{"id":5572,"date":"2012-01-21T06:32:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T13:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=5572"},"modified":"2012-01-14T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T19:02:20","slug":"the-twelfth-man-plays-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=5572","title":{"rendered":"The Twelfth Man Plays Football"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is week two of the Ideapreneur’s\u00a0 football focus.\u00a0\u00a0 This week we’ll look at getting fans more into the game.<\/p>\n

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Imagine that it is late in the fourth quarter, your team is behind by two points and they are driving.\u00a0 What they need is to be able to stop the clock but they don\u2019t have any time outs left.\u00a0 What can they do?\u00a0 This is where the fans come in.\u00a0 Under this new proposal, that we call Reality Football<\/strong>, the fans can purchase an extra timeout for $50,000.<\/p>\n

In recent years the football industry has been growing at about 6% per year.\u00a0 The Reality TV business has been growing at about 12% per year.\u00a0 We here at simonburrow.com\/ want football to be more important than reality TV so we have come up with an idea we call Reality Football<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Reality Football<\/strong> will allows football fans to be far more involved in games and therefore will significantly improve ratings and revenue.
\nOne of the reasons that Reality TV is gaining popularity is that on many shows the fans have a say in the outcome.\u00a0 In Dancing With the Stars<\/strong><\/a> for instance the viewers vote on who they want to stay on the show.\u00a0 Reality Football<\/strong> will allow football fans to have the same kind of participation in games and to possibly affect the outcome.
\nUnder the Reality Football<\/strong> proposal the fans can purchase an extra timeout for $50,000.\u00a0 They can text in their contributions on a mobile phone and the maximum individual contribution will be $5.00.\u00a0 So if 10,000 fans will text in $5.00 the team can purchase an extra timeout and possibly win the game.\u00a0 The money will go to charity.\u00a0 The fans will be more involved in the game and the teams that have the best fan support will have a slight edge in close games.
\nOf course the actual cost for a timeout and the maximum contribution would have to be set by experimentation and the charities that would benefit would need to be worked out.<\/p>\n

In the long run Reality Football<\/strong> will mean that teams will have to think a little bit more about keeping their fans happy.\u00a0 So the owners, the coaches and the players will have to be more accessible and inclusive.\u00a0 They will have to be working extra hard so that they will appear to deserve the extra timeout from the fans when they need it.
\nImagine a super bowl that is decided because Patriots fans bought a timeout for five million dollars to beat the Giants.\u00a0 Did I mention that the money will go to charity.
\nLet me know your thoughts about this idea and forward it to all of the NFL executives you know.\u00a0 I had the original Reality Football idea<\/strong><\/a> a few years ago this is the updated and improved version.<\/p>\n

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