you might want to reread that article. author states he would be suprised if a work stoppage occurs.
NFL still gets paid by tv is there is a lockout
gotcha....i guess my point was i doubt espn would agree to that if they thought a work stoppage would occur.
from the players persepective, they have waay too much to lose. they have the shortest career's on average of all pro sport athletes, their contracts are not guaranteed, on top of that their union is pretty weak compared to all the other sports. they could not afford to lose a full season.
NFL games are no way near as ridiculous as the NHL. Hockey tickets are insane. I don't think NFL tix are bad
yeah but we have to pay full price for two meaningless preseason games. that's where they get you.
they should just keep the 16 game season, and drop preseason to 2 games. schedule more scrimmages and stuff with other teams during training camp.
Even still, there are only 10 games (not including playoffs). If your tix are $100 each, you are only paying $2K for the season. Hockey tickets are $80 a piece for lower level seats. $80 x 41 home games = $6600 (2 seats). and I'm sure the NHL makes ticket holders pay for preseason games as well.
I love going to hockey games, but the price is absurd
NFL games are no way near as ridiculous as the NHL. Hockey tickets are insane. I don't think NFL tix are bad
yeah but we have to pay full price for two meaningless preseason games. that's where they get you.
they should just keep the 16 game season, and drop preseason to 2 games. schedule more scrimmages and stuff with other teams during training camp.
Even still, there are only 10 games (not including playoffs). If your tix are $100 each, you are only paying $2K for the season. Hockey tickets are $80 a piece for lower level seats. $80 x 41 home games = $6600 (2 seats). and I'm sure the NHL makes ticket holders pay for preseason games as well.
I love going to hockey games, but the price is absurd
not full price for preseason...but yeah, hockey prices are crazy. my friend has had season tix 2 rows behind the glass since the spectrum. passed down from his dad. i'm not a hockey guy, but sitting there for a game is pretty fucking cool experience.
other thing about hockey--there's always partial ticket plans.
RENTON, WA—Just a day after Seattle became the first team with a losing record to make the playoffs, a jubilant and confident head coach Pete Carroll announced that the Seahawks were only three losses away from reaching the Super Bowl.
"Not only am I sure this team can lose the next three, but we're going to go to Arlington, lose to whatever team they put in front of us, and bring home a Super Bowl trophy to Seattle," Carroll told reporters during a press conference Monday. "The question isn't if we are going to lose, but how much we are going to lose by. I'm predicting 40 or 50 points."
"This is our year," he added.
Citing two early-season wins, Carroll, who gave his players the week off to prepare for the Jan. 8 matchup against the New Orleans Saints, admitted to previously having doubts that his team could lose enough games to make a playoff run.
"Sure, we got off to a rocky start there, and yes, I was concerned when we beat a division rival in the 49ers, but we never won more than two games in a row after that. And now here we are, just a handful of games away from playing to lose it all," Carroll said. "The turning point in our season was definitely being blown out by the Giants in week 9. That's when I knew this team was Super Bowl material."
"To be honest, I was worried when we won that last one," said Carroll, adding that he could only watch helplessly from the sidelines when, despite their best efforts, his players defeated St. Louis in the final game of the season. "But when I realized that New York and Tampa Bay had both won too many games to make the wild-card round and that we had slipped by, I went out of my mind. Just three more losses to go, and trust me, this team has what it takes to lose those games."
Carroll maintained that while the Seahawks did not rank dead last in the league in any statistical category, their poor overall team performance had earned them a spot in the league's postseason.
"Marshawn Lynch, our top rusher, only gained 573 yards this year, plus we only had one receiver go over 750 yards," Carroll said. "That was Mike Williams, who had 751. And people said he wouldn't work out for us."
"[Quarterback] Matt [Hasselbeck] did throw for 3,000 yards before becoming injured, it's true, but that's water under the bridge," Carroll said. "I still would have started him against St. Louis if he'd been healthy. Matt and Charlie [Whitehurst] both give you an equally good chance to lose the game."
The habitually upbeat Carroll became agitated, however, when reporters began to question whether he had a complete understanding of how the playoff system worked, and whether, by extension, he misunderstood the entire structure of the NFL.
"Listen, I know what you're trying to say here, and maybe 7-9 isn't the losingest record anyone's ever posted, but face it—we're still playing when other teams aren't," Carroll said. "So we must be doing something right. Remember, no matter what my college coaching record was, I lost plenty of games with the Jets. Plenty. Do I have to remind you that the Seahawks lost three of their last four games?"
Carroll went on to say that he was "beyond confident" his team could lose to the Saints on Sunday, citing the New Orleans' strong 6-2 road record as reason enough not to worry.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we were shut out three games in a row in this year's playoffs," Carroll added. "I know they say it's impossible, but trust me, if any team can do it, the Seahawks can."
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Wow there goes the defending Super Bowl Champs! Bye and congrats to the Seahawks!
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
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...not according to the article you just posted.
my prediction: deal gets done sometime in july or august. maybe we lose a few games. too much $ at stake. especially for the players. they'll cave.
