Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[loki44]

Just watching the sideline of the Raiders was telling (although maybe I just caught them at bad times). No smiles (even at the start of the game), no excitement, no enthusiasm - it seemed really dour.

Worse than that. Jerry Porter was cheering for the other team.

 

[loki44]

Well, its not like the Raiders just turned bad. This is the 4th year of them being relaly bad, so I imagine if the fans haven't stopped by now for being embarassed I doubt they will.

True, but it was the first game of the season. Monday night spotlight. High hopes and all.

 

[DaveMage]

Worse than that. Jerry Porter was cheering for the other team.

Seriously?

 

[Crothian]

Seriously?

That's what some reports are saying

 

[DaveMage]

That's what some reports are saying

Wow. I hope that's untrue.

Porter may be unhappy but he's being paid a lot of money to be a professional. If I'm another team, I don't touch someone like that with a 10' pole.

 

[Ranger REG]

Here's a football-related story that nearly shut out one's business in Chicago.

http://www.furninfo.com/absolutenm/templates/News.asp?articleid=6669&z=8
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...e-furniture,0,7284046.story?coll=chi-news-hed

 

[LightPhoenix]

Here's a football-related story that nearly shut out one's business in Chicago.

http://www.furninfo.com/absolutenm/templates/News.asp?articleid=6669&z=8
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...e-furniture,0,7284046.story?coll=chi-news-hed

That is by far one of the dumbest business moves I have ever heard of. I'm not just saying that because I watched the game either, that is just asking to be kicked in the junk.

 

[Ranger REG]

That is by far one of the dumbest business moves I have ever heard of. I'm not just saying that because I watched the game either, that is just asking to be kicked in the junk.

But as a longtime Bears fan, he's happy they won. Granted, he's out $300,000 ... but he's happy.

 

[drothgery]

That is by far one of the dumbest business moves I have ever heard of. I'm not just saying that because I watched the game either, that is just asking to be kicked in the junk.

Well, that was the first game ever that Farve started where the Packers failed to score. So he probably didn't think there was too much risk involved.

 

[Infiniti2000]

That is by far one of the dumbest business moves I have ever heard of. I'm not just saying that because I watched the game either, that is just asking to be kicked in the junk.

I don't think it was dumb unless he sold more than $300,000 worth of furniture. Anything above that is a loss. Sure, he paid tens of thousands of dollars, but the publicity he bought for that was I'm sure WELL worth it.