Are you ready for some Football!!!!

As so many of you know I can't write or read. But it doesn't mean I can't appreciate good writing. So getting ready for football here's a great commentary on the greatness that is the NFL. And if you're illiterate like me you can listen to the audio link on the web page.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93995199

The article is by Frank Deford and is contains good points, wit, and sarcasm along with being topical, insightful and humorous.

Here are some quotes.

The most difficult decisions the commissioner of the NFL must make are along the lines of, "Oh my, what in the world are we going to do about Brett Favre?" And: "How can I keep Jerry Jones happy?" And: "How long do I suspend players who shoot people in nightclubs?"

Tennis is so confusing that it runs about 64 weeks a year. Tennis and boxing also have so many competing agencies that they are all just identified by their initials, so nobody even knows who anybody is. We have the ITF and the WBC and the WTA and the WBA and the ATP and the WBF. American professional football has The Commissioner.

But the more spread out a sports organization, the more diffuse its charge — and the more individuals rather than teams are competing, the more inefficiency and, also, the more opportunity for chicanery. Do you really think the International Olympic Committee is capable of finding out how old those itty-bitty little Chinese gymnasts really are? Please.