Tornoe’s Toon: NFL Tragedy
Cross-posted on Delaware Punchline
I’m a fan of the NFL, even if my Buffalo Bills haven’t done anything in, say ten years or so (the last time the Bills played in a playoff game was 1999, which they lost due to the Music City Miracle). However, the way I hear people complain and talk incessantly about the NFL season (as if it’s not going to happen) just makes me wonder what we really view as a tragedy, or even news.
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Tags: Earthquake, Japan, Miyagi Prefecture, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Tsunami
NFL is no tragedy without. I’ll just watch more college ball. Better game anyway. The Japanese are good at rebuilding. They proved that after they won the peace after WWII. I wonder how many yen came to the rescue after Katrina.
Rob –
Thanks for the reminder to give to help our sister state, Miyagi Prefecture.
One — not recently updated — account of how many yen (converted to dollars, of course) that came to help the victims of Katrina.
Now back to Rob’s topic.
Frank Deford made an interesting point about the NFL this morning:
Sorta slimy I think.
Deford also makes the suggestion that MLB ought to bring the Sendai baseball team and some of their opponent teams here for a little while to play some games and make some mey to help restore their stadium and help other relief efforts.
Completely agree about the NFL owners. It’s hard to be sympathetic to knuckle-heads that walk around with $10,000 ear-rings, but the owners are trying to rake the players over the coals in terms of revenue sharing.
It reminds me of part of Chris Rock’s act. “Shaq’s rich. The guys that’s writing Shaq’s check… he’s wealthy.”
I’ve often wondered if there is ever going to be a fan revolt to the NFL. The NFL is a monopoly and you can tell because they keep sticking it to the fans (and to municipalities). I don’t understand why the fans put up with the antics of the greedy owners (build me a new stadium or we’ll move) and some players. I think the gouging will continue until fans rebel.
When I was laid off in DC, I thought starting up an NFL Fans Association would be a good idea. I’m surprised nobody has ever worked to get one going.
The fan base needs a couple of full time professionals managing their collective interests, setting up fan conferences and reminding owners of their economic power, in order to be taken seriously.