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Ken
Clark, former Indianapolis Colts running back, dies
The
Colts announced via press release today that Freeney won't be
re-signed. His contract expired at the end of the season and the
32-year old end will hit the open market.
COLTS
REMAIN ACTIVE ON ROSTER FRONT
Posted Sep 1, 2012
By Colts.com
The Colts claimed
three players – safety Sergio Brown, nose tackle Martin Tevaseu
and offensive tackle Mike Person – as roster moves continue. The
club waived three players as well in keeping with the NFL-mandated
53-man roster size. The club also added six players to the practice squad.
INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS MAKE ROSTER MOVES
Posted by
coltsindianapolis on August 31, 2012 – 7:51 pm
The Indianapolis
Colts today waived
the following players: WR-Jeremy Ross, RB-Darren Evans, TE-Andre
Smith, T-Mike Tepper, C-Zane Taylor, T-Steven Baker, DT-Jason
Shirley, ILB-Greg Lloyd, TE-Kyle Miller, G-Hayworth Hicks, OLB-Jerry
Brown, S-Latarrius Thomas, DT-Chigbo Anunoby, WR-Kashif Moore and
LS-Justin Snow.
The Colts
Waived-Injured RB-Deji Karim, DE-James Aiono, OLB-Tim Fugger,
CB-Brandon King and S-Mike Newton.
The Colts placed
WR-Jabin Sambrano and CB-Korey Lindsey on Injured Reserve.
The Colts released
OT-George Foster from Injured Reserve.
Justin Snow was
originally signed by the Colts as a free agent on April 28, 2000. He
has appeared in every game in his career, competing in 192
consecutive regular season games, the second-longest streak in club history.
Jabin Sambrano,
Steven Baker, James Aiono, Hayworth Hicks and Chigbo Anunoby were all
signed as undrafted free agents on April 30, 2012.
Jeremy Ross was
originally signed to the Colts practice squad on September 28, 2011
before being signed to a reserve/future contract on January 5, 2012.
Darren Evans was
originally signed by the Colts as a free agent on July 29, 2011. He
saw action in two games last season on special teams.
Deji Karim was claimed by
the Colts off waivers on April 30, 2012.
Andre Smith was
claimed off waivers by the Colts on May 15, 2012.
Mike Tepper was
originally signed by the Colts as a free agent on January 5, 2011. He
appeared in six games, making four starts last season.
Zane Taylor was
claimed off waivers by the Colts on May 18, 2012.
Jason Shirley
signed with the Colts as a free agent on July 19, 2012.
Tim Fugger was
selected by the Colts in the seventh round (214th overall) of the
2012 NFL Draft.
By June 2012, the league and the NFL Referees Association had not yet
come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, thus failing
to resolve a labor dispute. Accordingly, the NFL has locked out the
regular NFL game officials, and thus opened the 2012 preseason with
replacement referees. The replacements consist of low-level college
and high school officials. None will be current Division I college
referees since the league wants to protect them from union backlash
and to let them continue working their scheduled games during the
concurrent college football season.
After being locked out, the NFL Referees Association accused the
league of planning to lock them out all along rather than negotiate a
new contract. Furthermore, the referees contend that the lockout will
jeopardize the safety of the players, and the integrity of the game,
citing the fact that none of the replacement officials will come from
the top college divisions and thus do not have enough experience to
adjust to the speed of the NFL game and enforcing the various
players' safety rules. The league has denied these claims, saying
that they have negotiated in good faith. Nevertheless the NFL
Referees Association filed a complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board, accusing the league of unfair labor practices.
Reacting to the referee labor dispute, the NFL Players Association
has expressed concern, saying in a statement, "In 2011, the NFL
tasked officials with increased responsibilities in protecting player
health and safety, and its search for scabs undermines that important
function. Professional athletes require professional referees, and we
believe in the NFL Referees Association's trained first
responders." Chicago Bears center Roberto Garza told the Chicago
Tribune that there is a familiarity with the regular referees on what
they will and will not call, and so players "might be able to
get away with more" when dealing with the replacement officials.
One of the replacements is Shannon Eastin, the first female to ever
officiate an NFL game, but writers such as Darin Gantt of
Profootballtalk.com and Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times lamented
the fact that she broke this gender barrier as one of the strikebreakers.
Shannon Eastin has become the first woman to officiate an NFL game.
