Parity Has Become Parody

[Don Wassall]

Parity has been the watch word of the NFL for a long time. In fact it is the driving force behind all professional sports, as more mediocre teams -- especially more playoff teams -- is seen as increasing interest and thus profitability.


But after decades of the Caste System, the NFL has moved beyond parity this season. There are only two standout teams to this point: the Giants and the Titans. The Colts are still close but are having to deal with a banged-up o-line and a washed-up Marvin Harrison. But I can't remember this many truly awful teams in one season -- the Raiders, Chiefs, Lions, Rams, and Bengals are all the stuff of legend they're so bad. And the Browns, Seahawks and 49ers are almost as bad.


What these terrible teamsalso share in common is a strong commitment to overwhelmingly black rosters. Only the Rams could be described as relatively white friendly, but they misused Brian Leonard and Drew Bennett (and Adam Carriker) and went to a sumo o-line.


Like the NBA, the NFL is often a godawful product. It remains America's secular religion, butperhaps its popularity will begin to ebb as the new great depression settles in for a long stay and Americans are forced to take a closer look at everything they value.Edited by: Don Wassall

 

[Deadlift]

If Tampa wins today, they would be 10-3. They are dangerous because of their defense.

If Carolina wins, they would be the 10-3 team, but I would be more skeptical of them. I don't see them as a playoff threat.


Did you forget to mention Africa's team as one of the awful teams?!

 

[Don Wassall]

Oops, forgot toinclude Africa's Team with the Browns, Seahawks and 49ers. Watching the rapid decline of that team has been as much fun as watching the Lions, Raiders and Bengals try to play.

 

[whiteathlete33]

The Lions have a "superstar" quarterback now in Culpepper so I can't see how they are still losing. Russell is just plain awful and a good portion of the reason the Raiders are failing.

 

[sport historian]

So-called parity was what Pete Rozelle wanted, with as many teams in playoff contention as possible. Rozelle is supposed to have said that he wanted every team to be close to 500. I agree with Don that there are more really bad teams than ever before.

 

[GiovaniMarcon]

As with most of white America's problems, the problem with the NFL is the white man's fault -- or rather, the WEAK white man's fault.

Weak in the sense that he sells out his manhood, pride, culture and identity in exchange for perceived profit, real or unreal. The only reason there are so many blacks in the NFL or in any sport is because the white man has seen fit to make it so.

The white man has so thoroughly debased himself in our country that when white Americans finally do wake up to the fact that most professional sports suck and do not have "professionals" on their rosters, they will not have an epiphany and say to themselves "maybe we need to put more whites on the team," but instead will say "the idiot whites in charge need to get a different group of blacks on the field."

Are blacks too loud in your movie theatre? It's not their fault!

It's your fault for not being more tolerant.

Are blacks going wild in your city, stealing and raping and all-around going googoobananas?

It's your fault for having a good job and a nice house. You racist.

 

[whiteathlete33]

It's just become so ingrained in the DWF's minds that white can't play certain positions. Many of the DWF don't really care if Chad Johnson is starting at white receiver or Drew Bennett. All they care about these days is getting drunk and cheering like idiots for their home team. I truly believe that if the NFL became 100 percent black in the next several years most whites wouldn't care. They would continue to attend games and watch them on television. Attendance and ratings might drop but not drastically. This is were the problem is.

 

[Electric Slide]

I truly believe that if the NFL became 100 percent black in the next several years most whites wouldn't care. They would continue to attend games and watch them on television. Attendance and ratings might drop but not drastically. This is were the problem is.

Imagine how nice it would be to have Bill Gates' money, and buy all the tickets for a Jaguars home game and just destroy them? Imagine doing this for a MNF game and they televised it with nobody in the crowd!

Although that won't happen, it would be fun to convince a whole bunch of people to not go to the game, it would make a huge statement.

 

[Freedom]

Parity protects caste coaches so much. Most caste coaches are among the worst in the league performance wise. Due to the salary cap, your Brian Billick's and your Nick Saban's get to stick around.

 

[Don Wassall]

Interesting:


NFL laying off about 150


The NFL pays its players billions of dollars a year and fans pack its stadiums every week. But even the deep-pocketed league is shedding jobs.


Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that the league is cutting more than 10 percent of its staff in response to the downturn in the nation's economy that could put a dent in ticket sales for next season.


Goodell announced the cuts in a memo to league employees. The NFL is eliminating about 150 of its staff of 1,100 in New York, NFL Films in New Jersey and television and Internet production facilities in Los Angeles.


full article: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3757152