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NFL Inquiries, Trophy Triviality, and the Business that is Pro Football.
A few thoughts on football before people’s caring about it completely drifts away until next season…
First, of course a tip of the cap to the Saints for winning the Superbowl. I’m not anywhere near the first person to make this observation, but New Orleans was in need of something to celebrate since the Hurricane there. Enjoy the “Lombardi Gras(awesome name)”, New Orleans!
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Now that we’re in the TiVO age, the Superbowl is the only television broadcast (possibly) in history that people will actually fast-forward the content in order to get to the commercials. $3 million dollars for 30 seconds this year. Here’s the best one that I saw:
So all the winners of any championship are on the field decked out in their new championship shirts and hats. Obviously they had that stuff printed up prior to the win, and they must’ve made stuff for both teams (especially in a 1 game showdown for all the marbles, like in football). So I’m wondering, where do all the printed shirts and hats go of the team that didn’t win the championship? Is it carted off to be incinerated, as to not leave any evidence of its existence? I’d love to get my hands on the 1993 Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup Champions stuff that never made it to the public.
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The NFL recently adopted the use of captain’s C’s on their jerseys; ala the NHL. In hockey, this identifies you as a leader, and affords you the ability to converse with referees during the game. Hockey’s got C’s and A’s; but the NFL has developed some sort of Star Trek star ranking system. Can any football fans out there clue me in on the responsibilities possessed by NFL captains, and how the ranking system works?
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The fact that headsets allow conversation between Quarterbacks, coaches, and team officials in the press box up top during games seems a little like cheating, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t the players just play the game as they see it? What happened to the well-disguised hand signals and mouth covering of baseball?
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And finally, is there any more indication that the NFL is a business first, game second, than the fact that the team owner gets to hoist the Lombardi Championship Trophy first, ahead of team captains, and all the players? I understand the whole “invested interest” thing, but come on man, those guys left it all out on the field to get their hands on that thing (also worked their entire lives to get to play at a level that’s nearly unobtainable by most humans). Everyone tuned in to watch THE PLAYERS play football. You paid a bunch of money. You deserve the hoist too, but let the guys have their fun first. Also, for how glorified the Superbowl has become, can we get them an adequately sized trophy? Nothing says, “We’re the best in the world!” like a huge, two-hands-required, over-the-head-hoist, trophy.
The Stanley Cup is a prime example; with all the engravings of past champs
and additions of new sections over 100+ years of hockey. You lift a lot more than that season over your head when you win it; especially considering you have to win 4 seperate 7 game series’ to get it. The NFL’s just got a shiny football on a stick that you can lift with one hand. And you can win it in one game. Which would you rather win?
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