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Supreme Olajuwon 01-24-2014 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by The Fraze (Post 4365816)
I've seen plenty of Richard Sherman coverage though.

That's what Michael Crabtree said.

The Fraze 01-24-2014 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 4365840)
That's what Michael Crabtree said.

Crabtree has a lot to learn. Yeah, his hands are ridiculous but he is nowhere near where he should be as a top-tier receiver. Not skipping training camp would help.

RoXer 01-24-2014 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Fraze (Post 4365816)
Has anyone seen any Superbowl coverage regarding the Seahawks? I sure haven't. I've seen plenty of Richard Sherman coverage though.

It's out there if you want to go look for it.

The Fraze 01-24-2014 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RoXer (Post 4365858)
It's out there if you want to go look for it.

I did see something today. It was about how Lynch will steal Media Day. Still waiting for national media to acknowledge that the Seahawks exist.

#1-norm-fan 01-24-2014 10:18 PM

It would have helped if Michael Crabtree shook his hand after the game instead of being a bitch. We probably wouldn't have had Sherman go off on him and start the media circus.

#1-norm-fan 01-24-2014 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by The Fraze (Post 4365816)
I've seen plenty of Richard Sherman coverage though.

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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 4365840)
That's what Michael Crabtree said.

HAH!

The Fraze 01-24-2014 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4365988)
It would have helped if Michael Crabtree shook his hand after the game instead of being a bitch. We probably wouldn't have had Sherman go off on him and start the media circus.

LOL. Nobody would shake the other guy's hand in this case unless you're either John Cena, trying too hard, or both.

#1-norm-fan 01-24-2014 11:09 PM

So pushing them in the face is the proper response. Got it.

#1-norm-fan 01-24-2014 11:10 PM

Quite thuggish if you ask me.

OssMan 01-24-2014 11:55 PM

Seems insane that the 12th Man is just something that some Seahawks marketing director came up with in an office and now all these people buy into it and make it "their identity"... obsessed with the 12th Man and "12's"

The Fraze 01-25-2014 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4366018)
So pushing them in the face is the proper response. Got it.

Searching this thread for the poster/post that said or implied this...having trouble finding it.

#1-norm-fan 01-25-2014 06:36 AM

I said it would have helped if she shook his hand as opposed to punching him in the face and you responded with "LOL Nobody would shake the other guy's hand". Missing the point that the punching him in the face part was the main issue. I don't think Crabtree is a bitch simply for not shaking his hand.

#1-norm-fan 01-25-2014 06:36 AM

*bitch ass thug

Krimzon7 01-25-2014 01:13 PM

Just watched this Real SPorts with Bryant Gumbel. This Boomer Esiason Piece was amazing. Very touching to watch. Makes me even more of a fan of the man he's become that the player he was.

http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/arti...b-eb8d75ae4387

RaginRonic 01-25-2014 04:43 PM

Here is a big reason why Super Bowl Sunday sucks in Canada.

From The Globe And Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle16502732/

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Don’t blame us for Super Bowl signal swap, CRTC head warns Rogers

Besides the weather, it is Canadians’ favourite thing to complain about at this time of year. During Super Bowl commercial breaks, Americans see adorable baby animals, slightly less adorable computer-animated babies and a long line of celebrities cashing cheques. But in Canada, viewers are stuck with the usual ads and promos for The Big Bang Theory.

The reason is “simultaneous substitution,” a rule that allows domestic networks such as CTV and CITY-TV to ask cable and satellite TV distributors to swap out an American station’s signal (and commercials) for their own, if the Canadian station is airing the same program at the same time. The process means that Canadian viewers miss out on some of North America’s best new television advertising during football’s annual championship – and the country’s federal broadcast regulator is tired of taking the blame.

On Friday, chairman Jean-Pierre Blais wrote a letter to Rogers Communications Inc. asking that it stop pointing the finger at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission when viewers complain about being forced to watch Canadian signals on U.S. channels.

