The shareholders of the Green Bay Packers should take the NFL to court.
The Packers were organized as a nonprofit corporation in 1919, and currently, the organization has nearly 375,000 shareholders. While shares of Packers’ stock pay no dividend, owners are allowed to vote each year on various aspects of the organization’s operation, and they are empowered by certain rights and responsibilities.
The NFL marred the 2012 season by hiring a horrendously incompetent bunch of replacement referees. Throughout the first three weeks of play, blown calls were routine, and repeated stories of bias, incompetence, and under-qualification were the norm. One replacement official, for instance, was fired for incompetence from the satirically bad Lingerie Football...
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Ben Strauss, New York Times - January 3, 2013
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Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News - December 31, 2012
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Bob McGinn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - January 6, 2013
Green Bay - Adrian Peterson is mortal after all.
The Green Bay Packers really can play run defense.
And Joe Webb, well, he isn't even Christian Ponder.
Taking full advantage of the Minnesota Vikings' missing starting... more »
Dan Wiederer, Minneapolis Star Tribune - December 30, 2012
Give this matchup a long, hard look. Break out every metric possible to aid the analysis. Dissect the matchups. Digest the stage and the stakes.
Vikings-Packers, 3:25 p.m. Sunday at Mall of America Field.
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Vic Tafur, San Francisco Chronicle - January 7, 2013
The Packers got a first round bye after all. With Minnesota quarterback Christian Ponder sitting out with an elbow injury that was worse than anyone thought, the Vikings turned to Joe Webb, better known as the guy on the... more »