Well, they announced the winners of the Super Bowl contest, and I must admit, it took a wild left turn on me.

It's clear that the NFL rigged the finalists to appeal to their market segments. They picked people based on their appearance rather than on the quality of their stories. They put marketing ahead of football, and I really didn't like that.

But then they made a huge mistake. I assumed that they would control the secret public voting to pick the people that they wanted, but I think they actually let it go to a public vote.

America, you voted and it looks kind of like you're racist and sexist. Four of the ten candidates the NFL provided were minorities. Six were white. There were five winners, and all five winners were white. Four of the candidates the NFL provided were women. Only one was selected, and it was the attractive young woman who is clearly a bandwagon fan who had the worst story of them all.

What a clusterf**k this was from a public relations standpoint. It makes me laugh. Someone is going to get fired over this.

http://www.togetherwemakefootball.com/contest.html

Its hard to not root for a father of two with a terminal illness...

Yeah, I've got no problem with the guy getting a trip to the Super Bowl. Better him than the attractive young Hollywood woman who likes the Patriots and Tom Brady "because she likes the logo". :shake: Oh, wait. She got a trip, too. She is the NFL's preferred fan.

With regard to the guy (and the two kids), I'm not a fan of the fact that their entries weren't really based on a love of football, but were more of a pity ploy. The contest was supposed to be about why you love football.

But whatever. I wouldn't go to this Super Bowl if they paid me.

Well, maybe I'd go if they paid me. But I'd bring a book.

I really think you're blowing this out of proportion Rain Man. Yeah, they chose the best stories, but no one is going to get fired over it. It is what it is.

Yeah, some ditz who picks winners based on uniform color or "likes the logo" is way lame... and I'd have to agree that the guy maybe wasnt chosen based on his love of the game.

But this SB should be a doozy, I'm really looking forward to it... top offense vs top defense? thats a storybook matchup... LOVE the part about bringing a book LMAO

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sorry rainman , your feelings are as old as the AFC (close to)

The tooz and I are on the same page. It seems like I'm always trailing him in philosophical thought.