Unless it’s wrong for a man to wear Uggs
Football is the most lucrative and watched sport in America.
It dominates pop culture and is a way of life for areas with an NFL team. It’s
also eating itself alive like an ouroboros.
When people think of the NFL they often think of men
throwing around or carrying an oblong ball made of cow hide for our
entertainment. While that may have been the primary product of the NFL in the
past, today the NFL is about one thing and one thing only, continuous drama;
the oblong ball is completely incidental.
In an effort to ensure that the NFL is the main topic of
discussion on all websites and all TV networks, during all times (even those
dreaded 7 months when the NFL is not playing games) the NFL has ensured that
drama comes from all areas. Instead of contests of strength, strategy and luck
centered around an oblong ball, the NFL instead focuses on drama filled topics
such as; who is dating who, which player had the roughest childhood, which
coach is the biggest meanie, facial hair grooming, grown men bullying each
other, decorative headphones, insensitive team names, players throwing ‘shade’
on twitter, fashion, fan-stories, colors, children’s exercise regimens, and
dancing sharks.
As a reminder, the NFL has its own TV network. 24/7. They have
to find something to talk about, and fashionable dancing sharks is a good a
choice as any.
In the recent bit of manufactured drama to feed the
24/7 news cycle - the most successful NFL team and most successful NFL Quarterback
have been accused of cheating. That sounds
serious. How did they cheat? By
supposedly deflating balls to slightly less than the preferred NFL level of
12.5 pounds per square inch.
