I love football.
I can remember a specific saturday afternoon, when I was 7, flipping back and forth between an NFL game, a CFL game, a College game, a Canadian University game, and a High School game. Cracks in the sidewalk would become my makeshift sideline, and I would try to tip-toe along them on the way to my pretend game winning touchdown.
So I watched the Grey Cup game today. Not a great game, but the atmosphere and passion was undeniable. I don't hate the CFL. How could I? It is, after all, football. What I do hate, is when CFL fans continuously compare the CFL to the NFL and have the audacity to claim that the CFL is a superior product.
Utter insanity. The NFL is far superior. Period. There is no debate. The game does not exist without the players, and NFL players are infinitely better than their CFL counter parts. What does it say, when NFL scrubs have productive CFL careers, or when CFL stars can't even crack an NFL roster? CFL fans seem to build their argument upon the notion that their championship game, which usually is fairly compelling, is more entertaining than until recent years, the seemingly endless string of Super Bowl blow outs. So does one good game excuse the dozens of stinkers that the rest of the season produces?
I find these fans more irritating than sitting in a tub of chlorine bleach, but I refuse to displace my anger onto the CFL and its players. I respect any Football player at any level. These players exude a desire and drive that is the foundation of the CFL. In fact, these idiot fans, with their non stop comparisons, are actually doing their beloved League a disservice. These players don't devote their entire lives to being the best football players that they can be because they are simply unable to. They don't have live in personal chefs and personal assistants that take care of all of life's little details and allow them to just concentrate on all things football. Many don't rely on their football salary as their main source of income. Could you imagine taking a coffee break at the office with co-worker Ben Roethlisberger as the two of you discuss his recent Super Bowl win? Whether these players are good enough to compete with the NFL, or just good in general, should not be the issue. These players just show up, and for 2 pre season and 18 regular season games, 2 play off rounds and one championship game, give it all that they've got.
A good parent dosen't compare his or her children to each other. He or She accepts their differences, acknowledges their positive characteristics, and loves them both.
There you have it. So the next time that I am asked if I think that the CFL is beter than the NFL, I will have a two part answer ready; 'No Chance and Who Cares?'
Gotta go, Grey Cup replay is on.
I can remember a specific saturday afternoon, when I was 7, flipping back and forth between an NFL game, a CFL game, a College game, a Canadian University game, and a High School game. Cracks in the sidewalk would become my makeshift sideline, and I would try to tip-toe along them on the way to my pretend game winning touchdown.
So I watched the Grey Cup game today. Not a great game, but the atmosphere and passion was undeniable. I don't hate the CFL. How could I? It is, after all, football. What I do hate, is when CFL fans continuously compare the CFL to the NFL and have the audacity to claim that the CFL is a superior product.
Utter insanity. The NFL is far superior. Period. There is no debate. The game does not exist without the players, and NFL players are infinitely better than their CFL counter parts. What does it say, when NFL scrubs have productive CFL careers, or when CFL stars can't even crack an NFL roster? CFL fans seem to build their argument upon the notion that their championship game, which usually is fairly compelling, is more entertaining than until recent years, the seemingly endless string of Super Bowl blow outs. So does one good game excuse the dozens of stinkers that the rest of the season produces?
I find these fans more irritating than sitting in a tub of chlorine bleach, but I refuse to displace my anger onto the CFL and its players. I respect any Football player at any level. These players exude a desire and drive that is the foundation of the CFL. In fact, these idiot fans, with their non stop comparisons, are actually doing their beloved League a disservice. These players don't devote their entire lives to being the best football players that they can be because they are simply unable to. They don't have live in personal chefs and personal assistants that take care of all of life's little details and allow them to just concentrate on all things football. Many don't rely on their football salary as their main source of income. Could you imagine taking a coffee break at the office with co-worker Ben Roethlisberger as the two of you discuss his recent Super Bowl win? Whether these players are good enough to compete with the NFL, or just good in general, should not be the issue. These players just show up, and for 2 pre season and 18 regular season games, 2 play off rounds and one championship game, give it all that they've got.
A good parent dosen't compare his or her children to each other. He or She accepts their differences, acknowledges their positive characteristics, and loves them both.
There you have it. So the next time that I am asked if I think that the CFL is beter than the NFL, I will have a two part answer ready; 'No Chance and Who Cares?'
Gotta go, Grey Cup replay is on.
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