{"id":873,"date":"2011-09-02T13:06:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T17:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=873"},"modified":"2011-09-02T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T17:07:48","slug":"nfl-commercials-sappy-but-they-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/09\/nfl-commercials-sappy-but-they-work.html","title":{"rendered":"NFL Commercials Sappy, But They Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL got its labor situation settled just in time.<\/p>\n

Not just for the season, but with plenty of time to air ads intended to create or reestablish goodwill with its fans.<\/p>\n

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Roger Goodell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You have probably seen the ads already, where a football gets passed around from all kinds of ordinary folks and eventually winds up on a professional field.<\/p>\n

Well, the spots are sappy, drippy and a bit of a reach … but they do tug at the heartstrings a bit.<\/p>\n

And most importantly, they work to serve as a reminder that “football is your country”, as Carroll O’Connor once said in his role on All in the Family<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Say what you will about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, but he has the leading sports product in America.<\/p>\n

The league averted a potentially horrible work-stoppage with a new labor deal with the players.<\/p>\n

Et tu, NBA?<\/p>\n

…………………………………………………………………………….<\/p>\n

FOR A LOOK AT THE SPORTS OF THE DAY, CHECK OUT:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.heapsgoodstuff.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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