With the advent of new technologies has come new ways of advertising: no more evident than during Super Sunday

SCOTT JACOBS

Once upon a time a cute little kid (now probably in his late 30’s) handed Mean Joe Greene a Coke, and the infamous tough guy returned the favor by throwing his jersey to the kid.  “Hey kid, catch!”  Okay, so I wasn’t actually alive then, but I’ve seen the ad (as have you most likely) many, many times.  It’s considered one of the greatest ads in Super Bowl history.  Not to mention one of the most memorable.

Well, could you imagine if after the kid got the jersey, he peered into the lens of the camera and stated aloud, “see more at coke.com/meanjoe.”  Now before you go hustling over to that website which is fictional and does not exist, I want you to think about how much advetising has changed and how the internet has turned the world of advertising on its head.  I’m not exactly re-inventing the wheel telling you this, but it dawned on me yesterday during the Super Bowl, that ads have gone from 30 second masterpieces handcrafted to maximize every ounce of their multi mullion dollar time slot, to teasers with more to see on their websites. (more…)

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Beware, the Green Police are on the lookout!

MITCH BLATT

I cover sports business for JSB, as well as writing general posts, so I figure I should tackle the Super Bowl ads: not just which ones were funniest but which ones did the best job of marketing their products.

However, we will start off with which ones are funniest:

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Once known for nothing more than their fans wearing bags on top of their heads, the Saints are now champions of the football universe

SCOTT JACOBS

If you could capture a moment in Super Bowl XLIV and frame it, a mere definition of the Saints cinderella rise from have nots to Super Bowl champions, Tracy Porter’s unforgettable run to the races has to be it.  The little known– at least to the casual sports fan– Saints cornerback, was an afterthought before kickoff, just another guy on a team run by offensive superstars.  But it was Porter, who intercepted Peyton Manning as the Colts were driving towards a game tying score, and got to make the mad dash of a lifetime– not only into Super Bowl lore, but into New Orleans infamy.

As Porter raced down the sidelines, his Saints teamates racing on the endlines along with him– what could possibly have been going through his mind?  “I just won the Super Bowl?”  “Take that Hurricane Katrina?”  “Who dat gonna beat those Saints?” “I’m going to DisneyWorld?”  “O my God, O my God, O my God?”

Porter’s stunning interception tilted a very even game in favor of the sentimental favorite Saints, and bursted Indianapolis’ bid for a second Super Bowl in four years– a shocking culmination to a game dominated by clock control and up until then, no turnovers. (more…)

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Tim Tebow’s mother expressing her love for her child is “offensive.”

MITCH BLATT

The Conservative Christian organization Focus on the Family bought some spots to run abortion-related ads during the Super Bowl, eliciting outrage from liberal groups including National Organization for Women and Planned Parenthood.

Ty Duffy at The Big Lead said CBS shouldn’t air them then got into an argument with me in the comments section of my post about the ads. Gloria Allred threatened to sue CBS.

Well, now the first of the FoF ads has been shown during the pregame show.

Tell me how offended you are after watching this: (more…)

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Alas the big game is here.  Are you ready?  Here’s our pick

SCOTT JACOBS

Yap, yap, yap.  Freeney, Freeney, Freeney.  Enough!

Tonight they finally get to play the damn game.  Finally instead of hearing about how the Saints will blitz package Peyton Manning we get to see it.  Finally instead of wondering whether Reggie Bush will be a factor, we get to watch it.  Finally instead of seeing if the Saints are truly ready for their Super closeup they get to prove it.

Instead of hearing about Dwight Freeney’s battered body, we get to see it.  Will he play?  It seems like a yes.  Will he be effective?  Tune in at 6:28.  After another lengthy two week delay from championship Sunday to Super Sunday (the Pro Bowl doesn’t count as anything more than your imagination), they finally play the stinking game today. (more…)

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“The Yankees reside in the largest mkt in the United States. AROD? Teixeira? CC? They’re all inherited. Doesn’t anybody notice this? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

Small-mkts work their butts off grooming players, only to sell at the deadline. All Stars gone, Prospects in return. What have the Yanks done? Nothing. And I will be a naive fan if I let them ruin MLB for me because if Bud Selig cant get the job done, then I will.”
- GoldenCC.com

“I want one, I want a Golden C.C.’s,C.C.’s!, A.J.’s! I want my C.C.’s to lay gold Rings for October
At least a hundred a Century
And by the way
I want a feast.
I want a Tex feast!
Tex’s and A.J’s and A-rods with no caps. So good you could go nuts”
- Still GoldenCC.com

“You really have to see this craziness. [Pitching coach] Mike Marshall has a 13 yo disciple.”
- Baseball Prospectus’ Will Carroll on Twitter

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Roger Goodell was about as genuine as a sleazy real estate agent in answering questions about the future of the league, but we at Juiced Sports are not afraid to give our two cents (but only as long as it doesn’t go to the owners)

SCOTT JACOBS

The world is supposed to end in 2012, but 2011 may see a crippling lockout for the NFL.  While I understand it’s not the NHL and that football is this country’s most popular sport (for now), the NFL is not immune from fading back to the pack if they ignorantly let this issue lead to a work stoppage in 2011.  The NFL is treading dangerous water here.  Yes, people love the NFL, and yes, watching the NFL on a week to week basis is unlike anything else in pro sports, but with the current economic state of this country the last thing people want to see (especially the middle class) is owners whining over not making enough money, and players complaining that the millions of dollars they make is not enough to feed their families.

It’s one of many critical issues the NFL is facing.  Also on the NFL’s potential agenda is an expanded regular season, relocation or possibly expansion, the NFL changing the Lombardi Trophy each year to be more regionalized (this was revealed yesterday), and the NFL playing more and more games overseas.  Let’s get to the issues.  It’s Juiced Sports’ first ever NFL State of the Union. (more…)

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The Big Lead compares Tim Tebow to al Qaeda.

MITCH BLATT

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Giving birth to a baby is not the same as killing 30 people in a suicide bombing.

One act gives life and the other takes life.

Now let me tell you what I’m talking about: Female liberalism groups are trying to get CBS to ban an ad starring Tim Tebow from airing on Super Bowl Sunday because it features her mother advocating for giving birth rather than having an abortion.

The political implications aside (Full disclosure: I support abortion.), this is an argument about CBS’s right to air ads, not about abortion.

I post about it now only because Tyler Duffy at TheBigLead.com wrote a post in which he compared Tim Tebow to al Qaeda.
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