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RE: Nfl News - 7/24/2010 12:49:27 PM

Lynn G.

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Wow - only 56 years old. Really sad.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/24/2010 2:15:25 PM

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Had to be a huge part of Bill's decision-making the past couple years.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 8:39:50 AM

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Consumers are scoring 'Direct' hits

PRAISE the Lord, and pass the ammo! We've got 'em on the run!

We're now hearing from more (and more) readers who have done what we've lately urged: Tell DirecTV to take a hike; don't fall for its advertised "preseason special" for the Sunday NFL Ticket package.

The price tag on that act-now! early-bird "special," $315, not only is $25 more than last year's fee (recession? where?), it's the price DirecTV hopes will be swallowed by suckers, by those most easily fleeced.

DirecTV's advertised, set price isn't set at all. It's individually negotiable. We've now heard from at least a dozen

NFL package subscribers who,

under their threat of cancellation, have had that $315 fee reduced by a lot -- $45 -- to a whole lot -- $126.

What we're left with is the NFL again serving as paid party to the abuse of its fans/customers by a business to which the NFL has sold its logo, license and authority. And then that NFL business partner, with the NFL's see-no-ripoffs blessings, is allowed to do as it pleases -- as long as the NFL gets its take.

And the NFL's DirecTV take is huge -- $1 billion a year, through 2013. That's all the NFL cares about, knows about. NYPost

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 8:53:18 AM

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DTV needs to show games on a per team basis.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 9:04:49 AM

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Interesting Stacey
Just dealt with this last week
Got sticker shock when I opened my bill from Directv, called immedaitely, they had just added the NFL package, assuming I'd want it.
Took me a good ten minutes to get away from the persistent guy who kept dropping the price.
I wish I could have passed on the deal he offered me to someone who wanted it. It was dirt-cheap by the time we were done.
Point is ..Don't accept their sticker price if you are interested. (I am one hell of a loyal customer, tho, so you may not get quite that good of a deal)

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 9:26:01 AM

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quote:

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DTV needs to show games on a per team basis.

This.

I get the Sunday Ticket package, but it's rare that I watch anything but the Vikings on it. . .I might put on one of the late games if the one in the local area isn't what I want to watch, but usually the network game is sufficient.

But I'd pay $10 or so every Sunday via PPV for just the Vikings game, if it's not already nationally featured.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 9:57:46 AM

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Exactly my deal, too .. gonz ...
The package is great, but I get so focused on the Vikings, I can't justify having the rest of the great coverage (and it is great coverage)
I had it last year and it was wasted on me.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 11:56:57 AM

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Same thing for the NHL package. I have to renew every year because I can't miss the Wild but I could give a damn about Nashville vs. Atlanta in mid December

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 2:24:29 PM

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Be careful where you eat!

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ESPN reveals food-safety violations at arenas, stadiums

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune
Last update: July 26, 2010 - 11:09 AM

ESPN has gone through food-safety inspection reports from last year for every venue in Major League Baseball, the NBA, NHL and NFL and unearthed some stomach-turning findings.

Among the more startling reports:

• Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field: Two locations were cited after an employee "did not wash hands after blowing nose or eating food prior to handling customer food or ice."

• Phoenix Suns' US Airways Center: Dozens of flies and a live roach in a dish room.

• Denver Broncos' Mile High Stadium: Fruit flies in whiskey bottles at three bars.

• Miami Dolphins' Sun Life Stadium: Employee reported small insects and other debris blended into frozen alcoholic drinks.

• Indianapolis Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium: TV report revealed mouse droppings and mice -- dead and alive -- around the stadium.

• Detroit Lions' Ford Field: Employee's half-eaten hamburger found in a warming unit.

• Pittsburgh Steelers' Heinz Field: A worker was seen washing his hands with his gloves on.

• Pittsburgh Penguins' Mellon Arena: A live cockroach was found on a soda dispenser holster.

• Washington Wizards' and Capitals' Verizon Center: At least 10 vendors with mouse droppings.

For Minnesota's venues last year, the Metrodome was cited for having sanitizing solution that was too weak; a Target Center slicer was not cleaned to prevent cross-contamination; and chicken strips at the Xcel Energy Center were found at 105 degrees, 35 degrees below what is required.

The sports network also scored each facility based on what percentage of its vendors were in violation of health requirements during the most recent routine inspections or equivalent of a full inspection.

Among the worst were venues for: the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Washington Wizards and Capitals.

Among the best were venues for: the Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New England Patriots and New York Islanders.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 6:01:06 PM

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Islanders? I'll be damned. Wang got something right for a change

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RE: Nfl News - 7/26/2010 8:49:02 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Interesting Stacey
Just dealt with this last week
Got sticker shock when I opened my bill from Directv, called immedaitely, they had just added the NFL package, assuming I'd want it.
Took me a good ten minutes to get away from the persistent guy who kept dropping the price.
I wish I could have passed on the deal he offered me to someone who wanted it. It was dirt-cheap by the time we were done.
Point is ..Don't accept their sticker price if you are interested. (I am one hell of a loyal customer, tho, so you may not get quite that good of a deal)

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That's the key. This type of practice isn't exclusive to Directv, in fact, it's SOP among most communication/entertainment providers. If you ask 100 people in your area, with the exact same service (cable, phone, directv, etc) you're going to find out that everybody is paying a different price for the exact same service.

