The Finals - Game 1

[RookieDude]

Originally posted by JimGolf
No one watches commercials, especially kids under 18.

...and that's why you will see "product placement" in shows starting this fall. (According to FoxNews)

i.e. On "Days of Our Lives"...Bo will hand Hope an American Express card to pay for their McDonalds happy meals, as UPS trucks drive by in the background.

I guess with TVO's and VCR's...companies are not getting enough exposure as consumers zip through the commercials.
Therefore...product placement.

Supposedly the FCC will try to set standards for this saturation of ads during a television show.

[w_sohl]

Originally posted by Jimgolf

Actually, it's a commercial. Don't you have a remote control?

No one watches commercials, especially kids under 18.

Plus if they did see it, I suspect they'd be just as annoyed as you were.

It might drive some players to NC!

Except that no one watches commercials.

It is a commercial to AE, it is a recruiting tool for Coach K. People do watch commercials, if no one watched commercials why in the hell would companies bother to spend hundreds of thousand and even millions on advertising if "No one watches commercials...". Sure I can change the channel, still doesn't change the fact that not only is it a commercial wanting people to use AE like Coach K, but it is also Coach K putting that little thought in the backs of the kids minds they are recruiting that you know what, maybe Duke is a better place afterall, Coach Williams isn't smart enough to use the AE how can he be smart enough to get me to a national title. And if you don't think 17 and 18 year old kids don't think like that all you have to do is closely follow recruiting in any of the major college sports.

I response to the remote, sure I can change the channel, usually leave the room to do something, however I can't change the channell of the kids that my alam amter is recruiting. Any exposure of a university is a recruiting tool, especially when the coach is there giving a recruitment speech.

[Edited by w_sohl on Jun 12th, 2005 at 12:06 PM]

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by mick
"Now in his third NBA season, Ginobili has already won an NBA title, an Olympic gold medal and a silver medal from the 2002 World Championships. He was a two-time MVP of the Italian League and the 2001 Euroleague finals MVP -- quite a collection of hardware for someone only 27 years old."

That's not a big deal. I can throw my flag from 25 yards away and have the flag land at either point ball held or point of foul.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by JugglingReferee
[/B]

That's not a big deal. I can throw my flag from 25 yards away and have the flag land at either point ball held or point of foul. [/B][/QUOTE]You call fouls from 25 yards away?

[mick]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

That's not a big deal. I can throw my flag from 25 yards away and have the flag land at either point ball held or point of foul. [/B]

You call fouls from 25 yards away?

[/B][/QUOTE]

Uh, no.
Poor eyesight.
Good arm.
mick

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by Jimgolf

Actually, it's a commercial. Don't you have a remote control?

No one watches commercials, especially kids under 18.

Plus if they did see it, I suspect they'd be just as annoyed as you were.

It might drive some players to NC!

Except that no one watches commercials.

You're pretty naive, aren't you Jim?

So you're saying that you've never seen the commercial? Evidently everyone else here has, so I guess that throws you're theory that "no one watches commercials" out the window.

[Edited by BktBallRef on Jun 16th, 2005 at 09:14 PM]

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by mick

You call fouls from 25 yards away?

[/B]

Uh, no.
Poor eyesight.
Good arm.
mick [/B][/QUOTE]

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by RookieDude

...and that's why you will see "product placement" in shows starting this fall. (According to FoxNews)

i.e. On "Days of Our Lives"...Bo will hand Hope an American Express card to pay for their McDonalds happy meals, as UPS trucks drive by in the background.

I guess with TVO's and VCR's...companies are not getting enough exposure as consumers zip through the commercials.
Therefore...product placement.

Supposedly the FCC will try to set standards for this saturation of ads during a television show.

Starting this fall?

Like usual, FoxNews is waaaaay behind on their reporting.

Here's a hint - ever watch E.T.?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
[/B]

Here's a hint - ever watch E.T.?
[/B][/QUOTE]Yeah. Man, that was sad when I thought he was gonna die and never get back home. Had me crying. Everything turned out OK in the end though.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Here's a hint - ever watch E.T.?

Yep, and didn't the folks at M&M's feel stupid after that?!?! Anybody ever hear of Reeces Pieces before E.T.?

[drothamel]

No offense to the Carolina fans out there, but I don't think that Coach K needs an American Express Commercial to beef up recruiting. I'm pretty sure all he has to say is, "Wanna play at Duke?" I think that the precentage of McDonald's All-Americans that end up at Duke shows that.

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by drothamel
No offense to the Carolina fans out there, but I don't think that Coach K needs an American Express Commercial to beef up recruiting. I'm pretty sure all he has to say is, "Wanna play at Duke?" I think that the precentage of McDonald's All-Americans that end up at Duke shows that.

I'd have to disagree, Doc. K does not get every recruit that he wants or goes over. He loses recruits to other schools quite often.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Yep, and didn't the folks at M&M's feel stupid after that?!?! Anybody ever hear of Reeces Pieces before E.T.?

Probably an 8-figure mistake on M&M's part.

Btw, I took that Universal studio tour once- back in the early 90's iirw. An integral part of the tour at that time was showing the technology that allowed them to film that great bicycle-flying scene. Talk about being disappointed. I remember saying to my wife "Are they telling me that ET couldn't really fly?". Bummer!

[mick]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Btw, I took that Universal studio tour once- back in the early 90's iirw. An integral part of the tour at that time was showing the technology that allowed them to film that great bicycle-flying scene. Talk about being disappointed. I remember saying to my wife "Are they telling me that ET couldn't really fly?". Bummer!

Of course, he couldn't fly without pixie dust.
mick

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by mick

Of course, he couldn't fly without pixie dust.
mick

Ah yes. Faith, trust and pixie dust. I tried that. Fell 15 feet off a roof and broke my A$$.

Don't believe that sh*t, Mick.