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gurdonark

Member since: Sep 15th, 2006

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Antidote to NFL Crime: Tebow in First Round (Fanhouse - Jay Mariotti)

Apr 22nd 2010 5:48PM Tim Tebow plays with a lot of heart, and is a gifted competitor. He makes sense to draft as a quarterback only if a team is looking for a back-up.
He might make sense as a receiver, but only in a 2d/3rd round hopeful sense.
No matter how much we love a competitor, he is one more fellow who richly deserved his Heisman, and yet is not really NFL star material.

Redskins Were Best Trade Option for Both Eagles and McNabb (Fanhouse NFL Blog)

Apr 5th 2010 5:20AM The trade can be argued to be good or bad, which probably makes it an okay trade. I will be interested to see what the Redskins do in the draft. Though Sam Bradford haa a lot of heart and some potential, it is hard for me to imagine him being worth trading up for a number 1 pick just to get him.

CONTEST! Write Hillary's New Slogan! (News Bloggers)

Jan 6th 2008 6:39AM Experience change without anything changing.

Will ad supported music downloads work? (Download Squad)

Sep 15th 2006 6:52AM I believe that ad-supported sites which provide Creative Commons attribution or GNU or even PD downloads will be a workable way to distribute music, as music, like antenna-reception television, becomes seen as a thing for the consumer is not expected to pay but which advertisers use to draw traffic.

The form of the ad content here, though, gives me pause. It is possible that people may want to watch video commercials, but I think that click-through print ads are the more likely wave of the future.

I think that fans could support music labels by using the NASCAR model. Rather than just clicking, they could make a conscious effort to buy the product and say "I bought this product because you advertise on.....record label". This form of brand loyalty allows niche interest groups to command advertiser dollars through concentrated effort.

I think that ad-based Creative Commons site with free-to-download content are the future. My internal question is the form the content will take, and the kind of street effort to encourage advertisers that could become the new form of guerilla marketing for music creators and purveyors.