There ya go Mike Brown ...

[grampahol]

C'mon.. "BILL" has Robert Kraft and a pet lap dog who is so cleverly named Roger, but don't take my word for it.. My man Brian Tuohy says it best.. http://thefixisin.net/nfl2018.html

Quote:Patriots owner Robert Kraft holds a lot of sway in the league. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is basically his lap dog which is why he seems to attend every "important" Patriots game played. And remember, folks, the NFL is OWNED BY THE OWNERS. It's their league. They merely sell tickets for people to come watch the show they put on. And that's what your ticket amounts to: the right to see billionaires play make-believe with their million dollar toys. If you don't believe this, go and read my webpage The Proof.




So, the NFL allowed the Rams owner Stan Kroenke to rip the team out of St Louis ("But we care about our fans!") and move to LA (where the team was originally taken from -- not counting Cleveland, its real, original home), regardless of the bad blood in created in the city (and it created a lot -- including a few unmentioned lawsuits which the Rams settled out of court). Ownership then decided to build a new multi-billion dollar LA stadium which would be not just the home of the Rams, but lease out space so that the Chargers could call LA its home as well. Now if $500 million could buy a Stanley Cup berth for the Las Vegas Golden Knights -- and I believe it did -- what should $5 billion get a guy like Kroenke? A loss in the NFC Championship Game? Or a gift of at minimum a Super Bowl berth, if not an outright championship? 



You tell me because now, 17 years to the day that the Patriots, led by an unknown QB named Tom Brady, won their first ever Super Bowl over the "Greatest Show on Turf" known as the Rams (in a game which was horribly officiated and, yes, pre-determined), NFL fans will be treated to a rematch of that fateful game. Enjoy the puppet show!


Oh, and two bits of news: One, my wife had surgery this week and is recovering well. Thank you for all the thoughts & prayers. And two, only three entries into my Super Bowl contest had the Rams playing the Patriots. Good luck to those last few standing!

 ....not that I'm a conspiracy theorist or anything..