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= October 6 =

1990s version of Chic song
I remember Chic doing an updated version of Dance, Dance, Dance. This was done in the early 1990s. In a few portions, a male singer is instructing the dancer to "step and around". I can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?2604:2000:7113:9D00:7D7A:CDFA:BCA1:DBF2 (talk) 09:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find an updated version (though "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" did feature on Chic's 1991 compilation album Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic, but it was the old 1977 version). A wild guess: but are you sure your memory hasn't jumbled it with "How to Dance" (1991)? (Which was of course the Bingoboys' intention; see here). ---Sluzzelin  talk  11:26, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You found what I wanted. Thank you so much.2604:2000:7113:9D00:2C0E:5577:CF80:958 (talk) 23:50, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

NFL Bye week.
Hi. To what extent are the individual teams able to choose when they take their bye week? During the recent London game (UK poster here) it was commented that (something along the lines of) "unlike most teams they chose not to take their bye week after the London game". Clearly there must be some central control - an even number of teams at a time for example - but what is the process? And is this done before fixtures are announced - which would seem almost certainly "yes" were it not for the comment above that in previous years teams have chosen to take their bye week after knowing when they were playing in London? 86.154.58.18 (talk) 22:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.58.18 (talk) 22:11, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * See National Football League regular season.  The NFL schedule is worked out in two phases.  First, there is a "scheduling algorithm" which determines a team's 16 opponents based on a strict rubric; the opponents can be calculated as soon as the last game of the previous year's regular season.  The NFL then schedules the actual days and times those 16 games are played on based on a variety of factors, mostly through negotiations with the TV partners to assure competitive match-ups each week for maximizing viewer interest.  this article describes the full process in some detail, and it looks like the teams do have some influence by requesting certain games at certain times.  So they MAY be able to request certain bye weeks, though I don't know that the league is bound to accept such requests.   -- Jayron 32 01:14, 7 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Playing in London gives the team extra leverage because they lose a home game by playing in London. That means that people who buy season tickets for the team get 7 games in the season, not 8. The fans are upset. The local businesses who normally profit during the games are upset. The staff that works the stadium is upset. Generally, everyone hates it when their team plays in London. To offset that, the league caters heavily to the teams that go there. 209.149.113.4 (talk) 12:25, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Very interesting article. Many thanks.86.154.58.18 (talk) 22:05, 8 October 2016 (UTC)