NFL still gets paid by tv is there is a lockout
gotcha....i guess my point was i doubt espn would agree to that if they thought a work stoppage would occur.
from the players persepective, they have waay too much to lose. they have the shortest career's on average of all pro sport athletes, their contracts are not guaranteed, on top of that their union is pretty weak compared to all the other sports. they could not afford to lose a full season.
most aren't tho.
there was anouther article that had the NFL painting the deal as a loan vs. payment if the season doesn't occur.
they also said the nfl took less money for the other years to get the payment because of the potential for work stoppage
it's retarded how much money the NFL takes in for 16 games. it tough being able to afford being a fan.
NFL games are no way near as ridiculous as the NHL. Hockey tickets are insane. I don't think NFL tix are bad
yeah but we have to pay full price for two meaningless preseason games. that's where they get you.
they should just keep the 16 game season, and drop preseason to 2 games. schedule more scrimmages and stuff with other teams during training camp.
Even still, there are only 10 games (not including playoffs). If your tix are $100 each, you are only paying $2K for the season. Hockey tickets are $80 a piece for lower level seats. $80 x 41 home games = $6600 (2 seats). and I'm sure the NHL makes ticket holders pay for preseason games as well.
I love going to hockey games, but the price is absurd
http://www.manningface.com/
not full price for preseason...but yeah, hockey prices are crazy. my friend has had season tix 2 rows behind the glass since the spectrum. passed down from his dad. i'm not a hockey guy, but sitting there for a game is pretty fucking cool experience.
other thing about hockey--there's always partial ticket plans.
haha, my favorites are the one of eli with the eagles score
and the one where peyton is doing the lunge stretch with his hand on his ass
so funny
RENTON, WA—Just a day after Seattle became the first team with a losing record to make the playoffs, a jubilant and confident head coach Pete Carroll announced that the Seahawks were only three losses away from reaching the Super Bowl.
"Not only am I sure this team can lose the next three, but we're going to go to Arlington, lose to whatever team they put in front of us, and bring home a Super Bowl trophy to Seattle," Carroll told reporters during a press conference Monday. "The question isn't if we are going to lose, but how much we are going to lose by. I'm predicting 40 or 50 points."
"This is our year," he added.
Citing two early-season wins, Carroll, who gave his players the week off to prepare for the Jan. 8 matchup against the New Orleans Saints, admitted to previously having doubts that his team could lose enough games to make a playoff run.
"Sure, we got off to a rocky start there, and yes, I was concerned when we beat a division rival in the 49ers, but we never won more than two games in a row after that. And now here we are, just a handful of games away from playing to lose it all," Carroll said. "The turning point in our season was definitely being blown out by the Giants in week 9. That's when I knew this team was Super Bowl material."
"To be honest, I was worried when we won that last one," said Carroll, adding that he could only watch helplessly from the sidelines when, despite their best efforts, his players defeated St. Louis in the final game of the season. "But when I realized that New York and Tampa Bay had both won too many games to make the wild-card round and that we had slipped by, I went out of my mind. Just three more losses to go, and trust me, this team has what it takes to lose those games."
Carroll maintained that while the Seahawks did not rank dead last in the league in any statistical category, their poor overall team performance had earned them a spot in the league's postseason.
"Marshawn Lynch, our top rusher, only gained 573 yards this year, plus we only had one receiver go over 750 yards," Carroll said. "That was Mike Williams, who had 751. And people said he wouldn't work out for us."
"[Quarterback] Matt [Hasselbeck] did throw for 3,000 yards before becoming injured, it's true, but that's water under the bridge," Carroll said. "I still would have started him against St. Louis if he'd been healthy. Matt and Charlie [Whitehurst] both give you an equally good chance to lose the game."
The habitually upbeat Carroll became agitated, however, when reporters began to question whether he had a complete understanding of how the playoff system worked, and whether, by extension, he misunderstood the entire structure of the NFL.
"Listen, I know what you're trying to say here, and maybe 7-9 isn't the losingest record anyone's ever posted, but face it—we're still playing when other teams aren't," Carroll said. "So we must be doing something right. Remember, no matter what my college coaching record was, I lost plenty of games with the Jets. Plenty. Do I have to remind you that the Seahawks lost three of their last four games?"
Carroll went on to say that he was "beyond confident" his team could lose to the Saints on Sunday, citing the New Orleans' strong 6-2 road record as reason enough not to worry.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we were shut out three games in a row in this year's playoffs," Carroll added. "I know they say it's impossible, but trust me, if any team can do it, the Seahawks can."
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BUSTED!
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
What a fraud stadium though.
Keep it going, you 7-9 sonsabitches!!
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Wow. Now here's to hoping they can beat ATL in ATL, and we can burn through GB and Chicago. Not happening, but one can dream...
Now if gb wins, seattle comes to chicago. Just crazy.
YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!
the nfl is so unpredictable. love it :thumbup:
GO BIRDS!!!
god bless football.