Football Season

Poo, well I've wondered about those massive linemen-shoulder to shoulder,
seemed dangerous to me.
I guess it is a wise thing to do.
 

More talk about the upcoming NFL football season.... 1) making plans for covering the first 6-8 rows of seats around all the NFL stadiums. People who have those seats would be offered different options for giving up their seats for the year ...

2) Then they are also saying any players or coaches who don't feel comfortable playing this season, can opt out for the year w/o penalty.

Wonder how this will play out, if it does at all. ..????
 
Thanks for the comments, to ponder, Bonnie.....

One does wonder how those ideas would play out....if they ever do play out :unsure::unsure::unsure::rolleyes:

What would eliminating those rows of seats accomplish?o_O
I dont comprehend that.

And ..."without penalty" :unsure:o_O
Except that the entire world of internet would criticize their decision, no matter what they decided?

None of it is making any sense to me....
It seems like just no one knows what to do.

I also wondered if that game above, was cancelled due to the players playing so close to each other, as Jerry described?
OR, because of the State rules (Ohio) where is was going to take place?

Or, the pandemic itself? Legal liabilities? Just wondered .....

Lots of wonderings...no answers to be found, it seems to me.....

but comments and thoughts welcomed....
 
Bonnie & Kaila
I don't think anyone comprehends what is going to happen.
As long as their is money to be made. I suppose they will find a way.
(What, dress in bio suits?)

Cultural Comment: (From Goggle)
You want to get weird: goggle NFL players making 30 million per year.
Okay, now goggle those making over 20 million per year.
We are contributing in our own tiny way.

Your Symphony Orchestra Musician makes 40K per year
The Conductor makes up to 140 K up to 170K*

Ballet: 30-40K (journeymen)
The Principal dancers make up to 180K
(There are no star ballet stars, their called principals-didn't know that.)

*What is it that a conductor does?
We can't quantify precisely- Goggle says?

(Excuse artsy-fartsy statements, working on essay for personal pleasure.)
 
I know I cannot, and do not, comprehend the salaries of professional athletes.

Why someone who is offered 7 million wants 9 million... etc, etc.....

Other than, that the owners are extremely wealthy, so why wouldn't the workers want some of that?

Spectators of all sorts of athletics, have always just enjoyed seeing what the human body can do, and also enjoy rooting for a team, or a game, often with others.


Did the salaries for professional sports athletes,
used to be substantially lower, ???
Before the huge corporate interests, and the huge cable TV networks, etc, got involved in sports?

As well as prior to the way the current, modern owners are making extreme extra money in so many manners, off of the athletes, even personally, such as from selling stuff with the athletes names on them?
And owners and tv networks, and other businesses, additionally profiting from other income at the stadiums, etc?
 
I saw on TV that changing the “Redskins” name is in the news again. The stadium sponsor (I think it’s FedEx) wants them to change their name. Most people are saying to leave it up to the fans.

I think they should call the team the “Washington Whiteskins.” I doubt if anyone would complain. I know the baseball team was named the Senators at one time and the Capitals is already in use, so maybe the Washington Representatives. No, that doesn’t sound right. Any ideas?
 
911 said:
I saw on TV that changing the “Redskins” name is in the news again. The stadium sponsor (I think it’s FedEx) wants them to change their name. Most people are saying to leave it up to the fans.

I think they should call the team the “Washington Whiteskins.” I doubt if anyone would complain. I know the baseball team was named the Senators at one time and the Capitals is already in use, so maybe the Washington Representatives. No, that doesn’t sound right. Any ideas?
Click to expand...


Not football of course, but why aren't the Cleveland Indians in any discussions about controversial names in sports?
iu
 
Last season, Jerry Jones was being interviewed at halftime; the Cowboys were winning and he was happy, happy...
He was asked about salaries, players and the other personnel it takes to run a team.

"We make an obscene amount of money."

That makes your head rattle.
 
I wish we could get a turnip farmer to drive his team to these folks that want
to change the names of everything and stuff a turnip in their pie hole.
 
jerry old said:
Last season, Jerry Jones was being interviewed at halftime; the Cowboys were winning and he was happy, happy...
He was asked about salaries, players and the other personnel it takes to run a team.

"We make an obscene amount of money."

That makes your head rattle.
Click to expand...
The majority comes from TV, thanks to us suckers that pay high cable and satellite bills, not to mention NFL ticket. How much money is made on shirts with the player’s name? Shirts can run from $125-200. That’s just insane. A name and the Nike Swoosh and that’s what run’s the price up. I would imagine that a game Jersey with the player’s name and Nike Swoosh costs about $12-15 to produce in China or Malaysia.

