It's the Week 7 Big Shield giveaway

It’s free stuff time.

You can get a signed copy of Big Shield this weekend, by doing one and only one thing. Send an email to florio@profootballtalk.com with this subject line: “Week 7 Big Shield giveaway.”

I’ll pick one entry randomly and, ideally, drop the book in the mail next week.

As always, no purchase is required. As always, all purchases are appreciated. The ebook remains only 99 cents . The print edition is $14.99.

Big Shield is a tale of gambling, the mob, and pro football but not the NFL. (They haven’t sued me yet, so the disclaimer must be working.) Set in the undefined future, with 34 teams and 20 regular-season games and prevalent real-time, in-game betting, the book follows three main characters as it illustrates how a criminal enterprise could exploit widespread