Last night, NFL Films won their 100th Emmy for Sports Journalism, a watershed accomplishment for a company that’s become almost routine in their dominance of the genre.
A Salute To NFL Films (With The Music Of NFL Films)
↵“Roundup”
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↵The epic production company started out almost 50 years ago in New Jersey, with a man named Ed Sabol, filming his son Steve’s high school games.
↵“Golden Boy”
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↵Sabol soon broadened his horizons, and won the bidding to the 1961 NFL Championship game. Then-commissioner Pete Rozelle took a liking to Sabol’s work, and like that, “Blair Motion Pictures” became NFL Films.
↵“The Equalizer”
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↵Since then, NFL Films has grown into perhaps the finest marketing device of any major pro sport. NFL Films captures every grunt and every grin, rendering the NFL’s stars as equal parts gladiators and goofballs. They even make lineman look cool. You could make a good case that people love the NFL because of NFL Films.
↵“The Lineman”
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↵And why do we love NFL Films? Well, for all the reasons above, but let’s not forget the obvious point—the music. It’s probably the best part of the whole production, and couldn’t be more perfect for football. Or maybe even America.
↵So, long live NFL Films. Those guys are awesome. They do great work, and they’ve helped make the game what it is today. Now, then: Listen to the music above for the rest of your workday, and you’ll come away more of a man.
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