Eastin broke the NFL's on-field gender barrier Thursday night,
serving as the line judge for a seven-man crew working a preseason
game between the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers.
Wearing No. 27 on the back of her official's uniform, Eastin was
dwarfed by the players as she lined up in front of San Diego's
sideline and had a camera following nearly every move before the game.
The 42-year-old from Tempe, Ariz., seemed at ease in the spotlight,
though, and had at least two players shake her hand right before the
opening kickoff.
Eastin is a referee in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, college
football's second-highest level, and a 16-year veteran of
officiating. She got her NFL shot as a replacement official, among a
group taking the place of the regular refs, who are locked out.
And now, she'll have a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Well, at least her cap will; the one she wore Thursday night is
headed to Canton.
Replacement officials are working games for the first time in 11
years. Beginning with six games Thursday, they're scheduled to work
16 games this weekend.
The crew working the Hall of Fame game last Sunday had some shaky
moments and the officials at Thursday's game between Buffalo and
Washington were booed after muffing a touchback call. That added to
Eastin's pressure of being the first woman to officiate an NFL game -
in front of millions of viewers, no less, with the game on national TV.
Eastin is no stranger to breaking barriers, though.
A multiple national judo champion as a child, she started officiating
high schools games, moved up to colleges and eventually to the MEAC,
where she became the first woman to be a crew chief.
Eastin also owns a company called SE Sports Officiating, which trains
officials in football and basketball.
Other than her size, Eastin seemed to fit right in before the game,
chatting with the other officials, members of the chain crew and a
couple of players. Chargers tackle Jeromey Clary and linebacker
Antwan Barnes sought her out just before kickoff, shaking her hand
and saying a few words before she ran down the sideline for the first time.
Eastin joins a small group of women to crack the officiating ranks at
the highest levels of sports.
Violet Palmer, one of Eastin's inspirations, began officiating NBA
games in 1997 and is still in the league.
Bernice Gera became the first woman to work in baseball's minor
leagues, serving as an umpire in a New York-Penn League game in 1972.
Pam Postema umpired major league spring training games in 1989 and,
thanks to a push by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, made it up to
Triple-A for six seasons. She was fired a few months after Giamatti's
death, filed a sex discrimination suit against baseball and settled
out of court 5 1/2 years later.
The NFL Referees Association that is locked out said earlier Thursday
that Eastin should be barred from working any league games because
she once participated in the World Series of Poker. Should she be
hired permanently, Eastin would be barred from such events in the
future as part of the NFL's gambling policy.
BLACKOUT ????
July 10, 2012
This year, the NFL is allowing teams to lift the local, TV blackout
where only 85 percent of the game tickets are sold. But, Ward said
teams that agree to that rule also must give up 50 percent of the
money from every ticket sold to the NFL's "visiting team pool."
The pool is then split among every NFL team. Teams who have sold-out
stadiums, or don't want to take advantage of the new policy, only
contribute 34 percent to the pool.
"The club would be out several million dollars over the course
of the season, if we agree to the new rule," Ward added.
Currently, the Colts have sold 96 percent of their season tickets
leaving roughly 2,000 tickets to be sold. What season tickets aren't
sold by the start of the season, Ward believes, will sell-out after
they become single-game tickets.
"(Tickets are) selling every day. I don't think we'll be
sold-out of season tickets, but I'm confident we'll be sold-out of
single-game tickets," Ward said.
There are a few NFL teams that are expected to take advantage of the
new rule to allow local, live, TV coverage of their games at the risk
of paying extra to the league’s pool. Clubs must notify the NFL
of their intentions by Sunday.
The Colts have one of the best stadium deals in the NFL. The team
pays just $250,000 a year in rent and the city covers all operating
and maintenance expenses at Lucas Oil Stadium.
And Irsay has the balls to tell us hometown Indianapolis Colts Fans
that if tickets don't sell, he will have the games BLACKED OUT in Indy!
Irsay has the cushiest stadium deal in the NFL. Taxpayers paid for
it, and taxpayers write the checks for the $20 million dollar
maintenance fee every year. To tell people who are already paying for
the games, even if they aren't buying tickets, that they cannot watch
their team on television (even though a game could be mostly sold
out) is pretty much Jim Irsay taking a giant, steaming dump on the
heads of his fanbase.
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