Football Betting: NFL video games

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

NFL video games

Last week the NFL released its annual list of the top-selling teams of licensed apparel and merchandise, and once again traditional favorites such as Oakland, Dallas, Green Bay and Pittsburgh assumed prominent spots. Also befitting NFL custom, the league proclaimed itself as still king of the sports licensing mountain. For now, this much is true. The NFL posted $3.2 billion in retail sales in 2003, according to the league and License!

Earth-shattering tackles. Towering home runs. Dead ducks falling from the sky.For more than two decades, armchair quarterbacks and little kids with big-league dreams have had the chance to play through the eyes of their favorite players thanks to innovative video games.Sports fans of all ages have watched video game consoles evolve from the prehistoric Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 to the modern Xbox and PlayStation 2. The games today offer video game enthusiasts dazzling graphics, elaborate play and brilliant detail. But some of them just don't hold a candle to the classics.