Dear readers:

Maybe you’ve noticed, maybe you haven’t, but we’re no longer running pop-up ads on our sites.

For a few years, pop-up ads were what kept this site alive. We know that they are not popular with visitors, but for a long time, allowing one pop-up ad per visitor was all we needed to stay out of the red. Now, with the success of the Kickoff, we no longer need to bother you this way.

Who knows, perhaps someday our operating costs will go back up again and we’ll need to return to some more intrusive advertising method. But as long as you guys let the banner ads continue to be shown, we should be fine.

Thanks for your tolerance. Enjoy 2005 football.