Mr. Blais wrote that “the time has come for broadcasters and distributors to start speaking up on simultaneous substitution rather than simply passing blame onto the CRTC.”

This time of year is a PR headache for the commission as complaints about the system skyrocket, largely because of the NFL playoffs. With reports that advertisers spend roughly $4-billion (U.S.) for 30 seconds of advertising time during the Super Bowl broadcast, for some the commercials are part of the fun of watching the big game. But Canadians have to take to the internet or a TV antenna to see them.

Mr. Blais’s letter was the result of an exchange on Twitter this week. On Jan. 19, during the broadcast of the NFL playoff game that sent the Seattle Seahawks to the final, a Rogers cable customer tweeted a message to the company’s customer service complaining about seeing CTV’s commercials on the Fox television feed.

“It’s due to the CRTC rules so no way to watch the Fox feed sorry,” a Rogers representative replied.

The rules, however, are more complex: TV networks are the ones who ask for substitution. They have the right to do so because of CRTC regulations, but the regulator says it does not force cable and satellite companies to swap the signals.

Networks ask for it because it protects their ability to sell ads, which is crucial to their business model: If the U.S. networks’ feeds were left in place, Canadian networks – who pay good money for the rights to broadcast The Big Bang Theory or a big sports match here – could not promise advertisers as large an audience for their programs.

A Rogers spokesperson said the company is “reviewing its processes” to make sure that it gives accurate information to customers about why simultaneous substitution occurs.

“Simsubs allow for the carriage of U.S. signals in Canada which are popular with our customers while at the same time preserving the Canadian rights market and the health of the Canadian broadcasting system,” Rogers spokesperson Patricia Trott said in an e-mailed statement.

Mr. Blais had asked Rogers to explain how its customer service representatives are trained, and what information they have on the rules. His letter also said that “it would be appreciated if you could remind your customer service representatives that broadcasters choose whether to substitute signals and that both the broadcaster and the distributor are responsible for the quality of the substitution.”
I'll reserve my thoughts on this, but I'm wondering what you all think about this? Legalized TV signal bootlegging, maybe?

RoXer 01-25-2014 05:25 PM

Are you tuning in to watch commercials or the game?

Yes, there are a few commercials that are good to view for "water cooler talk" in the following week, but honestly, what the fuck would anyone complain about? Not being able to see advertising? That's absurd. I only wish I could block out or substitute commercials.

RoXer 01-25-2014 05:26 PM

And it's been like that for a long time now for ESPN America or any other network not in the us broadcasting the game. You'll see the same 4 SKY commercials and previews for other big American games coming up and then it's back to the action.

RaginRonic 01-25-2014 06:25 PM

Because...

A] We in Canada want to see the pure Super Bowl broadcast.

B] we DON'T want to see Canadian TV channels doing a stupid live-edited 'chop job' of U.S. TV shows.

C] We DON'T want Canada's major cable and satellite providers directly making money off any TV show created outside our borders.

D] We DON'T want to hear or see CTV plugging it's primetime lineup that has no shows made in Canada on it. It's called subsidized corporate welfare by Bell Canada Enterprises to be doing this shit.

E] We DON'T like Canadian advertising firms creating bids to profit off U.S. TV.

And F] We DON'T like hearing Canadian commercial voice-over artists doing a bad job reading off the copy of American commercial voice-over artists original ad work, for ads that are seen in both countries.

For those that may not know, Bell Canada Enterprises, Rogers Communications, Corus Entertainment, Shaw Communications, and a few other companies, stopped investing in making original Canadian TV shows a long time ago, and chose to make all of their operating budgets 'simsubbing' U.S. TV shows.(The only exemption here is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC, who don't rely on binging on U.S. TV shows to bloat their ad revenue artifically)

Bell, last year, made $750 Million in ad revenue off American programming, that they, frankly, have no right to bid on airing. I dunno about the rest, but for a country like Canada, that figure makes me think that that amount of money is WAY too much for any Canadian telco business to make off that revenue stream.