Most companies today have a customer retention or customer loyalty department. Problem is you normally can't even ask to be transferred to that department. Threaten to cancel service, and it's like a whole different world. You end up pleased that you are finally treated that well, but it also pisses you off because you can't help but wonder how long you've been overpaying.

I'm a directv and comcast customer. I'm not a big fan of either company, but when you threaten to quit (providing you've been with them for a while) you end up getting treated like a rock star.

There isn't a huge market for new customers when it comes to cable, satellite and mobile phone service (obviously there is a market, but not what it was when these services were new). These companies have now shifted a lot of resources to customer retention.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/27/2010 9:17:04 AM

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Anybody ever have any success with Charter Communications lowering your bill?

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RE: Nfl News - 7/27/2010 11:56:29 AM

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quote:

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Anybody ever have any success with Charter Communications lowering your bill?

My sister and brother in law said they were leaving to go to Direct and they got a new deal for 2 years

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 11:37:04 AM

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Guess who this former NFL player is?

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 11:55:20 AM

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He can't be a former NFL player. I don't see any surgical scars on his knees.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 12:07:37 PM

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Cowboy Nate Newton

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 12:13:02 PM

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the before pic

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 12:17:52 PM

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Nice. How much healthier he looks! Now he's going to have to tell everyone the secret to how he lost that weight.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 12:21:43 PM

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Once every week, Nate Newton weighs in at the Live Life Again bariatric surgery center in Colleyville.

At age 48, Newton's life has changed in a big way.

He has lost 133 pounds in a little more than three months.

Now when Big Nate drops by a local restaurant... no one recognizes him because he has gone from 396 pounds in mid-April to 263 pounds on his most recent weigh-in.

The heaviest the 6-foot-3 Newton weighed was 411 pounds near the end of his career in Dallas in 1998.

"It can really get on top of you," said Newton, who now has a 40-inch waist. It used to be 56 inches.

"Nate is a courageous individual. He has far exceeded expectations within the time frame, reducing his BMI [body mass index] from 50 when we went to surgery to 33 now," said Dr. David Kim, who performed the bariatric procedure April 19.

It's called a "gastric sleeve," in which Newton's stomach capacity was drastically reduced.

"We compare the volume of the stomach to an NFL football," Dr. Kim said. "Now the shape and size is that of a grocery-store banana."

Newton is rarely hungry anymore.

He ingests food in tiny quantities -- 3 to 5 ounces per serving -- while totally eliminating starches and focusing on protein.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 12:27:37 PM

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Ah - surgery. Very drastic, but he is most certainly much healthier and has just extended his life span by quite a few years.

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RE: Nfl News - 7/30/2010 6:19:02 PM

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Owens and ~~Ochocinco~~ Chad Johnson on the same team.... should prove interesting.

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RE: Nfl News - 8/14/2010 1:07:35 AM

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You can spin killing a man into something good about you:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=lc-stallworthsecondchance081210

He "accidentally" killed a man? Isn't that the problem here? It wasn't an accident. He was drunk. .12 after sun up? Oh, I'm sure that's the first time he ever did anything like that.

Amazing that we continue to have this petty, revenue-generating war on possessing drugs. Police continue to set up sting operations where THEY sell the drugs, then arrest the buyers. And seize their vehicles, if they are paid for. Meanwhile, we call it an "accident" when a (il)LEGALLY drunk man runs over and kills somebody with his car.

Then a story like that? 24 days!!
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RE: Nfl News - 8/14/2010 10:48:02 AM

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The Stallworth story was crap from the get go. He flashed his lights at the guy warning him to get out of the street. He did that but didn' have time to stop or miss the guy? Hardly doubt it.

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RE: Nfl News - 8/16/2010 7:45:08 PM

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Asked if he would hire a coach who talks the way Ryan does, Dungy answered, "I would not. I personally don't want my players to be around that. I don't want to be around that. . . . It's hard for me to be around that, and if I were in charge, no, I wouldn't hire someone like that".

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Costas then asked how he would feel if one of his team members were gay.
After an obviously uncomfortable pause, Dungy answered, "I'm sure I would talk to him about my views on it, what the Bible says about it."

Tony Dungy

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RE: Nfl News - 8/18/2010 10:43:47 AM

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I sure didn't understand the Giants leaving Manning out there so long in the 1st game and look what happened. Then after Eli took a bounding to the head, the Jets still marched Sanchez back out. I wonder if it was because of them opening their new joint stadium

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