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Free Stuff For You On NFL Kickoff Weekend

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With this weekend being the big kickoff to the 2011 NFL season, there are going to be a lot of places giving out freebies in order to entice folks to acquire more of their services.

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The big one will be DirecTV allowing folks to test drive their NFL Sunday Ticket service for free this weekend. If you live outside of your favorite team's market, Sunday Ticket is an invention that's right up there with electricity, the internal combustion engine, and movable type.

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In addition, every provider that carry the NFL RedZone Channel. . .another outstanding service. . .will be providing it for free on Kickoff Sunday. This includes such providers as DirecTV, Comcast, Dish Network, Cox, Charter, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-Verse. Be sure to check your listings to find out where the Red Zone Channel will be on your television.

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Also, if you're an XM Satellite Radio subscriber, XM Select package listeners will get the opportunity to listen to every game from NFL kickoff weekend. You can check out the SiriusXM website for more details.

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Last, but not least, if you want to order any official NFL merchandise, you can get free shipping from NFLShop.com on Sunday, September 11.

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Photographs by Micah Taylor, clairity, and Fibonacci Blue used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.