{"id":4061,"date":"2013-09-22T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T21:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2013-09-22T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T21:13:41","slug":"nanny-nanny-boo-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2013\/09\/22\/nanny-nanny-boo-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanny, Nanny, Boo the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, FOXBusiness posted a great article by Steve Tobak \u2013 \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/business-leaders\/2013\/09\/18\/will-nanny-rules-break-nfl\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/business-leaders\/2013\/09\/18\/will-nanny-rules-break-nfl\/', 'Will Nanny rules Break the NFL?');\" target=\"_blank\">Will Nanny rules Break the NFL?<\/a>\u201d  This is a fun read, and while Tobak may not be correct on all points, he is insightful enough to point out that the NFL may be endangering their brand by trying to protect its owners.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Daddy, what\u2019s a kickoff return? In 2011 NFL owners voted to move kickoffs from the 30 to the 35-yard line, apparently to reduce the number of kickoff returns that result in injuries. But kickoff returns are exciting. Fun. I miss them. It\u2019s the same thing with parents not letting their kids go out and play because they might hurt themselves. It\u2019s nuts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A lot of things the NFL is doing with rules right now are nuts, but for this season; I\u2019m still a five seat season ticket holder.  Not sure how long that will last.  Besides the ever changing game rules, there is that looming new stadium in ATL, which will no doubt result in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/news\/seat-licenses-eyed-for-falcons-stadium\/nSQ5p\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/news\/seat-licenses-eyed-for-falcons-stadium\/nSQ5p\/', 'PSLs');\" target=\"_blank\">PSLs<\/a>, which will certainly price me out of the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, FOXBusiness posted a great article by Steve Tobak \u2013 \u201cWill Nanny rules Break the NFL?\u201d This is a fun read, and while Tobak may not be correct on all points, he is insightful enough to point out that the NFL may be endangering their brand by trying to protect its owners. Daddy, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2013\/09\/22\/nanny-nanny-boo-the-nfl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nanny, Nanny, Boo the NFL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4062,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions\/4062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}