Comments on: This Superbowl…

By: expat

expat — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:46:30 +0000

rickl,

It’s not just the biggies like the Sandusky affair. It’s also about admitting people to colleges solely on the basis of their athletic prowess. Colleges have sold out.

By: rickl

rickl — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:17:52 +0000

It’s not just the pros. Thuggery among star athletes is also overlooked at the high school and college level.

It’s not just athletes, either. Look at how long Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky got away with buggering little boys. You think people would have looked the other way for years if he had been a math teacher? But God forbid the sacred Penn State football program should come under undue scrutiny.

Anyway, I didn’t watch the game. I couldn’t, since I cancelled my cable TV subscription in November. I don’t want to give my money to the MSM any more. Media delenda est.

By: southpaw

southpaw — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:53:30 +0000

Carl- agree with that about Lewis 100%. And you can fault the owner and the NFL and the sports media, and to some extent, me and other fans. We don’t hold them accountable by refusing to accept it. That is- boycott a team. The NFL in general has a millionaire thug problem. With that much money at their disposal, almost any behavior is given a pass, or forgiven. Ben Rothlesburger has a problem with assaulting women, but he’s still playing. There are others examples too. .
By getting the the family to make these things disappear and pulling whatever strings are necessary at the law enforcement level, the NFL can give fans the illusion that the players are clear of wrongdoing. It’s no excuse to accept criminal behavior, but as a sports fan, you also have to accept the majority of them lead decent, honest lives. As a fan, you expect law enforcement to do their jobs, and families to reject bribes for the murder of family members. The breakdown of systems that should take these guys off the street is complicated, but money seems to be the biggest obstruction of justice with highly paid, high profile professional athletes.
I’ve been critical of the Ray Lewis business since it happened, and have always thought it was BS, but the owner should have acted when law enforcement did not. I don’t think the other guys deserve to pay for his crime- if he believes in God as he says, and he’s guilty, he will have to answer for it in the next life.

By: Ray Lewis

Ray Lewis — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:24:09 +0000

It was self defense man. Those dudes were badass. When OJ gets out, we’re gonna go on Oprah and tell our side.
Peace.

By: John Dough

John Dough — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:50:22 +0000

My marriage has been long since I’ve never been weded to the TV on a Sunday afternoon watching the sport. I do watch a few College and NFL games during the season, but it is not all consuming. To shorten the Superbowl experience to something that is acceptable I turned the TV on 5 minutes before kick off, took a break during the entire half time show and the blackout and turned it off 3 milliseconds after the game ends.

When the power outage occurred, my first thought was to the backwater experience that is New Orleans. I’ve toured the “back of the house” of the Superdome and talked with some of the staff. Most are functionally illiterate and the building should have been condemned after Katrina. The whole city should have been abandoned after Katrina.

By: carl in atlanta

carl in atlanta — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:26:03 +0000

Obviously many of us here in Atlanta still have a problem with Ray Lewis, whose double homicide is still “unsolved” by the APD and unprosecuted by the local district attorney. The Ray Lewis worship that seemingly pervades the sports media is truly mystifying. He and his posse killed two guys. With knives. Then walked on ALL criminal charges. Apparently Ray later ended up making some kind of civil settlement with the victims’ families.

Now who does that remind me of ????

By: southpaw

southpaw — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:09:23 +0000

Well if the Texans couldn’t make it, at least one Houstonian did (Beyonce). How could any male not find something about a beautiful, scantily clad woman to appreciate? You guys are a very tough crowd… you have to admit this was definitely a better show than the assorted Jacksons and friends, or the abomination with Paul McCartney out of the retirement home for the afternoon. Or Madonna with the weird boob things. Cmon man!
Good for the Ravens, and former Texans Jacoby Jones, Vonte Leach, and Bernard Pollard.
And Ray Nagan pocketing the superdome’s utility bill… who knew? As always, the Super Bowl was a good day to hang out with friends, eat, drink, armchair quarter back, question the eyesight of the officials, and root for the good guys. Whoever they might be.

By: roc scssrs

roc scssrs — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:14:21 +0000

I can see where Don Carlos is coming from, but at the same time I bet the Roman philosophers had their favorite chariot drivers down at the Coliseum. So I watched (the second half). Exciting game. Most people around here rooted for the Ravens, except for one bitter former Ohioan who reminded me the Ravens are really the Cleveland Browns.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:17:29 +0000

I have to add: I really wish they had selected musicians from the NOLA area, such as the Nevilles and Harry Connick Jr. A missed opportunity to put a New Orleans touch to the proceedings..

By: LisaM

LisaM — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:25:30 +0000

I was not rooting for the Ravens for several reasons: I’m a Steeler’s fan who lives in the Pittsburgh area and the Ravens are our biggest rivals, I lived in the SF Bay area during the Joe Montana years, and it’s my opinion that Ray Lewis should be in prison, not on a pedestal.

My 11-year old son said of Beyonce, “People shouldn’t dress like that in public.” Indeed.