The National Football League, the home of the inane search for parity among its teams, has reached a new low. With their win over the St. Louis Rams last night, the Seattle Seahawks have made the playoffs. With a losing record of 7-9, that is.
And while this travesty of justice, ahem, played out, the New York Giants and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sat back incredulously. Their ten wins against six losses were not enough to make the postseason. Further, there were three AFC teams with better records who will not play next weekend.
We've known all along that the National Football League lacks integrity. It has more than its share of stupid rules. Grounding the ball to kill the clock with no penalty? That dumb catch rule? Quarterbacks simply throwing the ball away when in trouble, thereby punishing good defense? These and other ideas, seen objectively, are laughable. Now we have the greatest joke to date. Even the Seahawks must think, in their hearts, that it's just plain dumb that they should be where they are.
Meanwhile, in what should be an even more embarrassing situation for the game, Seattle coach Pete Carroll gets accolades while his USC Trojans sit out NCAA penalties for misbehavior under his watch. The only lesson that can teach is: break the rules, go to the NFL, where character doesn't matter.
Let's hope the Seahawks run the board and win the Super Bowl. If a major sporting enterprise believes in playing jokes on their fans, they may as well go all out and complete it. What's one more laugh on the way to the bank, with pocketfulls of money from gullible fans? You get what you pay for, and you just paid for mediocrity, courtesy of the National Football League.
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