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Pro Football Weekly

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I've subscribed to the bible of pro football information long enough to collect two PFW tee shirts and long enough to collect a guarantee one season that, for any issue that arrived after the weekend's action, I would get a free copy.

I cashed in on that guarantee twice that season, which is about the average number of issues that are late. The one that is published the week of Thanksgiving is almost always late, as is one other one that time of year. Otherwise PFW usually arrives in my mailbox on the Friday or Saturday before each weekend's games.

In the event it doesn't, an email or phone call to their circulation department in Chicago usually resolves the issue. For those that can't possibly live with that, you can add enough to your subscription to ensure the paper is delivered by first class mail. You can also subscribe to an Internet version that's delivered even earlier.

Besides, if it's going to arrive late and there is something you absolutely positively must know RIGHT NOW, you can dial up their Internet Web site and find it. PFW publishes first run news on its Web site -- such as disclosures that three expected top draft picks in 2007 admitted using marijuana in college -- and includes an insider's section and other stuff for which you can electroncially subscribe.

For the uninitiated that have never read the pro football bible, it publishes game summaries and game previews each week with every team's roster 2 and 3 deep at every position. Because there is a time lag from publication to delivery there is typically some lag time in news. But it's close most of the time and right on target much of the time. What isn't on time is published on the Web site.

PFW is great during the season but I find this magazine more helpful in the off-season. Even given free agency and the so-called 12-month NFL season, the off-season is the time of year few are talking about the NFL and trying to find info on teams aside from your local club is difficult. The columnists also publish all year long.

Whatever its real or perceived shortcomings, PFW is certainly preferable to Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine or other general interest weekly sports publications that dedicate one or two writers to the sport (which also arrive late a couple times a sesaon). No other magazine delivers the inside scoop on the NFL.

Pro Football Weekly carries stories on every team every week written by beat writers that follow the teams around. I visited the Pontiac Silverdome one time when the Lions were playing there. Mike O'Hara, who then covered the team for the Detroit Free Press, told me his office was at the Silverdome and he never went downtown to the paper. This is the quality of inside information you get from Pro Football Weekly on all 32 teams all year long.

I would be cautious about this subscription.

I have just come cross the other reviews that make reference to the printed copy arriving late a couple of times a season. I just started my subscription 5 weeks ago and have already had two late arrivals. The first edition arrived 4 weeks late and my most recent edition arrived the Monday after Sundays games.

I got the trial subscription of 10 copies to see if I liked it. I like the magazine content itself but the company and its service are lacking. I sent an email requesting some resolution to the matter and received a response that due to high levels of volume this time of year I should call a number for support for faster service. When I called that number I was told it was for orders only and to call another number. It is a bit frustrating. I am still awaiting some feedback from them 4 days later.

I now have an offer from PFW for 30 issues at $75. I expect whatever price I pay for a subscription to include on time delivery; so paying extra for on-time delivery is unacceptable. The online edition is always on-time but doesn't do much for me because I hate reading online. I want to be able to mark up the paper copy and walk around with it for easy reference. Being able to bring the paper copy into work to read during lunch or sit back in the recliner with it and preview the week's upcoming games is all part of the enjoyment of the magazine. They ruining that enjoyment for me.

i ordered this for my boyfriend on feb. 23..it is may 1st and he still hasnt recieved it...so much for the draft info this year...i dont know what the mag is like..but i wont order another through here..thats ridiculous..

This magazine is a real tragedy. The content is, in my opinion, the absolute best NFL content available. However, almost half of the issues during the NFL season (preseason through Super Bowl) arrived on the Monday after the games were played.

The companies' two options for dealing with their long-time inability to deliver on time is a) pay extra for guaranteed delivery, or b) pay extra to get access to the online version. Neither of those options is acceptable. The magazine arriving on time every week should NOT be an ala carte option for which tou have to pay extra. When the magazine's sole purpose is to report information that will be rendered completely moot after Sunday, they should be able to get the magazine in subscriber's hands by Saturday without fail. Charging subscribers extra to do that is insulting and crooked. As for the online option: I hate the trend toward online magazine content (unfortunately, most of the big sports mags are increasingly going this route). When I can get it before Sunday, I read Pro Football Weekly (PFW) from cover to cover. I don't want to have to sit in front of a computer and stare at a screen to do that. I want the convenience of the paper copy. And if that's what I'm buying, that's what they should be able to deliver.

This last season (2010-2011) I let my subscription lapse and resolved to just make the drive to a local Barnes and Noble to pick it up. It was going to cost a lot more on the newstand, but it was worth it to me, since there is very little in the paper that is germaine past Sunday. After the first few times that I made the trip on Friday, and again on Saturday, only to find that they hadn't even delivered it to a major chain like B&N, I started calling ahead. Out of the 17 weeks of the regular season, it only arrived at the newstand in time for the games 11 times.

Thia company needs to get their act together regarding shipping. And I truly hope they do, because when they deliver their product on time, it is 5 stars.

This magazine arrives AFTER the weekly games are played. It should arrive no later than the Friday before the Sunday games, it arrives Monday or Tuesday after the Sunday games, and is essentially worthless per the person this was gifted to. A total waste of money.

Why is it not being delivered in a timely manor?

My son, the attorney, asked for a subscription to this magazine for his birthday. I've ordered often from Amazon and have always been very satisfied with your service. I ordered the magazine Pro Football Weekly on April 8, 2010. It is now June 23, 2010 and still no magazine has been delivered. Shame, shame on you!!! This does not make me want to order anything from Amazon again. I paid over $80 for this subscription, paid upfront on my credit card. How disappointing! I would like to hear back from you because I am outraged. I understand that magazine subscriptions take some time to set up, but this is absolutely unacceptable. Almost three months later is very disheartening. A very disappointed Mom.

My wife ordered the subscription in April. She was charged but PFW say's they don't have an order. Can someone at Amazon check into this for me. Her name is Kimberlyn Richardson. subscription should be sent to billing address at: 11076 Grant Way, Stanton, CA. 90680

Thank you.