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Bengals to Appear on Hard Knocks

It could be the entertainment event of the summer. The Cincinnati Bengals, the closest actual team the NFL has to the one quarterbacked by first Burt Reynolds and then Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard (one and two), is under consideration to be the featured team on HBO's training camp series Hard Knocks. After the Dallas Cowboys last year, HBO is bound to be looking for a team that will give the show more excitement and the Bengals certainly fit the bill. The producers will need to have one film crew at the training camp at Georgetown College and another mobile unit ready to go to whichever local jail gets the most Bengals showing up at any given time.

There are two reasons that the Bengals may not make it on to the cable and satellite screens around the country. One is that the owner, Mike Brown, is notorious for his refusal to talk to the press anymore than the absolute minimum required by the league. Second, I'm just not sure that the Commissioner would be willing to sign off on this selection. It's hard to envision the Bengals training camp fitting into Goodell's vision of the new, more family friendly NFL. You know, the one where Michael Vick has to earn his way back into the league.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).