Little bit of bad news coming out of Philadelphia, and it has nothing to do with Eagles' quarterback Kevin Kolb's concussion. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia announced that its manufacturing index checked in at -0.7, which is better than August's reading of -7.7. Unfortunately, the reading was short of expectations for a reading of 0.0.

According to the Philly Fed, "The survey's broad indicators of future activity continue to suggest that the region's manufacturing executives expect growth in business over the next six months, but optimism remains below levels earlier in the year." This is not good news for an economy that many think is on the road to recovery.

You know, it figures that this would be the year that I give up my Bengals season tickets. I suffered through three years of horrid football and decided that I was not going to renew my tickets for financial reasons or as a protest against the team's (mis)management in the past 19 years.

That said, one reason that did not attribute to my giving up the tickets was the NFL's new tailgating rules. In an article Darren Rovell put on Twitter this morning (featured in USAToday), a New York Jets fan says that the tailgating rules (that limit tailgating to 3.5 hours before kickoff) may be the "final nail" that forces him to give up his season tickets. The new tailgating rules are supposed to help "crack down on drunken and disruptive fans" by limiting the time fans can tailgate.