Andrew Brandt- "Business wins over Football"

Brandt at the quarter pole.

 

I say this facetiously (I think): The NFL’s Deflategate marketing plan worked perfectly.

 

 

 

And a timely observation...

 

6. Much to the NFL’s chagrin, the third team on the field—the officials—has been more a part of the game than ever. The incessant stoppages in play and ever-increasing on-field conferences detract from the consumer experience and bring the focus on a group that shouldn’t have it. Having covered the 2012 NFL lockout of the referees, I vividly recall the NFL trying to eliminate the officials’ perceived sense of entitlement and, as one team owner told me, to “make them realize they’re not part of the game.” In the early part of 2015, however, they clearly are. And a pet peeve: We live in a world where we can get a wireless signal in an aluminum tube at 30,000 feet; can we not ask “the NFL scoreboard operator to put four seconds back on the game clock” without including a national audience in that request? The NFL can do better.

 

 

To me, the bigger issue is getting it right. And, they still can't. College football does a much better job of this. I could care less how many conferences they need to have, just get the calls right according to the rules of the game.

Just get the calls correct as they happen on the field.

I miss the 80's & mid-90's

FTFY.

Know how I know you don't watch college football?

A couple of empty bean cans and a string would be a nice old school upgrade...and they can paste NFL logos all over the cans... that's all it takes to make Gooderell happy.

 

Presented the right way...I'm sure he would go for it...as long as it included the logo's

I think that's the wrong approach, oldschool.  Let some corporate sponsor pay the NFL big bucks so they can put their own logo on the cans.  That's the way to roll with it.

The NFL definitely likes big cans.

Excellent location for a logo.