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The NFL Thread, Part III: What lockout?

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bronconick said:
Ocho would have been an awful decision. The only reason a guy like Fairley works is because A) Schwartz got Haynesworth to not suck in Tennessee and B) VandenBosch, Suh and company will rip him apart if he pops an attitude or is lazy. Similar players do not exist on offense and wouldn't likely work on an old-*** receiver with an attitude problem.
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And I could just imagine what would happen if next season goes ****-up early on, and what kind of effect Ocho would have on Calvin Johnson.
 
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Biddco said:
I am buying what Charch, PA and the other guy talked about today. They said that a change of blocking schemes for the offense might be a better fit for the talent we have. But at this point I am not going to get to upset bout the Vikings. It is just not worth it.
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Basically, things can't really get THAT much worse in Minnesota, so why get upset?:p:o

I don't know why, as football season is still a ways away, but I'm so excited for football. I'm confident there'll be a season, and I just can't wait to get fantasy football rolling and watching 8 games a sunday.

My dad and I were talking about the draft and after all I concluded with a statement similar to above and he says, "why are you so excited? the vikings will just dissapoint and be awful anyways?"

And through 50 years of football, he's been right.:(:p
 
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MavHockey14 said:
So, the Vikings plan on staying in Minnesota?:)

http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Ramsey-County-Announces-Partnership-With-Vikings-For-New-Retractable-Roof-Stadium/40eb217e-2558-434f-8bc2-5ddcddd9f024
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I'm intrigued to see how this is going to work because TCAAP is an extremely contaminated site and is the reason my company started and office in the north metro over 25 years ago. Someone from my office has to inspect TCAAP 360+ days a year. I imagine all of the contamination would be resolved from this so we'll still have to do some kind of monitoring daily even after the stadium is built...
 
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MavHockey14 said:
So, the Vikings plan on staying in Minnesota?:)

http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Ramsey-County-Announces-Partnership-With-Vikings-For-New-Retractable-Roof-Stadium/40eb217e-2558-434f-8bc2-5ddcddd9f024
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Un-*ing-real. First they force the Twins stadium down our throats* and now the Vikings' stadium. What a *ing joke.

*Yes, I like the new stadium. It's a great place. However, I'm still of the belief that the TEAM pays for it, and/or it's a user-based fee (think add-ons to ticket prices, or lotto tickets whose profits go to the new stadium, etc). I don't want a forced tax to pay for a new stadium. And yes, that goes for stuff like the Guthrie Theater, or any other non-necessary entertainment cost.

Tax me for road improvement? Fine. Light rail? Fine (although I don't use it now, I may use it in the future once it expands). Schools? Sure. I don't have kids, but those kids will be part of the economy I utilize. See where I'm going here?
 
Brenthoven said:
Un-*ing-real. First they force the Twins stadium down our throats* and now the Vikings' stadium. What a *ing joke.

*Yes, I like the new stadium. It's a great place. However, I'm still of the belief that the TEAM pays for it, and/or it's a user-based fee (think add-ons to ticket prices, or lotto tickets whose profits go to the new stadium, etc). I don't want a forced tax to pay for a new stadium. And yes, that goes for stuff like the Guthrie Theater, or any other non-necessary entertainment cost.

Tax me for road improvement? Fine. Light rail? Fine (although I don't use it now, I may use it in the future once it expands). Schools? Sure. I don't have kids, but those kids will be part of the economy I utilize. See where I'm going here?
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Seriously why not have the state provide money through the lottery? They sold $10 scratch offs this year anyways! A Vikings based casino would be perfect to raise a ****load of money too. it'll be interesting to see how this all turns out.

Vikings fans will soon be introduced to the ridiculous prices of NFL tickets once the stadium is here. Current prices will at least double.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Seriously why not have the state provide money through the lottery? They sold $10 scratch offs this year anyways! A Vikings based casino would be perfect to raise a ****load of money too. it'll be interesting to see how this all turns out.

Vikings fans will soon be introduced to the ridiculous prices of NFL tickets once the stadium is here. Current prices will at least double.
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Any gambling is opposed by the Indians and party poopers. Block E has a casino proposal (we're talking a Bellagio-like casino) and despite the revenue predictions (even half of what they predict is probably more profitable than what Block E is now), there is opposition. Gambling = crime, societal rejects, degenerates, and terrorism, according to the anti-gambling groups. :rolleyes:

And the prices were ridiculous enough. A very good reason not to actually attend the games. I have gone to a few games, and those were the $10 obstructed variety. I think I went to one game, upper deck, near the rail, and the face value, IIRC, was over $50. For upper deck, right around the 10yard-goalline area. * that. And that was a couple years ago. For $50, I want to at least be in the lower bowl.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Any gambling is opposed by the Indians and party poopers. Block E has a casino proposal (we're talking a Bellagio-like casino) and despite the revenue predictions (even half of what they predict is probably more profitable than what Block E is now), there is opposition. Gambling = crime, societal rejects, degenerates, and terrorism, according to the anti-gambling groups. :rolleyes:

And the prices were ridiculous enough. A very good reason not to actually attend the games. I have gone to a few games, and those were the $10 obstructed variety. I think I went to one game, upper deck, near the rail, and the face value, IIRC, was over $50. For upper deck, right around the 10yard-goalline area. * that. And that was a couple years ago. For $50, I want to at least be in the lower bowl.
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Face value you can't get in the lower bowl for less than $77, so you're looking at about $90-$100 to a ticket when it's all said in done. Our season tickets are on the goal line 25 rows up and they're $99 a game. Thank God it's a company expense.

