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One of the primary reasons people flock to DIRECTV is for the "DIRECTV NFL Sunday Ticket" package that sports lovers can enjoy. This exclusive programming gives football fans up to 200 NFL games, which is the most available collection of games available from any venue. Whereas cable television only gives viewers an option of about four games every Sunday, this package brings up to 14 games, along with a "Highlights on Demand" feature, pre-game coverage and other related extras. This programming option has been sought after for years by home town fans who have relocated and find it difficult to view out of market games. Keep in mind that blackout restrictions do apply to the local market.

On of the newest features to this package is the Player Tracker. The Player Tracker lets you select your favorite NFL players and follow their individual performances throughout the day. You can even track up to nine different players, viewing their statistics during the regular season. Imagine live fantasy football stats while you watch your games. This is for the true football fanatic.

This package also puts added interactivity into your hands. Complete team and player statistics are easily displayed with the click of your remote control. You can put a score board of every game on the left hand side of your screen or reduce it to show a single game score (scrollable). From the scoreboard, you have the option of viewing that games complete statistics. A partially transparent menu will pop up on the screen giving you stats like first downs, 3rd down conversions, rushing/passing yards, fumbles, penalties, time of possession and more.

You can also upgrade your DIRECTV NFL Sunday Ticket package to a program called "DIRECTV NFL Super Fan" which allows you to watch up to 12 games a week in stunning HD and give you even more options (DIRECTV HD package needed to recieve games in high definition). You can also tune into specialty NFL features like The Game Mix 1 & 2 as The Red Zone. The Game Mix allow you to view eight games at once while The Red Zone is your virtual remote control, letting you switch around various games as plays of interest occur (Red Zone is available for both programming options). The DIRECTV NFL Super Fan option also allows you to receive highlights on your mobile phone. This package definitely keeps you in the loop no matter where you are.

One of the coolest things about DIRECTV NFL Super Fan is a program called "Short Cuts". Short Cuts allows you to watch entire games in less then 30 minutes without commercials. This is perfect for archiving your favorite team on your DVR. It is also good for fanatics who use their Sundays for getting projects done around the house. What would have taken you 3.5 hours to watch can now be accomplished in 30 minutes. These games are aired multiple times on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Subscribers of the DIRECTV NFL Super Fan get an added bonus. This is for the complete football geek who just can't get enough pig skin or for those business travelers who don't want to miss the game. DIRECTV Supercast is an exclusive broadcasting option aimed at the growing demand for online television. This option allows you to catch LIVE games through your PC from anywhere you can get an internet connection. There is nothing better then watching live football games from my computer if you are away from home, or using your PC to have a secondary game playing.

This is what happens when football and technology collide. Thanks to the many years of exclusive ownership, DIRECTV has brought your computer, television and the field closer together. The options they bring for the true football fan is nothing short of amazing.

Whitney Alen is a Direct TV expert and has over 10 years experience in the satellite TV industry.

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A few years ago, the developers at Electronic Arts (EA for short) attained exclusive rights to the NFL license to produce the already widely popular Madden video game series. This meant that no other video game developer out there, could put out a video game with NFL players, names and likenesses in their video games! By attaining this exclusive license, EA effectively knocked out the competition in the football video game market. In essence, Madden is the only football game with the names and likenesses of real NFL players. To many in the video game industry, this was a very smart and lucrative deal for EA. For the Maddenites out there, myself included, we were skeptical. The John Madden franchise only had one real competitor, and they were the developers at Visual Concepts.

Visual Concepts are the brainchild of the 2k series of sports games that include,baseball, hockey, college football and of course, the NFL. In the 2005-06 season of NFL football, the developers at Visual Concepts did something unheard of in video games. They sold their popular NFL2k5 football series for 20 bucks! The gaming community had mixed reviews, and the game was really good. For 20 bucks you can beat it! I was surprised when I found out! I don't know if they were trying to make a statement about pricing in video games, but coincidentally the following year, the NFL gave the people at EA the exclusive rights to the NFL license in video games. (I personally think that Visual Concepts pissed off the NFL with the price of their game.)

The first year of the exclusive license, in my opinion, wasn't so great. Madden '05 was released with the same hype as the other Madden's. To the true Maddenites out there, it was just okay, nothing special. With the ever growing influence of the Xbox console system, Madden '06 slowly started to become known as the game to play on XBOX. This was a shift from the earlier years of Madden. True Maddenites know that Madden was played best on the PS2! The XBOX 360 changed all that with Madden '07 and '08. The yearly Madden tournament was no longer played on PS2, the XBOX 360 was the new home of MADDEN. Maddenites were okay with this shift, it took some time to get used to the Xbox 360 joystick, but as long as we could play the game, we could care less. However , we were still waiting for that Madden that was gonna us say WOW! Madden '09 is that game!!!

First of all, Madden '09 is the best graphically it has ever been. Madden has always been good graphically, but '09 has some of the best. Gone are the stiff, statuesque player models from Madden '07 and '08. My main complaint on Madden'07 and '08 were the stiff player models. The player models didn't move like NFL players. They moved like statues. It seemed like the developers concentrated more on the wrinkles in the player uniforms and the player arms. They fixed these problems in '09 and made the player models look and move more realistic.

In the beginning of Madden '09 there is a new feature called the Madden IQ test. What the test does is measure you on how well do in the four main areas of the game: rushing, passing, rush defense and pass defense. from this point in the game, your Madden IQ is used in conjunction with another new feature, the Madden My Skill feature. The My Skill feature adjusts the computer difficulty of the game as you play! So eventually you will get to play against the computer on the coveted All-Madden level! One of my favorite features of the game is the EA Sports Backtrack. This feature shows you the mistakes that you have made during the game. If you throw and interception, it shows you who was open. If you are blitzed and sacked, it shows you where you should have been looking, instead of down the throat of the blitzing linebacker! This is a tool that both the rookie and veteran Maddenite can benefit from.

All in all, I am very impressed! This is the game that Maddenites everywhere have been waiting for! You will not be disappointed! Some games are worth the wait. Madden '09 is that game!

Ken White writes on various video game related subjects. If you want to read more visit my blog, Maddenites Unite!

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