The National Football League (NFL) has done a tremendous job of marketing their players and teams over the last decade and sellouts are now commonplace in most cities with NFL teams each and every week. Ticket sales are cruising along, merchandising of team apparel continues to climb, and fan interest is better than ever. With the start of the 2006-2007 season starting tonight with Pittsburgh versus Miami, the NFL looks to be on track for another solid season of exciting football action. New players in the league this year are Vince Young and Reggie Bush who are sure to attract defenses and fans eyeballs. There are plenty of other new faces on new teams and it will be hard for Superbowl champions the Pittsburgh Steelers to repeat. The league continues to be balanced and each week anyone can beat anyone. The official site of the NFL is at NFL.com and is loaded with NLF rumors, schedules, ticket information, transactions, and on Sundays you can watch live updates in the NFL scores section and follow your favorite team online with play by play readouts. You can also order NFL Network which carries 170 games each year with preseason, primetime games, and analysis.
Be sure to bookmark NFL.com as a jumping off site for all the other teams in the league. Field Pass is another offering from the NFL with their radio partner Real Network. For just $39.95 you get an entire years coverage where you can listen to live radio broadcasts of every NFL game. They are currently offering a 7 Day free trial, so give it a try with nothing to lose. The amount of content on NFL.com is breathtaking each week with analysis of each game, video highlights available following all games, superb playoff and Superbowl coverage as the season moves along. You can also join a Fantasy Football league and pick players in a mock draft and follow them each week to see how your fantasy team is performing compared to other participants in the fantasy league. If you would rather receive updates via email, then sign up for their email newsletter and get league rankings, team records, stat leaders, and expert analysis from Troy Aikman, Phil Simms, and Vic Carucci. The online NFL shop is why I visit the site so often. I love looking at the authentic NFL jerseys, the replica jerseys, DVD's, trading cards, hats, tailgating gear, kids bedding, and other team apparel. All the authentic NFL merchandise is expensive because you are paying for a brand name, but the quality is good and the feeling of being a part of the team is priceless. The most popular item purchased on the NFL shopping site are jerseys for players like Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Peyton Manning, and Randy Moss.
NFL Tickets - NFL Sunday Ticket:
Want NFL tickets? Not sure where to look, we suggest starting on the NFL site at http://www.nfl.com/tickets. There you will find a complete list of every NFL team and their website listed with ticketing information (preseason, regular season games, and post-season games) along with phone numbers where you can talk with a live representative and order tickets over the phone. In our research of each team, there are only a select few that offer season tickets since most of have sold out months in advance. Often a ticket broker can come up with some tickets for you, but at a premium. Stubhub.com is a well recognized NFL ticket site that usually has tickets to most games. Another excellent source of NFL tickets is on Ebay. Do a search for your teams tickets and see what is available. There are usually dozens of tickets to each game, you will have to bid on them and may not know until the last day or so if you won the auction. If worse comes to worse and you have to watch the game on TV, check your local listings to see if it's televised (it should be if it's a sellout). If you happen to have a favorite team in a city that you don't live in anymore, don't worry, the new NFL Sunday Ticket through Directv and other international partners in Canada, Mexico, and other countries has the biggest selection of NFL games available each Sunday. Choose your favorite team to watch and never miss another game.
NFL Cheerleaders:
Ah, the NFL cheerleaders. Many teams have full squads of cheerleaders, while others don't use them. Many fans that we found around the league enjoy the entertainment and wish their teams had them (if they currently don't). We can certainly understand why some cold weather teams like the Packers or Steelers have no cheerleaders, but other teams have no such excuse. For a complete list of cheerleader sites for all the NFL teams, go to http://www.angelfire.com/nj/nflcheer/ or visit Here for a complete list on Yahoo's directory of sites. We visited several of the popular teams around the league like the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks and found some excellent galleries of wallpaper images of the girls and many teams offer NFL cheerleading calendars for sale.
Madden NFL:
The NFL has continued to expand their marketing efforts and the video game area has done well for them. Madden NFL games each year sell millions of copies as football enthusiasts sit at home on their game consoles (XBox, PS2, Nintendo, etc) and play like the pros do using joysticks and their TV screens. Madden NFL 2007 is offered by EA Sports and costs $39.95-$69.95 (depending on the console and version). The video games are programmed with players tendencies and exact movements. The superior graphics that are offered on Madden NFL 2007 are so real that it appears you are watching live NFL footage eventhough everything is simulated.
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