Due to a recent hair-related tackling incident, pro football players are now required to either cut hair to shoulder length or become field-goal kickers. Today's deal precisely trims jock locks to regulation length: for $10, you get one MVP haircut from Sport Clips, a $22 value (except at the Gaylord Parkway location, where it normally costs $23). This Groupon can be used toward an adult or kid cut at any of the locations listed in the sidebar to the right.

The MVP haircut is reserved for guys who want the brawn of a chiseled cut with the extreme adrenaline rush of a pleasant pampering. Following careful instructions or expert intuition, stylists can clean up the edges without sacrificing any degree of edginess. A thorough shampoo and scalp massage ensures an itch-free walk off, while a neck and shoulder massage with steamed towel leaves cleaned-up batters with the zonal focus to connect on any upcoming office pitch.

At Sport Clips, you won't experience the luxury of fine flower arrangements in the corners, soothing soft rock flowing from the speakers, or TVs tuned to your stories on daytime television; instead you'll be engulfed in a man salon stocked with sports memorabilia, sports television, and sporty stylists sporting specializations in guys' cuts and sports. Grab up to two Groupons to plan ahead for the off-season. In between cuts, return for a complimentary follow-up neck trim designed to keep girthing trapezius muscles in full view.

Reviews

Though online reviewers have yet to write about Dallas's Sport Clips, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has featured the barbershop:

• Sport Clips Inc. is a modern twist on the old-time barber shop, where guys could talk sports. Stores feature a 50-inch plasma television in the waiting area and smaller TVs at each cutting station -- all tuned to ESPN or local sporting events -- so guys don't have to worry about missing the big game while getting a quick trim. – John Vomhof Jr.