If I had a hand in this issue, I'd be...

A] Pulling the operating licenses for Bell, Rogers, Corus, and Shaw for bidding on U.S. media rights, and shutting those companies down, while having their entire corporate executive boards arrested for obstruction of open broadcast and broadband networks, and interference to stop them from existing...

B] Dissolving the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, and firing it's entire staff, for being made up of former employees of Bell, Rogers, et al...

C] Issuing a government order mandating that all decisions on Canadian telecommunications would come directly from the federal government, and not a body made up of former telco execs...

D] Forming new companies to manage only domestic TV shows, and telling them to offer the entire library of privately-made Canadian TV in a VOD business model, then privatizing them under new management that would not bid on TV rights outside Canadian borders...

E] Allowing U.S and International TV channels to come to Canada with no Canadian advertising restrictions placed on them...

F] Forcing all local Canadian TV channels owned by private companies(CBC exempt) to go to 21-hour news schedules, with them only airing a prime-time entertainment schedule from 8-11PM local time...

G] Forcing TSN and Sportsnet to air sports programming only with Canadian pro sports franchises involved...

H] Ordering that all Canadian cable and satellite bills be dropped by 60% of current prices...

And I] Beginning discussions with the FCC in the U.S. to unify the Canadian and American telco industries together, where both countries benefitted from the partnership on an equal basis.

And if anyone in Canada didn't like any of this? Well, they could kick rocks, because I'd only be interested in making sure that NO Canadian telco directly controlled A] the industry, and B] it's regulatory body, ever again.

There's WAY too much naivete among those who consume TV in Canada, and that has to stop.

RoXer 01-25-2014 06:35 PM

Who do you mean by "we"?

RoXer 01-25-2014 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronic (Post 4366361)
Because...

A] We in Canada want to see the pure Super Bowl broadcast.

B] we DON'T want to see Canadian TV channels doing a stupid live-edited 'chop job' of U.S. TV shows.

But then, your airwaves would be filled with advertisements for mostly US made products from US companies. I thought that's the opposite of what you want.

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C] We DON'T want Canada's major cable and satellite providers directly making money off any TV show created outside our borders.
Good luck with that one. I can't name an original Canadian television show that's worth anything.


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If I had a hand in this issue, I'd be...

A] Pulling the operating licenses for Bell, Rogers, Corus, and Shaw for bidding on U.S. media rights, and shutting those companies down, while having their entire corporate executive boards arrested for obstruction of open broadcast and broadband networks, and interference to stop them from existing...

B] Dissolving the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, and firing it's entire staff, for being made up of former employees of Bell, Rogers, et al...

C] Issuing a government order mandating that all decisions on Canadian telecommunications would come directly from the federal government, and not a body made up of former telco execs...

D] Forming new companies to manage only domestic TV shows, and telling them to offer the entire library of privately-made Canadian TV in a VOD business model, then privatizing them under new management that would not bid on TV rights outside Canadian borders...

E] Allowing U.S and International TV channels to come to Canada with no Canadian advertising restrictions placed on them...

F] Forcing all local Canadian TV channels owned by private companies(CBC exempt) to go to 21-hour news schedules, with them only airing a prime-time entertainment schedule from 8-11PM local time...

G] Forcing TSN and Sportsnet to air sports programming only with Canadian pro sports franchises involved...

H] Ordering that all Canadian cable and satellite bills be dropped by 60% of current prices...

And I] Beginning discussions with the FCC in the U.S. to unify the Canadian and American telco industries together, where both countries benefitted from the partnership on an equal basis.

And if anyone in Canada didn't like any of this? Well, they could kick rocks, because I'd only be interested in making sure that NO Canadian telco directly controlled A] the industry, and B] it's regulatory body, ever again.

