CYBERSPORT : MUTINY AT HALFTIME: ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THE GREAT SOUND-OUT?

Byline: Tom Hoffarth

It might have been a moot point to some, but to the National Sports Fans Union, turning off the sound during halftime of Sunday's Super Bowl was a mute decision.

Hoping to demonstrate a quiet yet clear message that ``the greed in sports has gotten out of control and changes must be made,'' according to co-founder Steve Goldstein, the NSFU rallied its 10,000-plus membership through its Web site (http://www.nsfu.com) to hit the mute button during halftime in defiance of the Super Bowl sponsors.

``We have to let corporations know that we won't be watching your commercials and we won't be buying your products,'' Goldstein explained. ``In the big business of sports, the fan comes last. How can the average fan afford $400 for a Super Bowl ticket? No one cares, because it's not about fans anymore and that's why the NSFU was created.''

So there.

With a $6 registration at the NSFU Web site, you're granted votes on ``mission revolts'' and access to ``closed strategy sessions'' - plus a club window decal and ``power to the sports fan'' stickers.

But there's a warning that these people mean business. The site explicitly states: ``If you're just going to wear our NSFU baseball cap for `fashion' . . . don't join.'' Also: ``If you are not going to call radio sports talk shows and communicate our cause, keep your six dollars.''

The Miami-based organization was launched in mid-December.

More convergence: The Football Network (http://www.footballnetwork.com) has merged resources with the Internet's most extensive Web site run by the fans (http://www.NFLfans.com) to cross-promote in hopes of helping each other's cause.

TFN is the Los Angeles-based cable TV network totally dedicated to football. It launched last September but only as a channel with minimum weekend programming available on satellite dishes. Plans are for a more extensive launch in July.

Golf stuff: According to a number of industry sources who report their information to GolfWeb's equipment site (http://golfweb.com/equipment/proreport), these are the clubs David Duval used to shoot his record-tying round of 59 last week at the Bob Hope Classic: a Titleist 975D driver, a Callaway S2H2 3-wood, Titleist DCI 962 irons, a Cobra Trusty Rusty sand wedge and a Scotty Cameron putter.

And he was hitting Titleist Professional 90 balls.