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Why Professional Sports Need 2 Dimensional Field Altering Technology

Oct

23

2015

Most sports, at least the good ones, are the same game with minor variations: Basketball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, rugby, etc – there is a goal at each end of a rectangular shaped field and you defend your end and score on the other. Most of these sports are horrendously boring and we need ...

The NFL’s Ridiculous American Flag Display Devours Itself

Sep

15

2015

I was watching Monday Night Football and prior to the game for reasons unknown a bunch of people trotted out a giant American flag which covered the entire football field, an obnoxious display intended to prove the NFL is more American than any other American thing in America. The reasoning behind public displays of patriotism at ...

Racist People Gravitate Towards Football 6

Oct

13

2014

Last year I wrote an article abuot how its a strange coincidence the NFL is 67 percent black, and its most prestigious position, quarterback, is 79 percent white. Its one of those elephants in the room I find hard to ignore. Particularly when my mind is wandering during a six hour blowout. Statistically this is an ...