I've been out of market for 20 plus years and 'home' team is the titans so it's always been meh...
For sure. Lamar Hunt took a decent product and helped it explode into what is the modern NFL. There were many things that happened along the way. The 1958 championship ("the greatest game ever played") certainly played a role along with a number of smart businessmen like Hunt.
Another guy that grew up in WI here. Packers fans have had it real good for a long time. We went from the highest of highs in the 60s, to the lowest of lows in the 70s and 80s, and back to the high in the 90s and ever since.
I do own two shares of stock. I did it because I am not a fan of public funding for sports stadiums. It's just a private grab for public tax dollars. However, in the two stock drives where I purchased stock, the Packers were using the funds to offset stadium renovation costs. I looked at it as a way to put my money where my mouth was....and to be a part "owner" of the team.
Actually if you ever want to read a good history, uncle John's bathroom reader has a great read on it, way back into the 1800s.
I don't think that I've ever had to sit that long on the toilet, except maybe before a colonoscopy!
And? cherry picking proves what?
That's why I tried to go back farther, but either way a 20 year stat is more relevant than a 100 year stat. A bunch less changes in the game over the last 20 years than the last 114 years. That is not cherry picking, that is relevance. If this was a business, which it is, 114 years of data means squat in today's world. Shoneys was dominant, now it is almost gone. Steak and Shake is about dead. Howard johnsons was the epitome of the best restaurant. Blockbuster, radio shack, toys r us. Etc. One can hold on to the past or face reality of the present aka cowboys.
That spitting by Carter was totally out of line and disgusting. To spit on another man is about as low as you can go. No excuse good enough. Carter has had problems with acting out in the past and he needs to get it under control. It was on national TV no less. It’ll be part of what defines him for the rest of his career.