There's WAY too much naivete among those who consume TV in Canada, and that has to stop.
This part is all nonsense. I don't care about your delusional agenda. Thank the maker you don't "have a hand" in anything. Honestly, why did you type all of this? We might have 100 Canadian posters on this site. Maybe 2 of them read this thread. Maybe. It was a very large waste of time and energy on your part to put this in the sports section of an internet wrestling message board.

The Fraze 01-25-2014 07:45 PM

Am I alone by saying that regarding the Superbowl, I only care about the game? I don't give a shit about commercials or the god-awful halftime show every year.

Ruien 01-25-2014 08:57 PM

Commercials are okay to have. Half time show is just a filler while people socialize. I would not mind if the commercials were replaced with regular ones but it would be noticed.

SlickyTrickyDamon 01-26-2014 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by RoXer (Post 4366381)

Good luck with that one. I can't name an original Canadian television show that's worth anything.

The Kids in the Hall.

Ronic the commercials are for women who don't care about the football game.

Droford 01-26-2014 10:07 PM

Tucker might get to kick about a 69 yard fg here..maybe

Droford 01-26-2014 10:09 PM

66 yarder..not even close

damn

Droford 01-26-2014 11:47 PM

67 Yarder to win the game..

short again

Emperor Smeat 01-27-2014 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ESPN
Former Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak has emerged as the favorite for the Baltimore Ravens' vacant offensive coordinator job, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Kubiak, who was fired by the Texans in December, wants to bring former Houston offensive coordinator Rick Dennison and former Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan with him to Baltimore, sources told Schefter.


Droford 01-27-2014 06:00 PM

All this means is they just hired the 14th Ravens assistant who went on to become a head coach in a couple years. Kubiak will get a HC job somewhere after the stink of this past season wears off.

7 current HC were assistants in the Ravens organization: Pettine, Caldwell, Whisenhunt, Pagano, Rex Ryan, Mike Smith and Marvin Lewis.

Skippord 01-28-2014 02:59 AM

Speaking of head coaches, what current MLB player would you most like to give head to?

(RoXer is off today)

screech 01-28-2014 07:14 AM

I've missed Droford's stats

RP 01-28-2014 12:47 PM

Peyton has been saying Omaha almost his entire career. Not sure why it's taking off now.

RoXer 01-28-2014 01:07 PM

Eli too

RP 01-28-2014 01:11 PM

Also what's this Manning retiring bullshit? Dude just threw 55 touchdowns and 5500 yards. The fuck?

Emperor Smeat 01-28-2014 02:44 PM

His neck has been getting worse and worse ever since the surgeries. Apparently his doctors advice was either retire this season or risk one more year and no more.

ClockShot 01-28-2014 02:59 PM

Yeah. We're all holding our breath when the March contractual physical comes around. If they doctors give the a-ok, he'll be back another season.

FearedSanctity 01-28-2014 05:40 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUPER BOWLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Droford 01-28-2014 06:36 PM

I figured this out, kind of weird

Ravens 1st Super Bowl - Giants first Super Bowl loss - in Tampa
Ravens 2nd Super Bowl - 49ers first Super Bowl loss - in New Orleans

Only other remaining teams with a win and no losses in the Super Bowl...Tampa and New Orleans.

If I had caught this earlier in the season I would have seen it as a sign for a Ravens/Saints (cause face facts, the Bus suck) Super Bowl in New York..but now I can sit back and wait for Super Bowl L..in (or close to) San Francisco. Of course I doubt they ever go back to NY for a Super Bowl so that sort of ruins it..

RoXer 01-28-2014 07:40 PM

Speaking of caught, Droford, which current MLB player would you let play pitcher with you?

Evil Vito 01-29-2014 12:09 AM

<font color=goldenrod>Would be depressed to see Peyton retire after a year like this. He's just so fun to watch.</font> :(

Evil Vito 01-29-2014 12:10 AM

<font color=goldenrod>Also Warren Sapp needs to shut the fuck up.</font>


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