10 días a puro Football, distintas ciudades de USA, 3 juegos de la NFL, entre 1 de NCAA y 1 juego de High School.

Fecha del tour desde el 6 al 14 de Noviembre.

Partidos NFL:
STEELERS @ RAVENS
BEARS @ EAGLES
PATRIOTS @ JETS

Precio aproximado por persona desde Pittsburg:
Base doble (2 pasajeros por habitación) U$D 1.500,00
Base single (habitación individual) U$D 2.100,00




















Precio aproximado por persona desde Argentina:
Base doble (2 pasajeros por habitación) U$D 1.532,00
Base single (habitación individual) U$D 2.105,00




















Grupo mínimo para el viaje, 20 personas.

Consultar condiciones y tafiras aéreas desde tu país.

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SPONSOR PARTNER YOUNGER OPTICS TO SUPPLY PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR

DriveWear lenses are on their way to Africa for players, coaches and staff of Drake University and CONADEIP All-Stars to wear during historic event in Tanzania

GRANBURY, TX - Tuesday, May 3, 2010 - DriveWear lenses supplied by Global Kilimanjaro Bowlsponsor Younger Optics are on their way to Tanzania to be worn by players, coaches and officials participating in the first game of college American football played on African soil.

The Global Kilimanjaro Bowl features Drake University taking on the CONADEIP All Stars from Mexico on May 21, 2011 at the 20,000-capacity Sheik Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha, Tanzania at 1pm local time (US ET +7 hours). The historic and unique game will be broadcast live across the African continent and beamed to countries around the world by ITV (Independent Television Ltd), the largest private TV network in Tanzania.

"Sponsoring the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl was a great decision for Younger Optics," said KEITH CROSS, R.D.O. Sr. Director, Rx Technologies, Younger Optics. "While athletes all over the world recognize the importance of protective equipment, we also want them to think about protecting their eyes.

"The best way to do this is with DriveWear lenses. While at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro and as the groups make their way up the summit, one of the main concerns is blinding glare, which DriveWear lenses provide maximum protection against and UV, which again DriveWear lenses protect against by blocking 100% UV A & B."

Players and coaches from both teams willclimb the imposing 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro - the tallest mountain in Africa. The spectacular event also includes a three-day service project to benefit area orphanages.

"It is a great opportunity to showcase the most advanced technology in lenses, combining polarization and photochromics," added Cross. "It is also great to foster a sense of community and giving by giving something to the young men of Drake University and the CONADEIP All-Stars as they commit to a three-day service mission to the local Tanzanian community and introduce the African continent to American Football."

"Thanks to Younger Optics we will be able to provide everyone on the Kili Bowl tour, including players, coaches, staff and administrators, with top quality sunglasses," said Global Football President PATRICK STEENBERGE. "Clearly these will be helpful for those climbing Kilimanjaro, but having worn these glasses myself for the past few months, they are amazing for driving and daily wear, and will enhance the views of the wild animals in Tarangire National Park. Younger Optics was the first US company to pledge their support of this historic event, and we are grateful for this commitment."

DriveWear lenses are perfect for any outdoor task - not only driving. Outdoors, Drivewear is activated by UV and visible light and deepens to a dark reddish-brown color. This color was designed for maximum filtration of excess light and to provide maximum protection from bright light and blinding glare. The brown color of the lens provides excellent color recognition with a special emphasis on highlighting greens. Because green is the most common color in the natural landscape, it is a great visual experience to have these enhanced.

Throughout their stay in Tanzania, polarized Rx sunwear, equipped Drivewear® lenses from Younger Optics, will be part of the players' essential defense against blinding glare and harmful UV rays.

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Full details and photos are available at www.KiliBowl.com, as well as through social media on www.facebook.com/globalkilibowl.com.

To receive information via email contact Patrick@GlobalFootball.com or call Patrick Steenberge on 817-219-7274. Full tour packages and other event information is available on the www.globalfootball.com website.

Handling travel details for the teams and official parties is Anthony Travel: (866) 913-7169 or AnitaFreeman@AnthonyTravel.com or visit www.anthonytravel.com/globalfootball/kilibowl for details.

The nation's big broadcast networks won't unveil their schedules for the 2011-2012 season for another two weeks, but several have already started to sell advertising in both NFL and college football telecasts slated to air in the fall, according to ad buyers familiar with the negotiations.

