Comments on: Online video shows absurdity of NFL policy

By: Tom Planchet

Tom Planchet — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:12:50 +0000

Between this story and the story about the NCAA ejecting the live blogger, we are seeing a real line in the sand drawn with sports, most specifically the NFL, and the web.

This is a fairly new medium and they are trying to get their own brand in early. It’s what they would have done with television at its inception had they ever envisioned NFL on TV would be so big, and it’s what they ARE doing with TV slowly but surely as they siphon off NFL free games to the NFL Network.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:05:46 +0000

That was amusing. And a creative way to prove a point.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:52:51 +0000

How about John tries writing instead. If we wanted to see his pretty face he would be on TV. He’s a print reporter, he could have put all this information down in writing.

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:19:08 +0000

Doug,

It’s more than just :45 seconds of bites we are missing out on. Now we can’t put up our NFL player feature pkgs because they all run well over that time limit.

And I wouldn’t paint all the players with such a broad brush.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:37:32 +0000

Having listened to years of jock interviews on broadcast and cable TV, I’m sure the NFL has its players’ mental prowess in mind with their 45 second rule.

While some players are smart and articulate, more than 45 seconds would certainly drain the brain of many other players. Perhaps 15 seconds would be better. Maybe 5. “We came to play.” Hmmm. Three seconds oughta do it.

Indeed, instead of criticizing the NFL brass, we should embrace them for their obvious humanitarian concerns.

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:42:18 +0000

Hilarious and painfully true.