Looking into face value in other places, they're brutal, though. Average season ticket price is $80 bucks or so, but lower level in other places will run you $150-$300. Just ridiculous.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
I'm intrigued to see how this is going to work because TCAAP is an extremely contaminated site and is the reason my company started and office in the north metro over 25 years ago. Someone from my office has to inspect TCAAP 360+ days a year. I imagine all of the contamination would be resolved from this so we'll still have to do some kind of monitoring daily even after the stadium is built...
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I would guess that it will be your job to fix this particular problem for the Vikings. :p
 
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Brenthoven said:
Un-*ing-real. First they force the Twins stadium down our throats* and now the Vikings' stadium. What a *ing joke.

*Yes, I like the new stadium. It's a great place. However, I'm still of the belief that the TEAM pays for it, and/or it's a user-based fee (think add-ons to ticket prices, or lotto tickets whose profits go to the new stadium, etc). I don't want a forced tax to pay for a new stadium. And yes, that goes for stuff like the Guthrie Theater, or any other non-necessary entertainment cost.

Tax me for road improvement? Fine. Light rail? Fine (although I don't use it now, I may use it in the future once it expands). Schools? Sure. I don't have kids, but those kids will be part of the economy I utilize. See where I'm going here?
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Same here. The Owners should pay for it, or at least most of it from field level to the curb. Public money is fine to use on infrastructure stuff like road improvements, electric, water, and sewage. If it cost them selling tickets at 50 bucks just to get inside the building, so be it. They just had better be prepaired to put out a product on the field that would justify the prices they set for those tickets.
 
Re: The NFL Thread, Part III: What lockout?

Took place last week, but Buffalo cans Tom Modrak as Director of Scouting. That's a positive step because I don't think a lot of free agents will go there so they have to do the Tampa Rays model of building talent.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Face value you can't get in the lower bowl for less than $77, so you're looking at about $90-$100 to a ticket when it's all said in done. Our season tickets are on the goal line 25 rows up and they're $99 a game. Thank God it's a company expense.

Looking into face value in other places, they're brutal, though. Average season ticket price is $80 bucks or so, but lower level in other places will run you $150-$300. Just ridiculous.
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I'd kill to be able to get $100 Lower Bowl seats. In New England, that MIGHTget you nosebleeds, if you get lucky. I'm looking to get tickets for my mom's birthday, just me and her, and the least I expect to spend is $300...probably closer to $500 to get good seats.
 
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UNH GH said:
I'd kill to be able to get $100 Lower Bowl seats. In New England, that MIGHTget you nosebleeds, if you get lucky. I'm looking to get tickets for my mom's birthday, just me and her, and the least I expect to spend is $300...probably closer to $500 to get good seats.
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That's about the going rate for Bears tickets here in Chicago.... The fact that it's all on the secondary market doesn't help...

For me, football passed it's threshold for value a long time ago... For what it costs to go to a game (tickets, parking, food), I am probably looking at around $200ish for myself for the day... For $100, I can sit in a lavish sports bar, drink premium drinks, get all the food I want, not miss a single play in ANY game, and not have to worry about weather... Going to an NFL game is one of the more overated things in sports, IMO... Granted, I am a fan of an "out of town" team (Jacksonville), so tickets aren't readily available... Even when they were in Chicago or Green Bay and were accessable, I had no drive to go really...
 
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Brenthoven said:
I think Ray Lewis is going off the deep end:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6575570
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well, in a round about way, he just might be right. Hell, how many people here spend a good 3 hours or so watching football on Sunday? You have that many more idle hands out there, there might be an increase in the crime rates. maybe not overall crime rates, but at least an increase over that time period on Sundays.
 
bigmrg74 said:
well, in a round about way, he just might be right. Hell, how many people here spend a good 3 hours or so watching football on Sunday? You have that many more idle hands out there, there might be an increase in the crime rates. maybe not overall crime rates, but at least an increase over that time period on Sundays.
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We'll see a decrease in DUI's and an increase in deer rapes.
 
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The Buffalo Bills get a new look for whenever the season starts.

Bills new unis

Going back to the white helmet and blue shirts.

(Insert your own something else on the team needing a makeover joke here.)
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
The Buffalo Bills get a new look for whenever the season starts.

Bills new unis

Going back to the white helmet and blue shirts.

(Insert your own something else on the team needing a makeover joke here.)
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Do the new helmets have a GPS so the running back can find it?
 
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