Super Bole [sic] and the Big Football League
Friday, February 5, 2016 at 12:12PM Super Bole [sic] Fifty kicks off on Sunday, February 7. I find myself in the growing number of people who really question whether the Big Football League is quality entertainment that is worth watching. Why? Well, if the hit that knocked Giovanni Bernard took from Ryan Shazier in the first round of the playoffs is legal (and the leauge came out and called it unfortunate but not illegal) then I am not sure I want to watch this sport. That hit was a helmet to helmet blow to the head that knocked a man unconscious...and the league says that is legal. I have a problem with that. I don't want to watch a sport with that kind of injurious brutality. And certainly there are lots and lots of examples of similar conduct in professional football games. Boxing and IFC at least go out telling everyone that the conduct in the ring is harmful and those referees are all over the action to keep it clean.
Add to that kind brutality the fact that the football league is a bloated money hungry corporation that crushes anything in its path. I am not using their full name because it's trademarked...as is the name of the big game. Yeah, think about that for a second...I cannot even use the names of the event or the league! But I have to question why we pay football executives, coaches, managers, players, and sports agents what we do. Sure, I like to be entertained as much as the next guy but have we lost site of priorities? Do we really think a second string kicker is worth more of a salary than an inner city school teacher?
I won't be watching the game on Sunday because I am quite sure that I can find something better to do...oh, and no one invited me to their game watching party!