The NFL Network is filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against “cable TV giant Comcast in the latest legal wrangling between the two,” according to the Associated Press.
NFL Network is accusing the nation’s largest cable operator of discriminatory and anticompetitive treatment in violation of the Cable Act of 1992. (more…)
Edward P. Roski Jr. plans to build an $800 million stadium to bring an NFL team to Los Angeles.
Roski, a developer, plans to construct a 75,000 seat stadium with 175 suites. He plans to either purchase a team or become a minority partner, according to Bloomberg.
“A Los Angeles NFL team would become a part of the fabric of the community and a source of pride, just like the Lakers are,” Roski said at a new conference at Staples Center. (more…)
The New York Times says NFL Films, the New Jersey-based company that has spent the last 50 years documenting the league’s history, may be on the way out.
The Times notes that NFL Films laid off 21 employees and that the league may have shifted its focus to higher-technology media and toward its own NFL Network.
It’d be a shame. More than once I’ve pleasantly wasted an afternoon I planned to spend working on projects listening to John Facenda narrate the nuances of the game.
Hopefully Patriots owner Robert Kraft was serious when he told the Philadelphia Daily News that NFL Films was a part of both the league’s past and its future.
The NFL tabled a discussion on hair length and didn’t act on a proposal that would have allowed Wild Card playoff entrants with better records than Division champions to host playoff games.
But the league did eliminate the force-out rule allowing receivers to be credited with a catch if the referee judged they would have come down in bounds without defensive contact.
The league also voted to allow the team winning the pre-game coin toss to defer its decision to the second half and to eliminate the 5-yard facemask penalty. The 15-yard flagrant, twisting of the facemask penalty still remains. Does that mean minor contact with the facemask is now okay?
And, after the debacle in the Browns/Ravens game last season, owners agreed to extend instant replay to field goal reviews.
Chris Henry finally ran out of chances. The Cincinnati Bengals issued a statement wherein team President Mike Brown said: “Chris Henry has forfeited his opportunity to pursue a career with the Bengals. His conduct can no longer be tolerated.”
Good to know that even the Bengals have limits. It’s a move that had to be made, but probably should have one or two transgressions ago. (more…)
Various media reports indicate that NFL owners have approved Wayne Huizenga’s sale of 50 percent of the Miami Dolphins to New York real estate billionaire Stephen Ross.
The transaction was approved during Monday’s league meetings.
Huizenga remains the managing partner for now, though Ross is buying Dolphin Stadium and surrounding land, according to an Associated Press story. (more…)
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I guess what I am saying Andy P is that transparency is great, just doubt that it improves the results