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Monday’s Call to Action by Brad Blakeman
The Super Bowl was SUPER!. What a game. Regardless as to who you were rooting for, you have to admit that this year’s Super Bowl was a textbook football game. It was fast paced, exciting and had you on the edge of your seat throughout. Even the half-time show was great as were the commercials. If [...]
Super Bowl Sunday is Here – Will it Be in 2012 or 2014?
It appears to be an exciting matchup of two equally potent teams on offense led by prolific quarterbacks that even Brett Favre would acknowledge are the best in the game and deserving to take home the Vince Lombardi trophy to open this new decade. While the excitement of the big game builds, it’s important to remember that [...]
SFC Goes Local, plug on 620WTMJ – Home of the Packers, Brewers, Badgers, Bucks
http://www.620wtmj.com/sports/billmichaels/83601872.html Thanks to Bill Michaels and the 620 WTMJ crew for interviewing SFC Chairman David Goodfriend. They recognized this true cheesehead after the second ‘don’t ya know?’, and gave us a much-appreciated plug on the site. We’ve received a good deal of sign-ups since David hung up the phone following the interview with Bill, and we want [...]
Miami, Home of the Super Bowl, Endless Sports Stadium Debt
South Florida has typically great weather for BIG events such as the cultural phenomenon we call the Super Bowl. Each year, the media frenzy grows to a new astounding and inconceivable level, and hosting the Super Bowl is a highly coveted ‘privelidge’ that is fought over year after year. While flipping through all the feel-good stories, a story about [...]
Monday’s Call to Action by Brad Blakeman
Fans need to know and Fans need to act: Trouble is looming for the 2010 and 2011 NFL Seasons. The NFL’s team owners and the players union are at a stand-off. They are miles apart on successfully negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement which needs to be in place by the start of the 2011 season. [...]
Football Fans, Get Ready For Off-Field Standoff
The signs clearly point to no football on Sundays, and it is a shame that sports fans get no say considering that they possess such a huge stake in the game.
NFL Owns PR Debacle, Not ‘WHO DAT?’ Phrase
This week, the National Football League sent cease and desist orders to New Orleans vendors selling merchandise emblazoned with the famed Saints rally cry, “Who Dat.” The NFL claims ownership of this phrase due to its association with the Saints franchise. US Senator David Vitter (R-LA) responded to Roger Goodell with a cease and desist letter of his own. Declaring that the phrase “Who Dat” belongs to the people of New Orleans. Sen Vitter requested that the NFL sue him for printing shirts with the phrase "Who Dat say we can't print Who Dat!"
SmartMoney Highlights the NFL’s Abuses of its Fans
In the February edition of The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Jason Kephart’s article titled ‘10 Things The National Football League Won’t Tell You’ illuminates multiple agregious practices that America’s number one sport would like to keep swept under the carpet. A number of these issues directly affect sports fans slimming the bulge in their wallets and limiting [...]
Comcast Continues to Bilk Fans Despite FCC Ruling While Merger Under Review
The Sports Fans Coalition remains determined to force the FCC’s hand to stand firm in the face of another court case filed by Comcast. Following the FCC’s 4-1 vote to eliminate the anticompetitive practice of restricting competitors from airing sports programming, Comcast quickly filed an appeal in the name of DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket, ignoring the [...]
Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically)
Here is SFC board member Dave Zirin’s most recent article in The Nation focusing on the Viking’s future home, the State of Minnesota, and tax payer dollars once again going down the toilet to keep a team from bolting a la the Baltimore Colts. Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically) by Dave Zirin This is a day [...]
About SFC
SFC is the American sports fan’s advocate in the Washington D.C. public policy arena and around the country. You’re a sports fan. You love your hometown teams. You wear the jersey and feel the rush when your team takes the field. And if you’re like millions of other die-hard sports fans around the United States, you also have probably asked yourself these questions:
