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As the holidays approach, the issue of sports tickets is high on everyone’s wishlist. There’s something about the coming of the cold, the aroma of woodsmoke and pumpkin on the air, that stirs the passions. In particular the NFL playoffs and college football are coming to a head at this time of year. Tickets to NFL playoff games are valuable indeed, whether to see the game, to sell to someone who needs it more than you, or as an awesome gift for a family member or friend. On top of the pro football, we have some other sterling NCAA events to keep us warm over the holiday period. Here is a good, up-to-the-minute link to the 2011-2012 bowl game projections, with recent shocking results seeing some unexpected turnarounds in the race for the college conference championships. The college bowl predictions are always a fun time, even better than the Silly Season for a lot of people. This year we saw four of the top seven teams all suffer defeats at the hands of underdogs, and large portions of the college bowl game landscape have been rearranged as a result. In the BCS Championship game, Alabama emerged from nowhere to claim a likely spot in the big one, rather than one of the Oklahoma college teams that everyone expected. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena is looking like an Oregon vs. Wisconsin game right now, but the UCLA Bruins are somewhere back there, and based on other results this college season, you never know when they might make a bid and overtake the Ducks. Wisconsin Badgers, probable favorites, may yet be usurped by Michigan State, though, so the general sense of uncertainty hasn’t passed completely. In other news, Arizona’s Fiesta Bowl looks a little more certain, with Stanford most likely facing the winner of the Oklahoma showdown between the Sooners and Cowboys, but we won’t know until it’s set in stone. There are other games too, but go to the source above at flatearth.tv to find out a lot more on this season’s college bowl predictions.

The British sports press has recently published news about an ongoing rift between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney on multiple journals. While fans are apparently dejected about the way Rooney had recently been kept out of important matches with Valencia and Sunderland, Sir Ferguson explained that reasons were clear, and mainly revolved around an ankle injury that was bothering Rooney for a few weeks. Although there has been much hue and cry about the way Ferguson has been managing the Manchester United team, he said that what the press sees as an apparent rift, is very common in soccer. The manager said that such news or concerns does not bother him, because there has been no foul play or partial behavior against the soccer legend. Ferguson?s clarifications led many to believe that it was only the long duration of Rooney?s injury that caused fans to create a bad impression about the proceedings. However, being kept out of the team was deemed necessary by coaches and Rooney?s advisors. These were plans to which Ferguson simply complied. Claiming to have made no mistake, Ferguson also said that talk about a ?rift? was far from bothering him. Rooney?s comeback match is supposed to kick off against West Bromwich in early November 2011. Although Ferguson seemingly accepted his role in ruling out Rooney?s participation, he said it was an entirely a practical decision. It sent the message that Ferguson?s intelligence was valuable, and that his pragmatic thinking was not going to change just because fans wanted to see Rooney to get their money?s worth. While the decision raised many questions, a history of arguments between the two soccer celebrities might keep fans thinking there is more to it than the press reveals.However, with Ferguson showing awareness about his errors in the Hargreaves announcement, the journalists saved most of their aggressive questions for another day. Experts believe that Rooney?s injury is no fairy tale scenario for Ferguson because the player has consistently contributed his efforts when they mattered the most. As a result, whatever rift seems to be there, is only coming from passionate speculation. Rooney?s participation in the match against West Bromwich will reveal most of the real story.

There has been a row about NBA players not complying the Association owners terms. While the problems entail money issues, there have been a number of unification matters as well. The latest offer form the NBA chief has not been satisfactory enough according to most players. Moreover, they want to be in talking terms beyond the November 9 deadline. While the players are holding their position regarding this matter, things do not seem to be improving for them at all. The NBA chief has said that the next offer made will be worse if the players think the present deal is bad. This seems to be turning into a labor problem for the authorities, especially as the players have decided to not give into the ultimatum set by the owner.According to reports, the players have been offered 49-51 percent of the revenues earned under the NBA banner. The commissioner has told the press that in case the players do not agree on the November 9 deadline, the offer will go down to 47 percent. While that sounds like a hard deal for most of the fans and players, the authorities have taken a stiff stance, and will not budge. That is the way things have shaped up, and little is expected to improve until further announcements. Although the players seem to be playing hard on this deal, they have told the press that they will continue to negotiate, and talks are the only way forward.The gains made by players seem to be huge for some, but the truth remains that they sweat it out to the crowd that pays the bucks. Although the NBA organizations employ people in different fields, their payments have to be made without getting them dissatisfied and burdening the authorities on another set of labor problems. While the economic problems are growing in the United States, no one would want their wages to be going down. Experts believe that the revenue generated from games to be played in the future could be far lesser than what they have been in recent years. This is a problem that the authorities seem to be denying in public.