PFT becomes part of NBC Sports

[Uncle Stan]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032875/

[keeponbucn]

I have always liked PFT.com and FLorio. As much as people hate on him dude built a powerhouse from the ground up.

[Biggs3535]

I like anybody that takes digs at DUImig.

[Hate]

I have always liked PFT.com and FLorio. As much as people hate on him dude built a powerhouse from the ground up.

No doubt. As a long time visitor to his site, its been kool to watch it grow.

[techstar25]

I have always hated Mike Florio. I hate him with a passion.
Yet I visit his site 12 times a day, at least. I guess that means he's doing something right. God bless 'em.

[LFO]

I thought he sucked at first as most crap he posted was really rumors that never panned out..or recycled garbage. 

But over time he built up real sources to go with his candor which I always liked.

[bradentonian]

Sold out to "the Man".  Hope this gives him the resources to prevent crashes at key event times.  Hope it doesn't water down the content.

[dalbuc]

He's a rumor site so rumors have a lot of throw it to the wall and see if it sticks quality. There's not much different in PFT's rumor mongering and predictions than ESPN or CNNSi for my money. What Florio has always done better than the "big guys" is cover the cap issues of the game in a lot more depth.

[LFO]

I agree, but at first it seemed he made most stuff up himself just to draw attention. Now I think he really has a lot of good sources and good information.

[HughC]

There are some positives and negatives to PFT.  Florio does a great job at getting breaking news out quickly - much faster than the big name national web sites and often faster than even local media sites.  He compiles a great deal of information at one location for all 32 teams.  And he doesn't just rehash a news story, he offers his opinion on the matter as well.

On the other side I sense that he has burnt his bridges with many of his contacts within the NFL, so he is now relying almost exclusively on local media members and agents.  And he often seems to slant his columns for the sole purpose of creating debate; in other words, he's just stirring the pot in order to increase web traffic.  Over the last couple of years there seems to be far too much of that and not enough insightful analysis.

As a businessman I respect and applaud Florio.  He has taken on competitors with far greater resources and much deeper wallets and has succeeded against very long odds.  And he does as good if not better job than anybody in the business when he writes about the CBA and NFLPA.  It's the other columns, where the site seems to be headed towards a TMZ gossip-format that I could do without.

Obviously he had grown the site to a point where he needed more financial backing going forward.  NBC Sports has leased him server space at peak times in the past when necessary so this move isn't a big surprise.  And it's a smart move for NBC Sports, who lag far behind their competition in drawing sports fans to their site.  A win-win for both PFT and NBC.

[The Q]

PFT has had a lot of great information over the years. I also like that Florio coined a lot of stuff, like "Lord Favre", always backing WVA players, even when turds.

[The Q]

Here's a direct link to the article, so you don't have to search the site for it.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/31358793/ns/sports-nfl/

[LFO]

PFT has had a lot of great information over the years. I also like that Florio coined a lot of stuff, like "Lord Favre", always backing WVA players, even when turds.

Actually, the constant pimping of WVU players has turned me off of late.