These buyers caution that football inventory isn't in danger of selling out immediately, but suggest certain types of marketers, particularly auto manufacturers, have begun to reserve ad time in big-ticket sports broadcasts. These pacts land ahead of TV's so-called "upfront" market, when the TV networks typically sell 75% to 80% of the ad inventory that accompanies their new season.
The news may raise eyebrows. After all, the National Football League is still in the midst of a major labor dispute, and there's no certainty the league's season will run as usual come autumn.

The condition has made some advertisers cautious. "The incumbents are moving as if it is business as usual," said one ad buyer. "The more transient advertisers are probably not jumping to the plate without a major 'out' clause, which the networks are probably not likely to offer up just yet." Indeed, said one buyer, some advertisers are turning to college football games as a hedge against the NFL season being truncated or cancelled outright.

But the desire to lock in attractive ad time before others do so is proving difficult to ignore. For years, ad inventory in sports events usually sold only after advertisers had decided upon schedules for prime-time entertaiment content. With ratings waning for typical broadcast fare, however, certain kinds of marketers have decided to move first to football, which still attracts outsized audiences. Viewers tend to watch the games live as they happen, and don't skip past the ads that appear during commercial breaks.

Several networks would stand to benefit from the interest in NFL. CBS and Fox regularly televise NFL games on Sunday afternoons. Walt Disney's ESPN broadcasts "Monday Night Football." NBC, which broadcasts the highly-rated "Sunday Night Football," has in the past established multi-year pacts with certain auto advertisers, meaning it would not necessarily be in negotiations with car makers for current football inventory, according to a person familar with the situation. Ad-sales executives from all the networks were not available for immediate comment.

Football moved in advance of the upfront last year as well, when automakers, eager to establish a new presence among consumers as they climbed back from the recession, moved aggressively to lock up ad spots that would reach big audiences. (source Ad Age)

With the re-roofing job on track, the Metrodome's operators anticipate that the storm-damaged stadium will be ready to host events again August 12, officials said Wednesday. This article was written by Kevin Duchschere and appeared in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

"This is optimistic and our best bet right now," said Bill Lester, executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission.

Among the first events: an open house to celebrate the Dome's new $18 million fiberglass roof, now in the process of being installed by a work crew of 50.

The commission met in committee Wednesday for an update on the roof repair schedule and to discuss possible events before the first Vikings' home game at the refurbished Dome on Aug. 27.

Dome engineer Steve Maki said that Birdair Inc., the contractor hired to oversee the roof work, expects to inflate the new roof the last week of July so that the job is substantially complete by the target date of Aug. 1.

It will take only two to four hours to fully inflate the roof, he said.

The city of Minneapolis will need a few days to inspect the project, and Maki said that Dome workers also will need a few days to groom the playing field, now a construction site covered with three layers of plywood.

Bobbi Ellenberg, the Dome's events manager, said plans are underway for an open house on Aug. 20 to mark the Dome's reopening. Several activities and events are being considered, many of them including regular Dome users.

"It's a large public relations opportunity and we should use our experts to the max," Commissioner Peggy Lucas said.

The Dome roof collapsed Dec. 12 in the aftermath of a blizzard. Work began on replacing the roof in late March. This article was written by Kevin Duchschere and appeared in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Rex Ryan has extended his general approach — open, blunt, direct and in some instances offensive — from the spoken word to the written one. In his book, “Play Like You Mean It,” Ryan produced an inside look of his first two years as the Jets’ coach and, perhaps fittingly, managed to spark the same reactions.

Some found the book insightful. Others found it refreshing. Still others, particularly the former players Ryan criticized and the crosstown rival Giants that Ryan tweaked, found it typical, and not in a positive sense.

Ryan discussed the book Monday with the Jets’ beat reporters. The meeting came before he appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” and after he made a cameo on “CSI: New York.” Ryan spent much of the meeting clarifying sections of the book, even explaining why he chose to write it.

To critics of his outspoken style, Ryan said: “I’ll say this; get used to it. Because the best is yet to come. I just think it’s our time.”

There remained only one subject Ryan refused to address, the foot fetish videos discovered late last season that starred a woman who bore a close resemblance to Ryan’s wife. Ryan always addressed the topic as a personal matter, which is how he handled the subject in his book.

Ryan did say that Wes Welker, the Patriots receiver who made several references to feet during a news conference before the Jets-New England game, apologized to Ryan and his wife at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Ryan said he accepted the apology.

“I never talked about it then,” Ryan said. “And I’m not going to talk about it now.”

Among other highlights: Ryan wrote that he considered New York a Jets town, not a Giants one. He even called the Jets the big brother of their crosstown rivals, who won the Super Bowl three seasons ago. This drew rebukes from the Giants, including defensive end Justin Tuck, who erroneously stated Ryan had never won a Super Bowl. (He did as an assistant with the Ravens.)

