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Schlereth Shreds the NFL for Fining Hard Hits

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 21, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    I take it the NFL network isn't considered marketing, nor NFL films.
     
  2. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    When NFL's VP of PR Greg Aiello had to issue a public apology earlier in the week, it wasn't for turning on the lights. It was for the products being sold by the NFL Photo Store, ie, photos of violent hits.
     
  3. Twoback

    Twoback Active Member

    Yes. Stadiums are (mostly) filled and ratings are reaching astronomical levels because of pictures on a website.
    That's some hellacious marketing the NFL is doing.
     
  4. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Video games, TV promos, pictures all emphasize the violence. The rightsholders and licensees are extensions of their marketing arm, too, and their content is subject to league approval.
     
  5. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Haha, the NFL doesn't market itself. That's awesome. Pretty sure bin Laden is getting e-mails from NFL.com and solicitations from DirectTV to purchase the Sunday Ticket.
     
  6. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Feel the same way. Clear that many of the people commenting on these hits have never played the game. Schlereth obviously gets it because he played.

    One of his quotes nails it -- " take all the contact away and you end up with soccer".
     
  7. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Twoback could be the NFL's Baghdad Bob.

    Insanity to believe that the NFL doesn't market itself. I guess going to Europe and Mexico isn't about marketing, they have their own network for christ sake. That isn't marketing?
     
  8. Crash

    Crash Active Member

    And anyone who says that has obviously never played soccer.
     
  9. Pastor

    Pastor Active Member

    Hey yo!!!!

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  10. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I don't think that is what Twoback was saying. He was saying that the NFL doesn't really market the extremely violent hits, or at least that it doesn't do it any more. Of course, I think he's wrong there, too, but it's not the same thing.
     
  11. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    OOP, I'm pretty sure he is saying more than that
     
  12. GoochMan

    GoochMan Active Member

    And he is wrong.
     
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