Jan 23 2011

Conference Championship Sunday

2011 Throwball Playoffs

This time through we get excited about the early game on Fox at 3 pm.

Despite over 180 regular season meetings the Bears and the Packers have met just twice in the post season and I’m not as sanguine as my dad about the Packers’ ability to prevail as I was before watching the Bears dismantle the Seahawks last week.

A reminder of why you should be rooting for the Packers–

The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned franchise in American professional sports major leagues. Typically, a team is owned by one person, partnership, or corporate entity, i.e., a “team owner.” The lack of a dominant owner has been stated as one of the reasons the Green Bay Packers have never been moved from the city of Green Bay, a city of only 102,313 people as of the 2000 census.

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As of June 8, 2005, 112,015 people (representing 4,750,934 shares) can lay claim to a franchise ownership interest. Shares of stock include voting rights, but the redemption price is minimal, no dividends are ever paid, the stock cannot appreciate in value – though private sales often exceed the face value of the stock, and stock ownership brings no season ticket privileges. No shareholder may own over 200,000 shares, a safeguard to ensure that no individual can assume control of the club. To run the corporation, a board of directors is elected by the stockholders.

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Green Bay is the only team with this form of ownership structure in the NFL; such ownership is in direct violation of current league rules, which stipulate a limit of 32 owners of one team and one of those owners having a minimum 30% stake. However, the Packers corporation was grandfathered when the NFL’s current ownership policy was established in the 1980s, and are thus exempt. The Packers are also the only American major-league sports franchise to release its financial balance sheet every year.

Another old school matchup is Jets @ Steelers on CBS at 6:30 pm.  Last week I told you why the Jets were pretty loathsome and my opinion hasn’t mellowed in the 7 days since.

Plus the Steelers are a better team.

This is the end of the CBS broadcast season.

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  2. 7 – 0 Pack.

  5. 22 Seconds in the 1st.

  8. Not doing as bad as I’d feared.

  10. 8 to go in the half.

    This game is quick.

  11. with 4 minutes in the half.

  12. :49 in the half.

  13. :30 in the half.

  14. They’ve dominated so far.

  15. I’m finally here. Nephews, girlfriends and M-i-L arrived around noon.  M-i-L is cooking, bless her. S-i-l is at a fencing competition in Boston.

  17. Bears from their 40.

  18. Bears’ 8.

  20. Which the Bears should win.

  21. Much more one sided than I expected.

  22. End of the Quarter.

    Check your pool cards.

  23. Bears bring it down.

  25. that this game will get more rough and tumble

  26. 8 minutes to go.

  27. Pretty much game over.

    21 – 7, 6 left to play.

  30. Do we see the onside?

  33. I’ll be hard pressed to pick a favorite.

  34. I’ll attempt a News Digest but I’m really tired and distracted.

  36. Doomed to failure.

  38. 10 minute opening drive.

    Ball control?

  42. Not as good as the analysts are making it out to be.

  44. Check your pool cards.

  45. On the Steelers 49.

  46. Steelers @ the Jets 27 with 5 in the half.

  47. This is a slow game.

  48. Steelers from their 34.

  50. Touchdown.

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