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09-23-2011, 12:38 PM | #1 |
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NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
In my opinion this is as tasteless and classless as it gets:
NFL using Jamaal Charles' injury to entice fantasy players | Plog Thoughts?
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09-23-2011, 12:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
I saw it and really didn't think twice about it honestly.
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09-23-2011, 12:51 PM | #3 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
Ive never played fantasy so maybe i just dont get it.
It just seems pretty crappy to me to use a football player's season ending and potentially career changing injury to promote your fantasy game. If I was a player and read “Injury Ruined Your Fantasy Season?” with Charles being carted off while in obvious pain on the NFL’s website Id be pissed. Maybe im just too PC….
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
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You never played fantasy football? WTF are you waiting for, its great
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09-23-2011, 01:49 PM | #5 | |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
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At first i just thought the name Fantasy Football just sounded "gay", not in a homosexual way but in the goofy/ironic/curious way, and was fun to poke fun at as a non-player. I didnt know people actually play for money though until 2 years ago, and ill be the first to admit watching a game when there is money on the line is one of the most exciting ways to watch a game in my opinion. So i can see how fantasy can be real exciting. But whats keeping me away from Fantasy at this point is that i see people spend so much time on it that it makes it unappealing to me. I just dont want to start something i know ill get consumed with.
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09-23-2011, 12:53 PM | #6 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
I used the my first round (3rd) pick on him while Peterson was still available...
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09-23-2011, 01:03 PM | #7 | |
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09-23-2011, 02:29 PM | #8 | |
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09-23-2011, 04:21 PM | #9 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
eh, no biggie.
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09-23-2011, 06:20 PM | #10 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
Initially, I thought it was classless, then I didn't care, now that I'm looking at it again it really is a bad idea. They could have done without the picture.
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09-23-2011, 06:39 PM | #11 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
I'm sure Jamaal Charles feels better knowing his injury is being used to promote fantasy football -- bad decision in retrospect
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09-23-2011, 06:45 PM | #12 |
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Well they pulled the ad, so I guess ultimately someone decided it was in poor taste
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09-23-2011, 06:55 PM | #13 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
I really didn't have much of response to it. A slight feeling of sympathy for the dude.
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09-24-2011, 01:12 PM | #14 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
They didn't need to use the picture. They could have just shown a fantasy football roster row with Jamaal Charles showing he is injured.
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09-24-2011, 02:49 PM | #15 |
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Re: NFL Uses Jamaal Charles Injury to Promote Fantasy Football
Or the could have shown Joe T's bleeding femur.
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