xxvnyg80 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I was walking down the street here in NYC and saw someone wearing an Eagles NFC Championship sweatshirt. I don't know if it was brought up but on teh logo it said "NFC Conference Champions" . So, read outloud it would be National football Conference Conference Champions. Do you think the NFL thought about that or is everyone just getting crazy with making everything shorter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 they are the National Football Conference's Conference Champions. not merely divisional, but conference champs. simple as that. Carolina Dreamin' ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ When a robotic Nixon is on the loose, we have a duty to take action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 That one must have slipped by NFL Properties' Department of Redundancies Department.I have to wonder whether the shirt you saw was actually a licensed product or perhaps a bootleg item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 That one must have slipped by NFL Properties' Department of Redundancies Department.I have to wonder whether the shirt you saw was actually a licensed product or perhaps a bootleg item. Damn near everything you can buy in NYC is a bootleg. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1266 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It doesn't make any sense and there should have been a copy editor around to prevent that. Any grammer school English class will tell you it's redundant. I think the same thing when I'm flipping through the channels on the MLB Extra Innings package and see "MLB Baseball." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 As a Bowling Green fan and a fan of Mid American Conference sports in general we are subject to this same sort of thing fairly regularly.Bob Davie loves to talk about how good the football is in the MAC Conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZzyzx41 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's the same as saying SAT Test. We're just full of 'em. NFL Football could be another. -DanielCheck Out My Podcast! Latest Episode 273: The Color BlinkyLatest Photo Upload: January 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclopsis Joe Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 On my cable they have certain things listed redundantly:NFL FootballMLB BaseballNASCAR Racing (Note: The R is for Racing!)WWE WrestlingNHL HockeyNBA Basketballetc. I don't speak for democrats, democrats don't speak for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's the same as saying SAT Test. We're just full of 'em. NFL Football could be another. Well, hold on a second. While it may be redundant, there is something to the matter of those being "brand names" in a sense. If i walk into a room and ask what kind of football is being watched, NFL football would be an appropriate response, differentiating it from NCAA football, CFL football, etc.Are they awkward? Yes. Are they sometimes appropriate? Indeed.Now, ATM machine, that's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's the same as saying SAT Test. We're just full of 'em. NFL Football could be another. Well, hold on a second. While it may be redundant, there is something to the matter of those being "brand names" in a sense. If i walk into a room and ask what kind of football is being watched, NFL football would be an appropriate response, differentiating it from NCAA football, CFL football, etc. If someone asks me what kind of football I'm watching, I'm more likely to say pro, NFL (not NFL football), college, or just simply a team (e.g. "the Broncos game"). I would never add "football" on to my response if someone asked me what kind of football I was watching. Just my two cents. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's the same as saying SAT Test. We're just full of 'em. NFL Football could be another. Well, hold on a second. While it may be redundant, there is something to the matter of those being "brand names" in a sense. If i walk into a room and ask what kind of football is being watched, NFL football would be an appropriate response, differentiating it from NCAA football, CFL football, etc. If someone asks me what kind of football I'm watching, I'm more likely to say pro, NFL (not NFL football), college, or just simply a team (e.g. "the Broncos game"). I would never add "football" on to my response if someone asked me what kind of football I was watching. Just my two cents. Most people won't, but, at least in this case, they would be correct if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Now, ATM machine, that's just wrong. ...or PIN number..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Remember the original context of this thread it was "NFC Conference Champions" when correctly it should read "NFC Champions" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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