NFL Draft

This week I decided to do my blog on the NFL draft. The draft is less than 24 days away and teams are looking to add players from the college ranks. The draft has been going on for over 75 years and has progressively evolved from just picking the best college players to a study and a science of evaluation.

For Professional teams the draft process is year round. Depending on a teams win, lose record depends how high the team picks. There are 32 teams in the NFL and the draft is 7 rounds and 32 picks a round. Teams can trade pick to other teams at the price of players or draft picks, or both.

For teams the evaluation process is all year round and a lot of time and money is put into it. All through the college football season NFL teams send out scouts to watch college players live or on film and evaluate their skill in hopes of finding a player that will help their team win. These players get paid millions before they even set foot on a NFL field, so teams better do their homework to get a player and not a flop that could set their team back years and also cost the team money. Teams look for several things when looking at a player, which are football talent and knowledge, athleticism, and physical prowess. The player show these skills through their play on the field and at their personal pro days and at the NFL combine.

For the players to declare for the draft they most have been in college for at least three years before declaring for the Draft. Once a player declares, most find representation or a agent to help promote their athlete and sell them to NFL teams. A agent basically takes care of the business side of it, so the player can just play and train. Players also go into training once they complete they college playing to train for their pro days and if they get invited to the NFL combine that also. Depending on what the teams want to see the player will perform in a number of position drills and drills that test physical ability.

In closing the NFL is a 5 billion dollar a year business that would not exist without putting out a good product which is their football that which is performed by its players.

USA hockey victory

On Sunday night I watch the underdog America’s take on the heavily favored Canadians on their home ice and win. Me being an American I was jacked to see the level and the effort team USA played at. Some sports analysts are calling this the biggest upset since the miracle on ice in 1980. Grant it that this game doesn’t take Canada out of the gold and doesn’t give USA the gold. But the path is easier now for America and they only have to win three more games to get gold and Canada has to win four straight and doesn’t get a bye like America. The impact of this game is great because I could not name one player on the USA roster and I could name quite a few Canadian players and for America to beat out a country that is known for hockey, that is a good deal.

This year America went with a whole new roster of players with very few carry over and with very few NHL all stars like team Canada. The head coach for USA targeted players with high character and ones that would sell out. The coach is also known for being able to pull a team to gather in a short amount of time and also getting them to believe in a common goal, which is to win it all in these 2010 winter games. Also this year maybe the last year were pro players will be allowed to play in the games because the NHL is not happy they are not getting any of the profits shutting down their season to let the league players go play in this tournament. Also by having the league stars play, they risk injury by playing in extra games. Either way I thing the hockey will still be good, which every way they decide to go.

In closing it was good to see the underdog USA come out and take it to the heavy favorites to win it all team Canada.

NFL lockout

I was on the internet and was at the NFL’s web site and I read an article about the great possibility of their being a lock out of the 2011 season and a none salary caped season in 2010. I figured this is just another story to get a person worked up, but nothing will ever come from it, but as I read on this is a very serious deal if you are a professional football fan. The big conflict is between the players and the owners and if they can’t agree on a deal there will be no football. I think it is crazy if the sides can’t come to terms and figure out the money deal because right now the NFL is living the high life. The NFL has the highest ratings on T.V and in a rescission they are clearing over 5 billion dollars in revenue and the clubs individually are clearing over 30 million profits a year. Yet they are still fighting over money, honestly both sides got a good deal going why bicker over who gets more money; last I checked both sides get paid very well.

Also for this next season don’t come to terms, there will be a salary cap less season which means any team that wants to fork up the money can sign any top free agent player. What this means is that pro football will turn into pro baseball where there is really no equal playing field and there are powerhouses and there is no equal playing field for teams. I hope this doesn’t happen the new America’s past time. But if the labor union and the owners can’t figure it out there will be no pro football in 2011 in America.

Source-

NFLPA head Smith believes team owners preparing for lockout (Associated Press, Trans.). (2010, February 3). Retrieved February 4, 2010, from Nfl.com. doi: http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81634978&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Avatar making people depressed?

I came across an article on CNN and they were reporting that people after seeing the movie avatar were becoming depressed and having suicidal thoughts. I find this pretty funny and kept asking myself this can’t be true, but as the article goes on it gives examples of people talking about the movie on blogs and social networks and also interviewed some of these people and the reports were true. So there for this week on my blog I am going to talk about why and what I think this movie is making people think these ways.

I have seen the movie and thought it was pretty good and the graphics and special effects were second to none and the 3d really helped bring the fictional planet and creates come to life. After seeing the movie I did not get down on life, I just thought it was a pretty good fictional movie. But after seeing the news reports and looking at super fans blogs, sites and reading this articles, some people took this movie to heart and started comparing it to their life’s. But of course our planet will never meet up to the standards of the fictional planet of Pandora and the avatar people were made out to be these great beings with strong purpose in their life. So I can see yourself getting down on life, but then again it’s a fictional movie and your life is what you make of it, you don’t like it you hold the power to change it.

In conclusion avatar is a very good movie, but it's nothing to compare your life. Its a fictional movie, not real so get your life together.

article link- http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html

movie trailer link-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeh2KILn7O4