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"Unavoidable marketing campaign" makes me glad that I live in Thailand, filter all web traffic through adblockers, and torrent all TV and other media content with ads removed.

Some of my friends here stream live sports, but since a 7PM game in the US ends up being a roughly 7AM game in Thailand I never do that. Torrents can be found for pretty much all NFL games and some NHL games (used to be a private tracker for NHL but it got shut down and I haven't found a real solid alternative) which is all I care about, and I don't care about it not being live. I guess that live streaming including ads confirms that preference for me...

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@GenjiKilpatrick
i don't think thats what milkman was getting at.
not the way i read his post.

i think we can agree that we can appreciate someones accomplishments while,at the very same time,condemn them for abhorrent behavior.

i think woody allen is a gross,lecherous douche nozzle,but he has created some of the most poignant and satirical movies ..ever.

one does not negate the other because they are entirely different points to ponder.

ray lewis was one of the most intense,aggressive and prolific middle linebackers in NFL history....and a murderer.

now you are totally within your rights to conflate the person with their accomplishments and hold to the opinion that anything improper,heinous,illegal negates/overshadows anything positive.

but lets be clear,that is an argument of conflation,based on distinctions.

milkman is addressing each item separately,and judging accordingly based on his own morality.

I loved the new "King" commercials in the 2000's. Especially the NFL ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXF6a2ZXgp0

The problem is that sponsors will yank support in less time than it takes to change the channel when an episode of 19 and counting comes on, if and only if, it involves an individual or small group.

Getting them to yank support from a sporting organization that has a larger fan base and that is more corrupt than the NFL is almost impossible. In fact, and I wish I could find the article, Budweiser already doubled down on their support for FIFA after the indictments became widespread knowledge.

Realistically, I think that Blatter could make a video saying he knew all about this and completely supported every phase of the corruption without any chance of sponsors pulling from FIFA. The only way FIFA will fall is if the top teams and countries leave the league to form a competing one.

Edit: found the article, it basically has a statement saying they will continue to monitor their partner. the article goes on to compare it to a much stronger worded scolding of the NFL over DV. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-wont-budweiser-scold-fifa-2015-05-29

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Onto a secondary topic, it includes the "media frenzy" and the contract clauses that force players, coaches, and others to appear before the media... Plus the media in general, when it comes to the Superbowl (but, this has to do with our country; or at the least certain segments and populations of our country). But, really it's about the general stupidity and levels we have turned this ONE event into!

Only a few interviews are worth looking at typically and they tend to be AFTER a game, not before it (as that amounts to "what ifs", "probably might", "we sure can try", and "if I win, I'll go to 'insert Measleland or another place here' with my wife/kid/family/parrot"). I absolutely hate the fourteen hour pre-game show that the NFL and the channel hosting this *thing* that apparently people watch, that is quite like a: "super-fabulous-orgasmic-serotonin ovulating-dopamine excreting-heroine junkie nerve conduction transfer-fourteen people high at a rave experimenting in an orgy with all the holes and toys available"... OK, so maybe that is a bit too far, but still...! It really is the most "grandiose" setups for a game, that doesn't need such a grandiose setup.

The should just make it a damned national holiday already--everyone already stays home or is basically forced to, since one half of their family is probably glued to the TV for quite awhile.. Although I know we always "had" these interviews on the TV, but we never really listened to them, because they bring out 40 people who essentially ALL say the same thing (the only difference is if it is a different team and or if they are extremely religious--they will then tell you how their team will win, "...no matter what...", and then if they are religious proceed to randomly give you the, "God is on our side...", mantra...which always made me laugh--literally, out-loud).

Then they cut back to the ex-coach's and arm-chair quarterbacks who have been given a one day opportunity to tell the world what they think, and how he game will go (and it never does).

Needless to say, I HATE, with a passion, the "pre-game show" (which didn't exist in it's ridiculous form for a VERY longtime until the late 80's and early 90's). I'd rather them move all of their prime-time TV shows that will not be shown that night, due to the game, to that period of the day and let us watch that instead before the game (then they can give us a modest 45-30 minute pre-game; not this 5-hour marathon of ads and marketing, with a bunch of talking faces trying as hard as they can to make a name for themselves in that time-span).

Only people like "Beast Mode" can save that time allotment and make it worthwhile (if you think it is "entertaining", you REALLY need to stay away a bit from Football, and I'm saying that as a concerned friend...)--because right now, although a lot of people flip their TV over to the channel with it on...it is a massive waste of money and time--that somehow generates massive amounts of money (talk about "very careful" and "orchestrated" money setups and schemes; but luckily they have idiotic companies paying them gigantic sums of money for their commercials to air...even before the game comes on...). And, I wish people wouldn't just flip over to it, to have it on in the background (as most of the time I've noticed, whether it's a game at my house, someone else's OR an actual Superbowl party--no one watches that crap, it just sits on that channel...making them "think" they are getting ratings, but they actually aren't. It's kind of like saying that people go to Tailgate parties to park cars and see how neat the cement is...

At this point i don't think anyone is losing here. As unintentional as it may have been, Marshawn brand is bigger then ever due to the fiasco. As Januari was eluding to, the NFL also benefits enormously in publicity they normally would not get, and due to the public interest in Marshawn the media is seeing more eyes on their coverage of what's happening. When's the last time you have seen so many sifts regarding American Football? The larger the interest the more money everyone makes it seems to me.

Right.. I'm sure the NFL is super frustrated by the incredible amount of attention this guy has generated in areas that otherwise barely cover the super-bowl. Late night TV for example. He is doing EXACTLY what the NFL wants him to do... i suspect he just doesn't have any idea what a huge favor he is doing for them.