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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk Valentine's Day Plans, Daytona 500

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists go over their plans for Valentine's Day and their suggestions for a new rule in sports. 

  • Vikings VP/Legal & Social Impact Karin Nelsen
    -- Favorite skills competition in sports is the Home Run Derby.
  • Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Senior VP & Chief Ticketing Officer David Burke
    -- Bucket list concert is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
  • Independent Sports & Entertainment VP/Property Sales Jake Stone
    -- Childhood nickname was Pebble (the youngest Stone).
  • Twitter Head of Sports Broadcast Partnerships Andrew Barge
    -- Twitter helps him keep up with what's topical.
Going Off The Grid
 
 Plans for Valentine's Day? Best suggestion for a new sports rule? Scale of 1-10: How ready are you for spring? Interested in Daytona 500? Summarize spring football leagues in three words
Nelsen
Cocktails at Marvel Bar in Minneapolis
Limit bullpen changes per inning in MLB
I live in Minnesota: 11
Prefer Indy
Interested and watching

Burke
Dinner and wine at home with my wife
DH in the National League
12
Austin Dillon, baby!
Potential feeder system
Stone
Romantic date with NBA All-Star
Can I ask the Saints?
We don't have seasons in L.A.
Event experience & viewership, not actual result
Compelling growth opportunity
 
Barge
Cooking dinner with wife, then heading to Charlotte for the NBA All-Star Game
NFL adopts college football overtime rules
Spring means March Madness and Masters, so 10
Absolutely, only NASCAR starts with its Super Bowl
 
Football, gambling and gambling

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to mchupita@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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