Monday Night Football. That special time when the NFL invades your city and puts on a rock concert. You are given the national stage for a prime-time mega event. The only game on television and the game all America watches… as long as you don’t live in Western Florida. The Buccaneers are in danger of extending their own dubious record of 10 consecutive local games blacked out. 2,000 seats remain for the coming Monday’s game versus the Colts.
The guys noted that even at last night’s season finale in Tampa Bay, the Rays had many empty seats as their exciting team reached baseball’s post-season for the second time. Is it any wonder the Bucs are traveling to London for the second time in 3 years? The Rays game last night was a national embarrassment and as long as the people fail to support their teams, western Florida does not deserve a professional sports franchise.
Hall of fame nominee list has been announced and the guys consider (briefly) bring you all 103 names on the list. Don’t worry, they only get through the coaches; Bill Cower, Bill Parcells, and Marty Shotenheimer.
The League continues struggling in implementing a comprehensive HGH testing which was agreed upon during the last CBA. Unfortunately the language in the labor agreement was vague enough that we may be very far away from actual testing taking place. According to the NFL the NFLPA is dragging its feat on HGH testing. League says they are ready – NFLPA says they are not sure of the validity of the test and want to ensure there is not a chance of false positives. Regardless, we are positive you will enjoy today’s Fix!
