Timothy Birdnow

Many electrons have been spilled - along with some ink - about the recent Stupor Bowel, er, Super Bowl and I have yet to weight in. I suppose now is as good a time as any. Of couurse, I'm not going to bore anyone with stats on the game or sing praises to the NFL for not Kpernecking (althought they nearly did with the "social Justice" tripe). No. I'm going to discuss this as it relates to modern America.

First, we had a matchup of old versus new, with the geriatric Patriots facing off against the youthful, brash Los Angelas Rams. This should have made for an interesting matchup, except the Rams got there by essentially cheating the New Orleans SAints out of their rightful place via bad calls. And the Patriots? They are ALWAYS cheating their opponents out of the race via bad calls. The Pats created a dynasty that way; benefitting from calls that go their way and non-calls that hurt the other team. They are the dirties team in the League, and have been for a long time.

They stole the Super Bowl from the Rams in 2002. That was the year they had secretly stolen the playbook, and were able to shut down the high-powered "greatest show on turf" Rams offense; they knew what the Rams were going to do before they did it. The result? They won, and then got slapped with a fine after the fact. The League shoulld have declared the results of that game null and said there was no winner that year. But it created the dynasty that has dominated football ever since. Oh, and by the way, I knew it would happen before the game even started; Paul McCartney was being interviewed for some reason on the pre-game show and he said "wouldn't it be wonderful if a team called the Patriots won the Super Bowl" because that was the year of the great terrorist attack we now call 911. I knew then the fix was in.

It's been in ever since.

Answer me this; when was the last blowout Super Bowl? That used to be a common occurance. In fact, people were grumbling about how they were never good games. But since that particular game in 2002 there has never been a blowout. Why? Because the officials interfere at critical times to keep the game close.

They did tha last Sunday. Every time the Rams started gaining momentum they made some dubious call to shut them down. The Rams did a masterful job of defense, but the offense couldn't do squat. Why? The Pats were putting all sorts of pressure on the Rams QB but nobody could get open in the backfield? It doesn't work that way; either the Pats are rushing or they are defending the zone. If the Rams line is holding - and it was - then the pass receivers should have been able to get open. They couldn't, which says they were being held (and the Pats are notorious clutch-and grabbers). In other words, the Patriots CHEATED.

Near the end of the game the announcers kept putting on shots of the Rams' coach, calling it a "blank stare". It wasn't; it was shock because he clearly felt he was openly cheated out of the championship.

So what is my takeaway? First, this mirrors the modern era in so many ways. It's not about winning or losing honorably but in victory at any and all cost. The Patriots have won, built a dynasty, off of "pushing the enveloope" and many people admire them for it. But in fact they have beenb caught cheating, and repeatedly. There was the playbook issue. There was "spygate" where the Pats spied on other teams to steal their plays. There was deflategate, where Brady had the balls deflated so he could throw them better. The list goes on and on.

And the Patriots are a protected class, like African Americans or the transgendered today. Because of that they get special protections, special privileges. Calls aren't made against them but are made against their opponenents. The end result has been a dynasty that has been completely dominant, in a league which features the absolute best of the best. Look, these guys aren't all that different in terms of talent (unlike in college ball, or even more in high school) and the way the draft is structured it is designed to help make every team competititive. There is no logical reason for the Pats to be so dominant. Yes, Brady is a great Qb. yES, bELLICHEAT IS A LYING WEASEL, er, great coach. But come on? Nobody can do what they did. There is clearly more at work.

This reminds me of the old Dallas Cowbows of the '70's - the so-called America's Team. The NFL promoted them then, and they always were the beneficiaries of calls, keeping them up near the top. The league has apparently gone to New England. But it is clear they are promoted for the same reason, to give places without a team a "national team" to root for.

So what are some of my other takeaways? Well, football is increasingly bureaucratic. Officiating has become a primary component of the game, and what lesson is taught by that? Well, it teaches Americans to accept the rule of authority, to not think you can make it on your own. Doubt that? Well, why is it coaches aren't allowed to publicly criticize rulings or referees after they get cheated? The league used to allow that, and it was not uncommon for coaches to blast bad calls after a game. No more; they have to be gracious, saying all these kind things about the guys who just stole the game from them. See, the authorities are never wrong! Americans must believe that if we are to be the Progrssive paradise the Establishment is trying to create.

Also, it's clear that middle America doesn't matter. The NFL wanted a coastal matchup, because that's where everyone who matters live. The notion of a Kansas City versus New Orleans game horrified them. They wanted to promote east versus west! So they pushed the Rams and Pats at the expense of the flyover country teams.

I suspect they also wanted that because they wanted to bring some cheer to the liberals in Boston and L.A. who have suffered at the elcdtion of Donald Trump. And they wanted to illustrate the superiority of Progressive citadels like Boston; see, you guys really are better at everything - the Right in "jesusland" just got lucky here. Hang in there, you'll win.

Maybe I'm a bit paranoid, but hte owners of the NFL have shown themselves whoally on board with "social justice" and other leftist tripe.

I am mindful of the seventie4s movie Rollerball (as opposed to the horrible remake from the nineties). The game served a purpose; to teach the value of collective action as opposed to individualism. That is precisely what I suspect many of the top brass in the NFL want to promote.

At any rate, football may not be pro wrestling yet, but it's trying real hard.

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