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Congratulations son! Now you can sit on the couch all day watching soap operas with your old man.
City Ninja #10: Unemployed College Graduate.
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Light one up for “National Health Care” because the government will pay for our medical bills later on! WOO-HOO!!!
City Ninja #9: National Health Care.
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Humans, it’s what’s for dinner.
That one to the left on the end looks pretty tasty!
City Ninja #8: Destroy The World.
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The world has to be destroyed some time. Do your part today!
City Ninja #7: Destroy The World.
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I think that this is the third or fourth year running that I’ve tried to get press credentials for the NFL Scouting Combine that is held here in Indianapolis every year. And to keep my 0-fer record in tact I received yet another rejection that goes like this:
We have received your request for media credentials to the 2010 NFL Combine. Unfortunately, due to tremendous demand, we are unable to accommodate your request.
Thank you for your interest in the NFL.
Corry Rush
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
OK, fair enough. Surge Bucket Media is a small potatoes outlet that currently only publishes online via blogs & podcasts. But what gets me is the whole canned “due to tremendous demand” response that is sent out every year.
This isn’t the Super Bowl. This isn’t the Pro Bowl. This isn’t the NFL Draft. This isn’t a game. This isn’t even something related to a specific team. It’s the NFL Combine where they scout the potential incoming draft picks.
Now I know that there are quite a few people in town for it (just try to go to lunch around the stadium and you’ll see that). But go and take a look at the photos & video from previous Combine’s and you’ll see that there really aren’t that many people in the stands watching. Maybe they’re milling around the stadium or back in the media rooms, or at the food court at Circle Centre Mall, I don’t know, but I don’t believe for one minute that there’s “tremendous demand” if that’s derived at just by the number of good seats in the lower level of Lucas Oil Stadium. (BTW, Indy.com reports that the estimated attendance is 3,400 people.)
Anyway, complaining about it will not do any good. But I just wish for once that the NFL would be honest about it. If you don’t cater to smaller media outlets, please be up front about it. That’s your choice as all attendees are your guests. While that would bum me out a bit, that is something I could totally respect.
That said, as long as it’s held in Indianapolis (I’ve not heard if they extended the contract beyond 2010 or not) I will continue to throw our name in the hat. And who knows, maybe one year we’ll be able to attend. But in the meantime I’ll sit back with the rest of you doing my best to follow what’s going on down at the Combine.
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