On Monday, Ryan called Tuck a “fine young man” and a “great player.” But Ryan also said: “When I say something, I believe it. The facts are we played better than the Giants the last two years. Those are the facts.”

In the book, Ryan was particularly critical of the former Jets safety Kerry Rhodes, now with Arizona, and defensive end Vernon Gholston, who was released this off-season. Ryan reiterated Monday that he told the former Jets coach Eric Mangini not to draft Gholston, whose combine workout Ryan considered “phony.”

Ryan said that he did not consider Gholston phony and that Gholston improved during his tenure. But, Ryan added, “When you look at the combine he put up, it wasn’t what you saw on tape.”

Ryan said that Rhodes could win defensive player of the year honors if he played to his potential.

Instead, Ryan said that Rhodes took offense to the amount of responsibility Ryan handed to Jim Leonhard, who came with Ryan from Baltimore.

“I don’t think Kerry gave it to us,” Ryan said.

“I always say it. Guys can play in the N.F.L. They just can’t play for the Jets.”

Ryan also said his father, Buddy, recently had surgery for an undisclosed type of cancer and was out of intensive care. Ryan said that he tried to read parts of the book to his father, who could not stay awake. Ryan gave his father the first copy of the book and dedicated it to him.

With the lockout back on, Ryan has scheduled some book signings. But really, he wants to get back into coaching football. As for his style, Ryan said: “I know it rubs people the wrong way. But I said I’d be true to myself. This is how I think.” (source New York Times)

76th ANNUAL SELECTION MEETING APRIL 28 - APRIL 30, 2011
COLLEGES

College - Selected - Underclassmen

North Carolina 9 - 3
Southern California 9 - 2
Miami 8 - 1
Nebraska 7
Clemson 6 - 2
Georgia 6 - 2
Louisiana State 6 - 2
Iowa 6 - 1
Alabama 5 - 3
Wisconsin 5 - 1
Ohio State 5
Pittsburgh 5
Texas Christian 5

76th ANNUAL SELECTION MEETING APRIL 28 - APRIL 30, 2011
RECAP AT THE END OF ROUND 7

Positions
Position - Selected - Underclassmen

Center 7
Guard 12
Tackle 21 - 1
Defensive End 16 - 4
Defensive Tackle 18 - 6
Linebacker 40 - 4
Kicker 1
Punter 1
Nose Tackle 2
Defensive Back 53 - 7
Running Back 31 - 10
Quarterback 12 - 3
Wide Receiver 28 - 7
Tight End 12 - 1
Total: 254 - 43

RECORD NUMBER OF PLAYERS ATTEND 2011 NFL DRAFT

25 NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS were in attendance tonight at Radio City Music Hall for Round 1 of the 2011 NFL Draft – the most in history. This year’s total eclipses last year’s record of 17 players.

HEISMAN TO FIRST OVERALL
Carolina selected QB CAM NEWTON of Auburn at the top of Round 1, marking the first time Heisman-winning quarterbacks have been chosen No. 1 overall in consecutive years since the inception of the common NFL Draft in 1967. Newton follows St. Louis QB SAM BRADFORD, who won the 2008 Heisman Trophy and was chosen first by the Rams in last year’s NFL Draft.

Newton, the 2010 Heisman winner, became the 10th recipient of the award to be selected first overall since 1967.


HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS SELECTED FIRST OVERALL (SINCE 1967)








In addition to Newton, 2009 Heisman Trophy-winning RB MARK INGRAM was chosen No. 28 overall by New Orleans, marking the second consecutive year and fourth time since 1990 that two Heisman Trophy winners were selected in the same draft.

Last year, Bradford and TIM TEBOW (No. 25 overall, Denver), who won the 2007 Heisman Trophy while quarterbacking the Florida Gators, were both chosen in Round 1.

HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS SELECTED IN SAME DRAFT (SINCE 1990)








QBs DOMINATE 1ST DOZEN
Four quarterbacks – Newton, JAKE LOCKER (No. 8, Tennessee), BLAINE GABBERT (No. 10, Jacksonville) and CHRISTIAN PONDER (No. 12, Minnesota) – were among the first 12 players selected in the 2011 NFL Draft, the second-most since 1970.

Quarterbacks represented five of the first 12 picks in 1999, the most during that span.

