Shame on the NFL

What a great made-for-TV movie it would have made to see one member of the Buffalo Bills, when the plans to go to Detroit this week were announced, stand up, and say "No, coach, I'm gonna stay and help these people dig out."  Then, one by one, the players would stand up, and begin an epic slow-clap moment.  Oh, how the fans would have embraced them for this simple gesture.

But that's not exactly how it happened...

Bills Taken to Airport via SNOWMOBILE!News at 11...

At least thirteen people are dead in Buffalo, and roofs are beginning to collapse, but the Godlike Gladiators who play for the Corporate-Owned Buffalo Bills, of the National Foot-Ba'al league were rushed to the airport a few days ago via snowmobile so that they can be worshipped for another week by the mindless mass of useless flesh who willingly support their absurd salaries and their exhibition of violent behavior, on and off the field.

Forget that the Buffalo Bills have totally sucked for the last 20+ years, disappointing their loyal fanatics week after week.  Forget that last week in particular, many fans seemed to have given up on their beloved heroes.  Even if the Bills were Playoff contenders this year, the following behavior is inexcusable for a human being, but I guess I'm not surprised they all went along with it, following their orders, paying homage to the mighty dollar above the well-being of their fellow men and women.

Having experienced this storm from within it's grips, I can tell you that there are indeed a lot of individuals in this area who will go to great lengths to help their neighbors, and this was very evident, despite advice from the authorities to remain in homes and stay disconnected from each other. Buffalonians lived up to their admittedly self-proclaimed reputation as the "City of Good Neighbors"

Don't you think that it would have been a beautiful gesture if the team collectively said "NO" to the NFL's order (I speculate) to get to Detroit so the game can be played?  Hell, it would have been great to see just ONE of those primadonnas stand up and denounce the corporate order in favor of helping the community, even in some small way, recover from what has truly been a crisis.  Plenty of businesses are still closed, and most schools are closed at least for Monday, some for the entire week.

Would it have been that terrible if the NFL let this particular game just slide?  Or if the Bills players and personnel just collectively called in sick?  I know I wouldn't have wept.

But, perhaps this is the best way it could have happened.  Now we can see the deeply ingrained lack of personal integrity, among players who go on to preach and write books about "character."  It is an interesting word, and one that takes on an entirely new meaning when you realize that is what these people are.  Mere characters, "useful idiots" playing a game to hold the attention of the ignorant masses of people in this country while things are being done in front of their eyes to take away freedom after freedom.

It is clear now, for all to see, what the NFL values, and also what the individual players, coaches, and personnel on this crummy team value.  They value their jobs over their neighbors.  They value their personal bank accounts over the health, safety, and well-being of their neighbors.  I am not making this claim as a speculation, it is simply a truth that is evident through choice and action. 

Skip to 10:17 in the following video for a GREAT soundbyte.  This is maybe the first time I have felt PROUD of a politician. 

Shame on the NFL, and shame on each and every Buffalo Bill.

And as they say in Canada, "PEACE OOOT!!"