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          In a deal with CT-based Interactive Sports Signals
     (ISS), the AFL Firebirds are "giving their fans a chance to
     listen to players during home games this season," according
     to Mark Singelais of the Albany TIMES UNION.  Starting with
     the Firebirds home opener Saturday, ISS will "put
     microphones on four or five players and will rent headsets
     to fans in the stands."  Spectators can rent the headphones
     for $12 per game or $9 per game for the entire season.  The
     headsets "come with warnings about profane language."  But
     Firebirds WR Eddie Brown is against wearing a mic: "Now
     you'll have kids playing Pop Warner using the language we
     use out there.  I wouldn't wear it because of the language I
     use."  The Firebirds and the Red Dogs "are the only two" AFL
     teams that will use the mics (Albany TIMES UNION, 4/19).