http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/14/dolphins-plan-impossible-halftime-contest/ This part is nice Next part, less so Only the Dolphins would do this. If you're having a contest, make it a 30 yard FG that somebody has a legitimate shot to make. This is the equivalent of a rigged carnival game. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but little stuff like this is why this organization is a national punch line
Woohoo! I got chosen to run a 40 yard dash for 50% ownership of the Dolphins at halftime of the Jets game! Woohoo! All I got to do is beat Reggie Bush and I get the shares! Jeff Ireland..You're fired!
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Yeah heard this on the radio and laughed. A 60 yarder, is that a joke? I once hit a 40 yarder messin' around on the FSU field and I was proud, but a 60 yarder come on.
I also love the "prize" for the first 100 people who get a melanoma screening...... Two tickets to the Fins-Rams game!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeea!
So I started this hashtag on Twitter called #DolphinsHalftimeContests. Hilarity ensued. https://twitter.com/i/#!/search/realtime/#DolphinsHalftimeContests
My college did a punt pass kick from back of the endzone my freshman year for 40k. My roommate missed the kick (a 40 yarder) by a foot wide.. The next year the prize was no longer 40K and now 1K. People don't like giving out prizes
Yea, but this is amulti-million dollar business. $10K is nothing. And even if the kick was 30 yards the odds of just a random guy/girl making it are pretty small, but at least it's no longer a carnival ring toss
It's embarrassing. If they were gonna have a contest that's impossible to win, then at least make the prize bigger. Offer $100,000. Your money is safe either way. You could offer 10K for a 40 yard kick and still be good. It's just a woeful lack of foresight by whoever made that call.
I will personally write any of you a check for $50,000 if you can successfully name every single player in Dolphins history, give me their height and weight, and provide their social security numbers. and you have to do it within the next 5 minutes. (sorry Stephen Ross, you don;t get my 50k)
Hell, offer 50 million. There is no danger to losing here. You know they are gonna double down and "select" some 80 year old lady with a walker to try it.
Looks like they're moving it to 40 yards. I'm gonna claim partial credit for this. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...move-halftime-field-goal-try-20-yards-closer/
There is a very small chance. You could find some soccer players that could make a kick of that distance. It would be a long-shot, but still possible.
The awesome thing about this is DolfanTom is the one who tweeted this. And you posted right after him in this thread. That's like...whoa.
wait a minute... my hipster twitter handle friend. Did you take my joke and run with it on twitter or did I steal it without knowing?
You think Ross was organizing this? lol I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even know about it. The owner doesnt deal with that stuff man. Go pound on whoever is in charge of the marketing department.
are you kidding? the halftime contest is gonna get better ratings than the game! They should make this a reality show.
Speaking of which, this sis something my gradfatger told me last sunday during the game: "Having Prostate Cancer was more fun than watching this team play"
