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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-25-07 11:34 PM
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When did the NFL jump the shark?
;)
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 12:28 AM
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1. Salary Cap n/t
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:53 PM
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17. Agreed
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 12:44 AM
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2. It was gradual
The more protective gear, the higher the jump.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 07:48 AM
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3. Facemasks
Edited on Mon Nov-26-07 07:48 AM by new_beawr
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 12:18 PM
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13. Facemasks? Bahh.
Helmets.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 07:57 AM
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4. you want we should launch a military strike Empress?
it would take away from the WOC

but

we can do it if you wish ????

:D

:shrug:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 11:40 AM
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9. Nope, our priority has to be WOC
We can launch an attack on the NFL during the playoffs.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 08:23 AM
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5. When they start putting marquee games on the NFL Network only
Fuck the NFL.
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 09:41 AM
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6. When they allowed Art Modell to move the Cleveland Browns...
...to Baltimore.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:48 PM
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15. When they allowed Irsay to move the Colts to Indianapolis
I mean, the Colts and Browns were old time NFL history making franchises, they should have stayed put and Indy pick up an expansion team.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 09:42 AM
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7. 1960
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Kucinich4America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 09:47 AM
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8. Super Bowl XL 2006
Look at the stats and then look at the scoreboard. You'll find out that the Stealers' (not a typo) MVP's were the ones in the black & white uniforms.

Stealers owners are big Chimp donors. Seahawks owner Paul Allen...... not so much.
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Efilroft Sul Donating Member (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 02:10 PM
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21. What's to complain about Super Bowl XL?
Just because the Seahawks appeared in Super Bowl XL doesn't mean they're in the same league as Pittsburgh; note the 21-0 lesson the Steelers gave the Hawks earlier this season.

If you want to drag the owners' political donations into the discussion, we can also talk about the marriage of Seattle's quarterback to some right-wing hack on "The View."
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 11:50 AM
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10. Peyton Manning
Cut that meat! Cut that meat!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 11:51 AM
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11. I do like his "buy bigger shirts" peptalk!
:rofl:
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sagetea Donating Member (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 11:55 AM
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12. When the comercials...
became more interesting than the game.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 12:19 PM
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When they let Tennessee have a team
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 12:19 PM
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14. I'm not sure it has jumped the shark.
The higher octane passing offense, e.g., is much more to my liking than the old run it up the middle/grind it out offense of years gone by.

If it HAS jumped the shark, it's the Patriots' fault.

Bake
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:50 PM
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16. When they started showing less play time than time outs / commercials.
It's just BORING.

Footie is the real deal. :D
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:54 PM
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18. Whichever Super Bowl halftime show had Britney Spears and NSYNC.
I think it was 2002, it was also the year they had that horrific Britney Spears Pepsi commercial.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:54 PM
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19. I don't know, but I was talking with a male friend who is a football fan last night
and he was trying to explain the appeal to me (I only went to home games in high school because it was required for marching band, and I went to one home game freshman year of college) in ways other than just stating the cliched "It's a guy thing."

His logic? "We were running out of Christians and lions, so the NFL will have to do." :P

/irrelevant post
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 01:58 PM
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20. The year they shoved Howard Cosell out the door
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