If we want young people to acquire new, healthy habits, we have to do more than lecture them. We have to inspire them so they become self-motivated. That’s exactly what the NFL is doing with NFL Play 60, the national youth health and fitness campaign encouraging young people to be active for at least 60 minutes a day. It’s an innovative program designed to help fight obesity. Students will have the opportunity to ride to school with an NFL player and join him in leading classmates through the once in …
Windows Don’t Sweat, Football Players Do
Every year as winter approaches I get numerous calls from folks telling me that their windows are sweating, causing wood rot, mold and mildew and other undesirable problems. One of my favorite answers is, “Windows don’t sweat, a football player sweats.” Actually, the proper word is condensation. But I personally think sweat sounds best, so we’ll say windows “sweat.” Why do some windows “sweat”? And what can you do about it? Simply put, windows “sweat” because the windows are colder than the dew point of the air in the room. …
Promotional Pens – How Football Clubs Can Benefit From Using Promotional Gifts
There are many different ways Football clubs can benefit from using promotional gifts, such as printed pens. Promotional gifts are gifts representing a Club or team name, in order to attract customers and increase the interest of the club. Using promotional pens will help in many ways to do so. Promotional pens used in the form of advertisement ensure that the Club name is getting around and being seen by everybody. It is common to use personalised pens in settings such as businesses, in shopping areas, or even games of …
Fundraising Ideas For Your Football Club
Football clubs all need a variety of fund raising activities to help pay towards the players wages and maintenance and improvement of their facilities. Fund raising can be as simple as creating a regular pool of fans and club members who take part in a monthly football contests or football raffles. For raffles and contests, check with your local authority for guidelines if these are to be publicised. A licence may be necessary. Other football club fundraising ideas are “Football Night Out”. This can be a replay of a video …
Manchester United Football Club – Loved Across The World
Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, sited at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and probably the most admired football club in the world, with over fifty million supporters worldwide. Manchester United Football Club is a world-famous English football club, with a capacity of over 76,000 and the highest average crowd in the league. Manchester United Football Club is perhaps the single thing for which the city of Manchester is most famed. The heritage of Manchester United football club is wonderful and most supporters have …
Arsenal Football Club – The Pride of London
Arsenal football club is one of the best sides in the English Premier League and indeed the world. Based in North London and Nicknamed ‘the Gunners’ they are renowned for playing beautiful football. There isn’t a team in Europe that plays the same style of football as Arsenal. They play the passing came and are masters at maintaining possession. They work the ball to the goal rather than long balls and play a game that really annoys other sides. The club was founded in 1886 by workers at the Woolwich …
A Story From The Stands – What Have Former Nebraska Football Players Learned From The Game – Janssen
THE BALLAD OF AN UNSUNG HERO If you are a devout Husker fan, get out your tape of the 1972 National Championship game with Alabama. Fast foreword to the last play of the first quarter and you’ll find Johnny Rodgers galloping down the field for a 77 yard Nebraska touchdown. Watch carefully as the wall forms and three Husker defensive linemen take out seven Alabama players and spring Johnny for another of his famous “put ‘em in the aisles” runs. But today isn’t Johnny’s day. It belongs to one of …