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[zed2283]

what's the address for the MFL website?

 

[Andrew]

This is great news... information about an organization is is always better when it's written, produced, and distributed by the the same organization it's about.I should add...

That's my feeling as well, Ed. With the NFL's tendency towards central control, I'm wary of any moves like this.Although to be fair, this is their own website. I'm more concerned about their TV contracts and the NFL Network.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

what's the address for the MFL website?

http://www.myfantasyleague.com/

 

[bonscott]

Not sure what CBS is doing since our league agreed to stay with MFL (we ran our league on both sites last year) by a 12-0 Vote. Oh and MFL is already up and running for the 07 season.

Are you sure about that? My league still has everything 06' up. There is no schedule posted for 07. Is this something the Commish has to do?

Yes. He has to click on the upgrade link he will see when he logs in. This will upgrade the site to 2007 where he can then take whatever additional steps may be required for your league setup. 2007 leagues have been available for a few weeks now....

And it's been available since mid-Feburary. Commish just needs to click the link and set it up as smithkt says.MFL has been really stepping up on the dynasty and keeper league support by doing stuff like this, basically giving near year round leagues a place to be. The top 100 or so rookies have also been loaded up for a few weeks now for those that will do rookies drafts soon. Their team info will be updated shortly after the NFL draft is over.

 

[AB in DC]

Thanks for the bump -- I missed this the first time around too.

I'm kind of looking forward to what the NFL can do with the site. I'm not a fan of CBS's handiwork over the past few years, so it'll be nice to see a change.

As league sites go, I'm much more impressed by MLB.com, though I have no idea if that's handled in-house or contracted out too. (Does anyone know?)

 

[gump]

It looks like another step to where all of the NFL product is going to come directly through the NFL via the NFL network and nfl.com.

Dead on. The price tag for the networks that will line up for the chance to spend a mint for the next round of TV negotiations will be crazy. The NFLN is already one of the, if not the, fastest growing cable channels in history. Very smart move to cut CBS out of the food chain.

Roger Goodell was replaced by Lisa Baird, who came from IBM. She has come in with guns blazing, announcing she will be doubling the NFL's revenue in many areas.One thing however that won't change is that NFL Teams will continue to run their own internet retail. The NFL controls the NFL Shop thru a 3rd party (who the NFL jacked the royalties up for when re-upping in the last few months), but if you shop at a team's website it comes from the team and is under the team's control.Retail though is small potatoes compared to TV....small enough that the NFL probably does not want to manage all of it.

Do you have a link to the Baird piece? I find this very interesting.

Sorry, pg...no link. My company works with the NFL, and a close friend manages that business and talks to them daily. All my info is from the "inside"...We were actually worried about losing our partnership...that Baird would opt to go with someone with a higher bid over the "experts" who know the business...but those concerns were not valid.She is still openly aggressive though.

 

[BGP]

Possibly the modern concept of television might just go away. A TV network acts like a clearinghouse for other companies to show their wares. But with the internet you can just go direct to the consumer. Why create a TV series and try to get it on NBC when you can just set up a web site and let people download episodes? Why not just have a web portal to show football games?

Radio might actually outlive TV, since TV requires that you sit still and watch it, which is perfect for the internet. Radio listeners can be in the middle of nowhere, on the road, out for a walk, and just want to plug into something on the casual without paying for it.

 

[Bri]

It looks like another step to where all of the NFL product is going to come directly through the NFL via the NFL network and nfl.com.

Dead on. The price tag for the networks that will line up for the chance to spend a mint for the next round of TV negotiations will be crazy. The NFLN is already one of the, if not the, fastest growing cable channels in history. Very smart move to cut CBS out of the food chain.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for discussions of this in the NFL offices. They can't just switch to showing their game on their network because their TV packages are an ENORMOUS income. Ad revenue surpassing that would be tough. Combined, isn't it over a billion dollars?I would guess they jump to MNF and see how that goes first.

 

[Bri]

Possibly the modern concept of television might just go away. A TV network acts like a clearinghouse for other companies to show their wares. But with the internet you can just go direct to the consumer. Why create a TV series and try to get it on NBC when you can just set up a web site and let people download episodes? Why not just have a web portal to show football games? Radio might actually outlive TV, since TV requires that you sit still and watch it, which is perfect for the internet. Radio listeners can be in the middle of nowhere, on the road, out for a walk, and just want to plug into something on the casual without paying for it.

I agree it's coming and I think you can put landline phones in there too as becoming obsolete someday too(VOIP and all) but computers have to get faster and have more storage to really make this work well. Then there's the cellphone technology with videos on there and satellite radio receivers and....could be some sweet technology coming along

 

[gump]

Possibly the modern concept of television might just go away. A TV network acts like a clearinghouse for other companies to show their wares. But with the internet you can just go direct to the consumer. Why create a TV series and try to get it on NBC when you can just set up a web site and let people download episodes? Why not just have a web portal to show football games? Radio might actually outlive TV, since TV requires that you sit still and watch it, which is perfect for the internet. Radio listeners can be in the middle of nowhere, on the road, out for a walk, and just want to plug into something on the casual without paying for it.

I assume we can download these internet files onto a huge screen device in this future...

 

[JAA]

:wave: cbs NFL fantasy leagues

I bet this is what the entire "content" battle has been about. Establish "content" is owned by the NFL, then kick out cbs and all the leagues