Giants V Browns: The Television Facade?
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MANNING: Professional football has changed television...
OSWEILER: Yes, Super Bowl ads have become 'cultural experiences.'
MANNING: I remember the Bud Bowl some years back, and now Halftime Shows are quite fancy!
OSWEILER: They pull out everything...I wonder when the MLB or NBA (or NHL) will catch up.
MANNING: They'll never catch up; football players are out there with pads and helmets running on grass (people love it).
OSWEILER: Do they really interest mass audiences --- e.g., "The always-ambitious Giants face the rookie-studded Browns!"?
MANNING: Sure they do, but I think more merchandising and well-placed ads will draw in more of the 'MTV generation.'
OSWEILER: I think the Al Pacino NFL-excitement film
Any Given Sunday (Oliver Stone) achieved something like that.
MANNING: Sure it did, but not too many American women/girls care about Lions QB Peete playing alongside Sanders.
OSWEILER: I think better marketing of college football will draw in audiences interested in the 'continuity' of sports culture.
MANNING: Yeah, that's what the NCAA basketball film
Blue Chips is all about!
OSWEILER: Maybe liberals will ban/boycott the NFL because of steroids and concussion discussions.
MANNING: If the right trainers and medical personnel are recruited/funded, then NFL athletes should receive no extra gab.
OSWEILER: Well, tonight our two teams square off --- you're one of the rare QBs to have defeated the Goliath Tom Brady!
MANNING: That was long ago, and your team has new goals now (with its thick rookie-roster!), so everyone wants Brady...
OSWEILER: If my 'rookie-team' upends your ambitious Giants squad tonight (on MNF!), I'll buy Brady a beer.
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