Aside from the Super Bowl Sundays, the week of NFL Draft week is considered one of the most wonderful times of the year for the National Football League (NFL) in general. In particular, the 2018 NFL Draft did not only showcase today’s most promising college football stars who will become tomorrow’s most promising NFL football stars who are likely to revolutionize one of the nation’s most popular sport. In addition, the NFL also made its own headlines, regarding the 2018 NFL Draft. For example, the NFL announced that the 2018 NFL Draft will be broadcast on television networks such as ESPN and Fox. Consequently, even though the television network Fox agree to show the draft on its television network, ESPN questioned the NFL’s motive of having …show more content…
As a result, “ESPN executives were angry... ESPN created the NFL draft as a TV show 38 years ago and popularized it to unprecedented heights over the years.” (Gaines, 2018, n.p.) Furthermore, Gaines (2018) also expressed that ESPN executives also expressed anger when the NFL developed the competitive sport television network simply known as, the NFL Network and saw the network as a slap in the face. To its own surprise, a day after the first night of the 2018 NFL Draft, ESPN came out as the winner in the ratings section against Fox and the NFL Network, with 3.9 million viewers watching the draft on its network (Putterman, 2018, n.p.). Compared to Fox’s 2.9 million viewers and the NFL Network’s 1.5 million viewers watching the 2018 NFL Draft on its television networks (Putterman, 2018, n.p.). The NFL was effective in its communication of successfully broadcasting the 2018 NFL Draft, even though ESPN expressed anger towards the motive, the NFL came out as the winner by diversifying its way of showing the NFL Draft on various networks- Instead solely on ESPN and the NFL Network. Aside from viewers (Like myself) watching the draft solely on the NFL
As Mr. Frank Supovitz said, NFL Draft is a business meeting that became television show that became a live event. And then he added:“ the live event piece
For this assignment, we learned that Maurice Clarett filed a case against the NFL where he argued that the NFL’s three-year rule acted as an unreasonable restraint in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act. On the other hand, the NFL argued that its three-year rule was covered from the antitrust laws by the nonstatutory labor exemption. First, the case was reviewed by the district court which concluded that the NFL's eligibility rules violated antitrust laws by requiring the player to wait at least three years before entering the NFL draft and that the eligibility criteria was not immune from those antitrust laws. The court favored Clarett making him eligible for the 2004 NFL Draft.
America’s newfound favorite pastime, football, came from a bizarre chain of events. Football started when a soccer player got fed up with just kicking the ball, so he picked up the ball and ran to the goal. His actions of picking up the ball and running with it fathered a new European sport, rugby, which was soon brought over to American shores, and was altered slightly, the shape of the ball and a few other small rules. The sport became organized into a league and produced the NFL(National Football League). The NFL had a slow beginning, but has picked up popularity, currently having a $9 billion yearly revenue.
ESPN writer Jeffri Chadiha claims the NFL is getting too “soft.” He also compares the NFL to the “pansy league”. Jeffri expresses his frustration with the NFL innovating the
Currently, media coverage is putting pressure on the NFL and not letting them deal with bigger issues. There is a lack of leadership with the NFL and Roger Goodell. Goodell is not taking things the right way. Teams are losing players because of their crimes and instead of dealing with that
The longer that football was on television, the more intense the publicity for the NFL became. The Monday Night Football Logo showed to helmets hitting together forcefully, the NFL marketed the violence and captured the tension between violence and the art of football.
Business deals happen every day; Contracts expire, renew, and are negotiated without the public knowing for many large corporations and even sporting leagues. However, some contract changes cannot escape the media’s attention. The National Football League (NFL) is facing an expiration of its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) (NFL Lockout Now One Month Old). Currently, the agreement has expired and NFL team owners have selfishly chosen to “lock” the players out. The term lockout means that the players are essentially not allowed to participate in any team activities or duties until the owner’s rescind this lockout. While many believe this is simply a battle between team owners and a player union, it can only appear to most as a selfish act of the NFL owners trying to rich, greedy men in expensive suits, and the only people they are hurting, are the fans of football.
Fantasy football is the most anticipated and hyped competition for sports fans each year. It is where sports fans try to get bragging rights and show off their expertise in sports. According to Forbes, 33 million people play fantasy football each year. This includes an estimated 6.4 million women. They also found that Americans spend an estimated $800 million annually on all fantasy sports media products. This really is an American phenomenon.
When the discussion about how the United States is different from other countries comes up people are quick to say football, the American way, but more specifically the NFL. The NFL, which stands for National Football League, was birthed in 1922 after changing its name from the American Professional Football Association (NFL 2013). Since the birth of American football, fans and players raised the NFL to become the most popular sport worldwide. According to Isidore (2013), the NFL had a profit of $9.5 billion, the highest of all American professional sports. The profit, however, barely comes from sales produced by women merchandise.
Football, specifically NFL football, has become a staple of the annual holiday, something the NFL is keenly aware of.
To me, if the NCAA and it's coaches truly care about their players, they would not force them to make such a serious decision with limited information. Coaches would not give the cold shoulder to their players who over predicted their draft stock, especially if they keep their NCAA eligibility. But it's not about players best interest and reducing the consequences from potentially bad decisions. It's about coaches who desire scholarship assurance.
The blood,sweat,pain, and tears are worth it when a hopeful college football player gets his name called by the NFL commissioner. These players selected in the NFL Draft have been through an emotional roller coaster. Their lifelong dream has finally come true through tremendous perseverance and work. Although the odds aren’t good, heavy preparation during high school and college football can land a determined football player a spot in the NFL Draft.
College football is beneficial for both the players and city. College football is more than a sport for entertainment; it’s a sport that has been the unifier for colleges, players, and most Americans. It brings people together; strangers standing side-by-side, jumping, getting excited, high-fiving one another, cheering on a group of fifty men playing a game. The cities that host the game are receiving more recognition. Intelligence Squared hosted a debate on whether the sport should be banned. One debater Malcolm Gladwell(2012) stated:
The National Football League is made up of 32 teams that were once founded in 1920 by a group of people who helped form the league. In the beginning the league wasn’t really structured to what it is now. Teams will just play and no playoff games, seeding’s, or the game itself matter because not only was the game was overshadow by America’s past time baseball, but it was difficult because the college game was established as well. Owning a team was extremely hard because owner’s will spent large amounts of cash and participate in bidding wars for players. Fast-forward to today’s day and age it is safe to say the NFL may be the most brutal and exciting game to play. Rule’s and norms are intact for teams to do things more ethical. Money is what really drives this business and of course constant advertisement to promote its brand. With some of that revenue, the NFL has opened a program called NFL: Play 60. The purpose of this program is to encourage kids to be physically active for 60 minutes in a day to reduce America’s child obesity. The NFL has been successful because in 2010 the first lady Michelle Obama announced it would be teaming up with NFL PLAY 60 as a health imitative for children. This was a great move for the brand because The First Lady’s office and...
... in the USA. N.p., 6 Nov. 2004. Web. 13 Apr. 2014. This source was very general and it gave the history of the nfl is sections/ It did not really tell me how it affected america and was kind of short compared to my other sources.