The newest story in Green Bay involves the team’s willingness to sign Michael Vick, fresh out of jail and looking for a way back into the NFL. While I despise Vick as a person for his disgusting behavior of a few years ago, his talent may help the cause of this packers team. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons.
American football has grown an enormous worldwide fan base because the American Professional Football Association was formed in 1920, using the first game being played on October 3rd of that year. From that day on the sport has grown to be what it is today with a bigger fan base in America than Baseball, and a fan base that follows every season of American Football avidly from every corner from the globe. The NFL was born out of the APFL two years later in 1922 and eventually became the Major League of American Football.
The Arizona Cardinals had the strongest finish in the NFC last season. While the team barely made the playoffs, this didn’t matter much once the post season had arrived.
With the four year gaps, the advancements in technology between one world cup and the next really show, this year almost every household has a supersize HD TV available, at that last world cup these were priced out of the range of most consumers. This year many pubs showed the games in 3D and this market is emerging as the next big trend with televisions, undoubtedly this will be the norm by the next world cup. This raises the question of what the future holds for the beautiful game, how will we enjoy it, how will they play it? There are a variety of theories that are perfectly plausible; the only question is how soon it will come. Here is a selection of theories of what football will be like in 2020.
There are plenty of online football games for you to play on the Internet. Many of these games offer hours of fun (and time wasting) and many of them also have in-depth leader boards and stats for you to keep track of. While they are not quite the real thing, they are still just as fun for you.
The Buffalo Bills are an interesting team. With so much attention being focused on the New England Patriots and the new and improved New York Jets (not to mention the defending AFC East champion Miami Dolphins – oh yeah, remember them?), the Buffalo Bills are being overlooked.
Referee decisions have long caused controversy on and off the pitch and many argue that the introduction of technology to the decision making process would completely rule out any human error. In the recent world cup in South Africa there were numerous examples, particularly when England scored against Germany a goal that what was witnessed by millions but unfortunately not the ref. Many fans claim that had this goal been counted the unfortunate outcome would have been much different.
Could things be much worse for the Detroit Lions? After a win less 2008 season that saw the team finish 0-16 (for the first time ever), the Lions came into the 2009 season with high hopes, ready to put that disaster of a year behind them.
He’s on his way! The finest collegiate football player–ever!–has graduated from Florida and is beginning his career as a Denver Bronco in the NFL.
One of the biggest guys in college football this past year, Terrence Cody, at 6 foot four in. tall & 350 pounds, has transformed the way that colleges evaluate bigger players. A very good run stopper can make a world of difference for college football teams eager to free up their linebackers.