Cheaters Never Win.
February 3, 2008
The New York Giants put an end the the New England Patriots’ quest for a perfect season. I am elated. While I am no huge fan of the Giants, I can’t stand the Patriots.
More importantly, it just wouldn’t have done to have the best team at the end of the season with a perfect record stealing some of the magic from the legendary Dolphins team when that team cheats. And to any other pro sports team out there cheating—grow the hell up. You are not children any longer, yet you are paid ridiculous salaries to play a children’s game. There’s no need to cheat.
It is no wonder that athletes are less and less cited as hero-figures to both younger and older generations. So many sports have become the over-paid home to idiots and punks with no class—or outright criminals and human trash. Take the dog-fighting and Michael Vick. That’s enough stomach turning cruelty to animals to make anyone sick.
Even the executives and management of sports figures and teams get in on the act of stupidity now. The lack of integrity and class has become pandemic throughout American sports culture and is in dire need of fixing.
Tonight the underdog prevailed.
Tonight, the cheaters had their just dessert.
Tonight, a good team showed some heart and played the best they could. Without cheating, they became a great team…even with losses on their record.
Congratulations to the New York Giants. That last drive will go down as one of the best comebacks in the history of the sport, I am sure!
Interesting to note: there seems to be a lot of positive response to Tom Petty’s halftime performance. Comments have ranged from “it’s nice to see them have a band where you can actually understand the words they’re singing…” to my own thoughts—that real musicians and rock and roll belong in the Superbowl halftime show. Not lip-syncing pop singers, moronic boy bands (or their decidedly unmanly former members); when you have actual musicians churning out driving rock music it mirrors the excitement of the game which is about performance and excitement and struggle.
Which is why I don’t like seeing country music at halftime either. Country music just puts me to sleep or makes me want to go to the rest room anyway.
Chalk one up for a rock icon and putting on a show all ages could enjoy. And we thankfully won’t have to listen to the media go on for weeks about some singers’ tits. You’d think some broadcasters haven’t ever seen any…
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derek | February 6, 2008 at 3:27 pm
All NFL teams cheat, they all try and steal the other teams signals and they all try and scout the teams practices. One thing that didn’t get alot of play is the reason Bill had someone taping the Jets defensive coach sending in signals, is the fact that the Jets did it to the Patriots last year and got caught by Bill however seeing how they suck and can’t win not much was said or done. Except that Roger Goodell during the off season said no more taping the other tea, that is the reason Bill got fined and lost a draft pick, not for what he was doing but rather he did it after teams were instructed to no longer do it. All teams still try and do it although not with videos, most players and coaches have played or coached for the other team at one point and they bring the secrets if you will with them. I say if you are dumb enough not to change signals or scheme then you deserve what you get.