MOST QUARTERBACKS AMONG FIRST 12 OVERALL SELECTIONS (SINCE 1970)









BRONCO ’BACKER
Texas A&M LB VON MILLER (No. 2 overall, Denver) became the fourth linebacker to be selected in the top five since 2000. The most recent top-five selection at the linebacker position was AARON CURRY in 2009.

LINEBACKERS SELECTED IN TOP FIVE SINCE 2000





BACK-TO-BACK QBs
With tonight’s selection of Cam Newton, Carolina became the first team since 1967 to select a quarterback with its top draft choice in consecutive years. In Round 2 of the 2010 NFL Draft, the Panthers chose JIMMY CLAUSEN of Notre Dame.

Note: Carolina did not have a first-round draft pick in 2010.


HUSKY GOES HIGH
At No. 8 overall, Jake Locker became the first quarterback in Washington history to be selected in Round 1 of an NFL Draft. DON HEINRICH, who was taken in the third round by New York Giants in 1952 (No. 35 overall), previously had been the highest-drafted QB in school history.


BAYLOR DUO
College teammates PHIL TAYLOR (No. 21 overall, Cleveland) and DANNY WATKINS (No. 23, Philadelphia) became the first pair of Baylor players to be selected in Round 1 of an NFL Draft.

Including Taylor and Watkins, Baylor has had eight first-round picks since the inception of the common draft in 1967.

BAYLOR PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND (Since 1967)







Watkins, a Canadian native and firefighter, was drafted fourth overall in the 2010 CFL Draft by his hometown British Columbia Lions, but opted to return to Baylor for his senior season.


GETTING DEFENSIVE
Six defensive ends – J.J. WATT (No. 11 overall, Houston), ROBERT QUINN (No. 14, St. Louis), COREY LIUGET (No. 18, San Diego), ADRIAN CLAYBORN (No. 20, Tampa Bay), CAMERON JORDAN (No. 24, New Orleans) and CAMERON HEYWARD (No. 31, Pittsburgh) – were selected in tonight’s first round, tied for the most in NFL Draft history.

The 1992 NFL Draft also featured six first-round defensive ends:

The NFL clubs have been notified that we have requested from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals a stay of the preliminary injunction issued late Monday afternoon by the Federal District Court. Pending further guidance from the Eighth Circuit, we believe it is appropriate for clubs to take additional steps in response to the preliminary injunction. The clubs were informed of the steps below that will be effective on Friday at 8 am ET following tonight’s first round of the NFL Draft. Clubs are free to contact players immediately to advise them of the hours that the facility will be open for their use, to schedule medical and rehabilitation activity, and to arrange meetings with coaches or related activity, such as film study or classroom work.

1. Players will be permitted to use club facilities for physical examinations, rehabilitation and medical treatment, as scheduled by the club.

2. Clubs will be permitted to distribute playbooks, game film and other similar materials to players.

3. Coaches may meet with players for the purpose of discussing any materials distributed to players under item 2 above, as well as the club’s off-season workout program, its schedule of mini-camps, Organized Team Activities (“OTAs”), and other similar matters.

4. Voluntary off-season workout programs, including OTAs and classroom instruction, may begin subject to the rules in Article XXXV of the 2006 CBA and Appendix L. Participating players will be paid $130 per day, provided the player fulfills the club’s reasonable off-season workout requirements. Such workouts will count toward the requirements of any off-season workout bonus in the player’s contract.

5. On days during which no official off-season workouts or OTAs are scheduled under item 4 above, nothing shall prevent the club from permitting any player to use the club facility to work out on his own on a voluntary, unpaid basis during normal business hours, or such other hours as may be set by the club, provided: (i) there is no participation or supervision by any coach, trainer or other club personnel; and (ii) the club has first verified that the player has an existing medical insurance policy in place. Players without such personal coverage should not be permitted to work out at the club facility on an unsupervised basis under this item 5, but may do so under item 4 above. Unsupervised workouts will not count toward the requirements of any off-season workout bonus in the player’s contract. This item 5 will apply both prior to and after the commencement of the club’s official off-season workout program.

6. Mandatory and voluntary mini-camps may begin subject to the rules in Article XXXVI of the 2006 CBA.

7. The league office will promptly make arrangements to resume counseling, rehabilitation and treatment activities in connection with the substances of abuse and steroid programs. We will advise clubs as to when and on what basis testing will commence.

8. Players may participate in club-sponsored charitable and community relations events.


With respect to player transactions (such as signings, trades of player contracts, terminations, tryouts, etc.), we plan to distribute to all clubs, likely tomorrow, a comprehensive set of procedures governing such transactions. This will include the timing for the commencement of the 2011 League Year, free agent signings and other customary player transactions.