Thoughts on NFL Licensing

[gridironpainter]

I read a comment by Jimmie in another thread about how if the NFL walked into the convention, everyone would be in trouble for not having a license. I started thinking about how much the NFL license is what allowed Tudor/Miggle to promote the hobby. It was when miggle made the NFL teams that they had the market over all the other EF companies. Now that Miggle has lost thier liscence, the support for miggle is falling (it seems).

I saw Bob Costas act like a fool on a game day show a couple of years ago trying to run an electric football board. They obviously had the board set way to fast, the players had to have been adjusted intentionally to run soor poorly ,and he was making it seem like a pathetic game. Did any of you see that show? There was an obvious bias by the producers to minimize electric football in the eyes of viewers. That was shortly before Miggle lost the liscense. I say this because there was an obvious agenda. My question is what was that agenda?

I think the NFL is so concerned with image now that they shut down anything they see as potentially negative. Think about the percieved negativity from thousands of kids getting a miggle board that needs adjustments, bases that are sporadic and need tweaking, and QB/kickers that take many hours, if not years to master. Those kids will get frustrated thier parents get angry about spending about $100 on the game that doesn't work, and the retailers get a bunch of returns. The NFL then decides they don't want the bad publicity.

The thing is, we all have learned to make adjustments and the hobby fixes the flaws in the game, and if the NFL did happen to walk in, they might see that there is a good potential in this.

My point to all of this is, how does the NFL set a price for a liscence? Is it set at $100,000 like I read on the Miggle forum? Or are there different levels based on production? What eventually needs to happen is someone gets a new NFL license that can operate as a parent company to all of the small ones. I seemed like Miggle tried that, with Electric Gridiron facemasks, Proline figures, etc. And, I have no idea what all went on in those arrangements, but I think that type of arrangement is what would make the hobby grow. Or, would there be anyway for the MFCA to obtain a liscense that allows members to operate under. What are your thoughts on this?

If this has been discussed before I appologize for not knowing of it.

Thanks,
Michael