Parking is anywhere from $25-75, depending on how close the lot is to the stadium. Beer runs about $12 and a hot dog about $8. When I went to the Steelers game this past season with another couple. For travel, tickets, food, lodging, etc., my Saturday afternoon until Sunday night when I got home, I had spent around $850.00.
 
I seriously doubt if Washington will bend. I think they will hang onto the Redskins monicker. Most football fans call them the “Skins” anyway.
But, if FedEx demands they change, then they probably will.
 
Last edited:
Bonnie said:
Not football of course, but why aren't the Cleveland Indians in any discussions about controversial names in sports?
iu
Click to expand...
Indians alone is probably OK. If they were labeled a tribe name, like “The Cleveland Arapaho’s” that may be an issue. (I guess. I can’t figure it out anymore.)
 
911: spending 850.00 to take guest to the evil Steelers game.

Jerry Jones says, 'That my kind'a man.'

You can come to Cowboys Stadium, pay 100.00 for standing room only-on your feet
well over two hours to watch the Cowboys flub the game away. That was three years ago, no doubt Jerry has raised the price.
 
Bonnie said:
Not football of course, but why aren't the Cleveland Indians in any discussions about controversial names in sports?
iu
Click to expand...
Now it’s sounding like the Indians are going to change their name. What this amounts to is that money talks. The big companies that support the pro teams financially have the power, but what is driving this are the mobs are in control. It seems that many, many things are now racist and that has become the word that everyone and every company is attempting to avoid being called.

Over the years, I have been called so many different vile and vulgar names that some of them I don’t even know what they are. But, I never paid any attention to being called a name. I don’t understand why the name “Redskin” is racist. We just always called them “the Skins.” If I was called a white skin, I wouldn’t bat an eye.

What about the university, “The Florida Seminoles?” There is a college in North Carolina named Catawba College. Their mascot is the Indians. So, they are the Catawba Indians. The Catawba Indian tribe has granted them permission to use that name. So, Catawba Indians are OK, but not the Cleveland Indians. Confusing to say the least.
 
The post regarding name changes makes you realize how unimportant your opinion is...

I do know Cleveland Browns are named after coach Paul Brown, so Kaila how about
the New England Patriots being named The Belichicks?

Bonnies list of potential names for Cleveland Baseball, like some, didn't like others. so,

Lake Erie was almost declared a fire hazard in the 60' so potential names for the
Indians are the: Blazers, Hellfire Boys,...
 
Last edited:
Bonnie said:
Yes, I know. I am from the Cleveland area.. that's where I grew up.
Click to expand...
I followed baseball for a long time. I pitched when I was young. Bob Feller was one of my idols.
But I pulled for the Detroit Tigers and I always looked forward to opening day when Bob Feller opened against Hal Newhouser. We used to skip school and listen to it on the radio. Short wave. American Radio Services for the military. There's something about a radio broadcast that makes it much more interesting than a television broadcast. The announcers were fantastic. We had visitors from Cleveland and they couldn't believe how much we knew about baseball in the U.S. I'm from Canada.
 
Camper 6:
I became a casual Dodger fan in 1954.
I had to root for the Indians to beat the hated Giants
The newspapers predicted the Tribe would win-hands down. There pitching staff of
Lemon, Wynn, Garica with Feller in the wings.
You remember the results: Giants in four straight.
My question: Did Bob Feller pitch at all in that series?

Don't miss baseball that much, but like the dogfights between the Yanks and Red Socks.

Quit the Dodgers when Koufax retired.
Watched or listened to Tx Rangers when Nolan Ryan was pitching.
 
Last edited:
Read Leathe 200 average salary of NFL salaries
Goggled Cowboy's salaries, the last player listed on salaries is someone named Saivion
Smith at 610,000 per year. I have never heard of him.

Offensive linemen make far less that 'the skilled position players,' but they can play
for 12 years or longer. A couple million a year is sufficient reason to show up for work.

911 Post on Corporate America becoming involved in American Professional sports
it made me uneasy.
I think the more capitalist ventures are involved with sports the more avenues are
opened to manipulate the results. My thinking is not clear on this topic, it just makes me uneasy.

(AT&T pays the Cowboys 19 million a year to have their logo on top of the stadium
which is not a large sum when some of the players are making that as an annual
salary, but I wonder if there are other entanglements.)
 


Back
Top