watch a sporting event for one afternoon. It's a shame the NFL insists on !@#$ing them further.
Being single, I guess I don't think enough about that......What made me take this stance was during the years we were good, and sometimes just missed selling out. Prices were a lot lower then, but you would drive to the game and you knew what bars were illegally getting the game off satellite, because the parking lots would be full. Then, you would hear about all the people who would drive to Canada to watch the games in bars there, etc.
I was like WTF - you are probably spending more money doing all this stuff when you can just buy a ticket and go to the game!! And, being there is so much better, IMO.
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Same here, I know some people are into it, but a lady's feet would be the absolute last place I would spend anytime at on her body.
I have now decided to develop an armpit fetish.
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that is true. If you are a public figure like this, you have gotta be smarter than that. I personally wouldnt put stuff like that on the internet at risk of being shamed at my job, which doesnt involve nearly as much media or public attention.
Thats the issue. This guy is either stupid or arrogant (or both. Either case, its going to catch up to him. The organization has already been shamed a number of times this season. A number of small incidents, but they add up and eventually, maybe if the Jets finish 8-8 or worse next season, The Jets are going to be sick of explaining themselves. Also, its obvious players like him because he is a clown just like a lot of them. At some point he is going to have to be an authority and discipline someone and they are going to look at this "child" and tell him to EAD. As much as players like this, Im sure it can turn the other way as well.
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Anybody else think of Travis Henry when they saw this quote?