Congratulations

I would like to congratulate the Pittsburgh Steelers on their Super Bowl victory yesterday. Unfortunately, the NFL has decided to let the Lombardi trophy reflect the real winners of Super Bowl 40 by engraving the names of all the officials on the front of the trophy! So congratulations Bill Leavy for winning your first Super Bowl.

The Seahawks played well enough to beat the Steelers, but not well enough to beat the Steelers and the officials. Oh, well... All the east coast media got there feel good story of the year, Jerome Bettis returns to his hometown and wins a Super Bowl and retires a champion. All the major media markets on the east coast got to see another AFC team win the Super Bowl, because New England (Boston) and Indianaopolis (rest of Mid-West) couldn't get there. It almost feels like the Seahawks were a sacrificial lamb just used by the NFL to pretend there is a fair game still. Here is an idea. Take the monetary benefit of the Super Bowl away from the NFL and give it to the teams that play in it and some selected charities!!! Maybe we could see a decent game next year.

I know, how much does football matter in the grand scheme of things... Not much, but if we are going to play a game and call it the championship, it should be decided by the players and not the officials.