Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

September 5, 2008 -

Cnet's Declan McCullough reports that former Minnesota Vikings star Cris Carter was on hand at the Republican National Convention this week to hype Financial Football. The free game, created by Visa and the NFL, is designed to teach money management skills to young adults.

Said Carter:

Young people need to know how to make smart money management decisions before heading off to college and entering the workforce.

Former Broncos receiver Rod Smith performed similar duties at the DNC in Denver last week.

In addition to the PC version, Financial Football is a free D/L to mobile phones. Text the word VISA to 24421.

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Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by desperad0 on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 23:27.

Thanks good job;

Btw, I think Atari and Midway will drop out too, but mostly travesti because  these guys have done nothing travesti or little and need to start saving costs. and dizi izle

YES.

Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!

Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?

Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.

But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.

 

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by oto kirlama on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 13:02.

Nintendo is indeed selling SOME of these on the Virtual Console but not even close to all of them. While i agree in part to his piracy he was filling a market that Nintendo failed to recognize. Maybe someone doesnt want to buy a Wii. maybe they just want a console with 50 - 100 NES games on them?? maybe just maybe?

but no Nintendo wants everyone araba kiralama to buy the Wii. thats their excuse but thats not what copyright is supposed to protect. i am real sure that the makers of 10 yard fight were losing sleep because they were missing out on their $0.00025 worth because they didnt get royalties from this player. *smirk*

my question is, should Super Mario Bros. be banned from public domain forever? isnt 23 years enough time for Nintendo to have made their profits?

If you have followed the Steamboat Willie case regarding Mickey Mouse you can rest in your bed well at night knowing that the MOUSE will still be under copyright law, away from public domain after your great grandchildren are in nursing homes. That is beyond ridiculous dont you think??

Gallagher can araç kiralama say all he wants, but I strongly rent a car believe it's due to his crappy leadership and E3 being a joke. ESA's Board of Directors need to find a way to get out rent a car of this horrid contract with this Bush cronie before there's no one left on the Board.

Btw, I think Atari and Midway will drop out too, but mostly travesti because  these guys have done nothing ttnet vitamin or little and need to start saving costs.

YES.

Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!

Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?

Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.

But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by tiffanys (not verified) on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 22:32.

  What I don't understand is why you have to download it? Do you love real Tiffany Jewellery ?
The Tiffany jewelry company has risen to iconic status in the United States. The company has appeared in songs music videos and the well-known film

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by TJLK on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 16:34.

Pretty cool.  What I don't understand is why you have to download it.  Why not just use the website itself to host the game?  I understand that maybe people want to play it when they aren't online but why not just use flash.

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by Oyster (not verified) on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 07:14.

Need to get republicans to approve of something "modern" like computer games? 

Money'll do the trick!

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 02:03.

Financial Responibility?

At the Republican National Convention?

 

Isn't the GOP the guys who gave us the HUGE debt from Mr. Bush, Jr?  What is it now? 9 trillion?  Back at the close of the Clinton Administration, the debt was a surplus.  In eight years, republicans have managed to kill a surplus, kill a good economy, and put us vasely in to debt.

And THEY want to teach how to be financial responisble?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

(breath in)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

McCain has zero education on matters of economy and financial issues.  Obama is well studied.  From a pure financial point of view, Obama would be the good answer to the country's problems.

 

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 17:49.

 The RNC is the last place you would go to learn money management skills.

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 14:23.

I bet Immortal Technique has a few things to say about this.

 

Ha ha ha

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by sortableturnip on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 13:16.

It's actually a quiz game, not a money sim...

Visa and the National Football League have teamed up to help students across the country learn financial concepts - with Financial Football. Students tackle financial questions like professionals in this fast-paced, quiz-style game divides classrooms into two teams that compete by answering finance-themed questions to earn yardage and score touchdowns.

Sortableturnip's Law: As an online discussion of video game violence grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Jack Thompson approaches 1

Re: Ex-NFL Wideout Pushes Money Sim at RNC

Submitted by Jackalman (not verified) on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:25.

<sarcasm>

Yeah, who's gonna teach young adults about financial responsibility if not the credit card company that gets them in debt as soon as they get to college?

Thanks a lot visa!

</sarcasm>

 
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