01-30-2024, 03:33 AM
(01-30-2024, 02:01 AM)Nately120 Wrote: One of my long-term pals had a mom who for decades said the NFL was rigged. She'd walk through the room and say "I don't know how you boys watch that stuff, it's rigged" and then as soon as a guy missed a tackle she'd say "See? Didn't even try to tackle him" and walk off secure in the knowledge that she was right. These days you hear this stuff more and more, and I have to wonder if it's just the way things are these days.
When Jordan and the Bulls won a bunch of championships I don't recall people saying it was rigged, and honestly everyone seemed to love the Bulls (I'm from Pittsburgh, so I guess people trend towards the Celtics, Lakers, or whomever is good when they were growing up) and I don't recall anyone saying it was rigged and my cousin and I were the only people who seemed to voice that we were sick of the Bulls and wanted the Suns etc to beat them in the finals.
Seems like these days a team gets better and people like them, and then if they are good too long people start to hate them and say things are rigged for them. Be good, but don't be good long enough for people to get mad at you for being good. I'm not even sure if people believe what they are saying or they just think they're "having fun" saying this stuff.
The Lions winning the SB this year would have caused national joy, but I could easily see SoCal 1st overall pick pretty boy Jared Goff and loudmouthed dude bro former player "bite a nipple off" Dan Campbell (who to me seems like a combo of Travis Kelce and Bill Cowher) being gleefully hated by the masses after they won their 2nd or 3rd Lombardi.
Exactly it's become the coping mechanism of angry fans after their team loses.
