'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Hey, NFL fans, here's a new view for you at the stadium: the locker rooms.
NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night.
With a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium deal foundering, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell headed to Minnesota on Friday in a bid to persuade state legislators of the peril of putting off the issue for one more year.
Minnesota's latest stadium snag has the NFL publicly questioning the state's interest in keeping the Vikings, and league Commissioner Roger Goodell is concerned enough that he is coming for another visit.
While fans fret about the NFL lockout affecting everything from training camps to regular-season games, marketing partners for the league and the players association aren't panicking. Or fleeing.
The numbers are ugly. When have we heard that about the NFL before?
The NFL is seeing the early signs of cracks in fan loyalty.
The NFL knew last week there were problems with the installation of temporary Super Bowl seating sections and hoped until hours before kickoff that they could be fixed.
The NFL already is feeling financial effects from the uncertainty of its labor negotiations.
The NFL already is feeling financial effects from the uncertainty of its labor negotiations.
The prospect of winter football's return to Minnesota _ the mountains of snow, the vapor of exhaled breath, the courageous fans braving the elements _ sounds great to the NFL.
The NFL said it's moving forward with plans to play Monday night's Vikings-Bears game at the University of Minnesota's outdoor stadium despite concerns about the site ranging from field conditions to player safety.
The NFL reportedly could lose $1 billion if there is a lockout after the March 3 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement _ even if the entire 2011 season is played.
Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto is leaving the NFL after two years to return to Goldman Sachs.
Third down has a new meaning in the NFL this season.
"We're thinking of really advanced video in concourses and parking lots," he said. "Fans want to know what is going on around the league, they don't want those areas to be a zone of less information and it doesn't need to be."
NFL vice president of business operations Eric Grubman said last summer that the cameras were coming.
