America's Game

boneless23 · Post: # 876110Post **boneless23** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 1:20pm

To overcome my football withdrawl pains over the summer I have been watching the America's Game documenary series on ONE HD. This series follows the NFL Superbowl Champions throughout their championship year and includes highlights, interviews with key players and coaching staff as well as being narrated by celebirites such as Alex Baldwin, Bruce Willis and Donald Sutherland.

Somehow each episode is inspiring and the inside access that the cameras seem to get make for riveting viewing.

The AFL should take a leaf from the NFL's book and start making similiar documenaries for the AFL Premiers each year. Anyone who has watched this show will know how much better it is then the AFL clubs normal 'The year of...." offerings.

I reckon our 2010 premiership season passionately narrated by Eric Bana would be a perfect way to kick off the tradition!!

Saints43 · Post: # 876111Post **Saints43** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 1:27pm

I watched a few episodes of America's Game. I have absolutely no understanding of NFL or it's history but found them riveting.

saintDal · Post: # 876172Post **saintDal** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 5:28pm

I watched it for the first time last night and thought it was great. Got lucky as they were doing the Colts who I support and it was great to see the behind the scenes stuff and the input from the players where they didn't hold back with what they said.

battye · Post: # 876176Post **battye** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 5:36pm

I wish ONE HD showed programming outside of American sports. I don't have a problem with it, but there is just so much of it... where are the cricket shows? There are none besides IPL and Champions League replays

How hard would it be to get some live cricket... as if it would cost much to get the Bangladesh vs India Test series

saint66au · Post: # 876180Post **saint66au** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 6:04pm

battye wrote:I wish ONE HD showed programming outside of American sports. I don't have a problem with it, but there is just so much of it... where are the cricket shows? There are none besides IPL and Champions League replays

How hard would it be to get some live cricket... as if it would cost much to get the Bangladesh vs India Test series

Oh and endless hours of golf lol

Yes their programming is..well..interesting. Rodeo riding? Poker? Paintball?

Beej · Post: # 876182Post **Beej** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 6:07pm

I saw the St Louis Rams one and thought that was incredible.

There's an NFL series on HBO that comes out in America every pre-season called Hard Knocks. Each year one franchise gives cameras complete access to a their pre-season. Draft/trade trade talk, list management in the board room, practice, team meetings, team rituals, everything.

Even as an AFL fan, it is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

HBO even do an all-access thing before big boxing bouts called "24/7" which is equally fkn cool.

bigred · Post: # 876193Post **bigred** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 7:04pm

battye wrote:I wish ONE HD showed programming outside of American sports. I don't have a problem with it, but there is just so much of it... where are the cricket shows? There are none besides IPL and Champions League replays

How hard would it be to get some live cricket... as if it would cost much to get the Bangladesh vs India Test series

maybe it is because all the cricket commentators in this country are just such massive wankers that it is impossible.

plugger66 · Post: # 876194Post **plugger66** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 7:11pm

battye wrote:I wish ONE HD showed programming outside of American sports. I don't have a problem with it, but there is just so much of it... where are the cricket shows? There are none besides IPL and Champions League replays

How hard would it be to get some live cricket... as if it would cost much to get the Bangladesh vs India Test series

Not having a clue about programming but my guess is that it costs more to get these programs than what you would get through advertising. Afterall the game you mentioned might get 50,000 viewers at best.

bigred · Post: # 876195Post **bigred** » Sat 30 Jan 2010 7:14pm

OLB wrote:I saw the St Louis Rams one and thought that was incredible.

There's an NFL series on HBO that comes out in America every pre-season called Hard Knocks. Each year one franchise gives cameras complete access to a their pre-season. Draft/trade trade talk, list management in the board room, practice, team meetings, team rituals, everything.

Even as an AFL fan, it is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

HBO even do an all-access thing before big boxing bouts called "24/7" which is equally fkn cool.

Hard knocks is extreme....can watch the whole series on youtube...

1st epp here..

Our training base is a disgrace.

Even the new one in comparison.

Bernard Shakey · Sat 30 Jan 2010 10:16pm

America's game belongs on the General Forum and even the mods are posting.

boneless23 · Sat 30 Jan 2010 10:38pm

I disagree Bernard.

My intent for the topic was to suggest that hopefully the Saints can one day produce a documentatry as inspiring as America's Game and not a repeat of the Year of the Rising Saint!!

Bernard Shakey · Sat 30 Jan 2010 10:44pm

boneless23 wrote:I disagree Bernard.

My intent for the topic was to suggest that hopefully the Saints can one day produce a documentatry as inspiring as America's Game and not a repeat of the Year of the Rising Saint!!

You said the AFL should do it, and then added some speculative dreaming about 2010.

Still belongs on the General Forum, nothing to do with the Saints, maybe next year.