GAME CHANGER.....this phrase can mean many things in many sports but it is probably most often used in football. A big wide receiver who runs like the wind (Randy Moss). An ankle braking running back who cuts on a dime and leaves change (Barry Sanders). A menacing linebacker out of North Carolina who literally changed the game (Lawrence Taylor). Or a rookie quarterback with a cannon for an arm and world class speed (RGIII or Bob Griffin as he is known to us Giants fans). All these guys are perfect examples of what we consider game changers. Well the NFL lost perhaps one of the biggest game changers in it's history today.
Steve Sabol, president of NFL films, died today after a year and a half battle with brain cancer. If you don't know who this man is then you simply haven't been watching NFL footbal for the last 50 years. Sabol and his dad changed the way we watched the game and have as much to do with the success of the NFL as any one, or in their case two people, could have without having ever played a down in the league.
I never knew an NFL without NFL films and I can't imagine where the game would be or how I would view it were it not for the way the game is shot. Almost everything you see in a football broadcast as far as viewing the game comes from NFL films. For that I thank Steve Sabol.
Hey NFL Hall of Fame you inducted his dad in 2011 which took too long. This man should have already been in as well. I encourage to make it your priority in 2013.
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