The Honor of the NFL: A Response to '...A Brit's' Perspective

As mentioned in "...A Brits" article, it is customary for NFL teams to run the clock out when they have secured a win over their opponnent.  The article goes on to mention that these men get paid for their effort— the better the stats, the more money each individual receives—so they should play hard the whole game, giving the same effort in order to perform to those standards.

 

If you take each individuals contract and apply them all successfully to the same game then you would reach the following situation: two, 200-yard passers with two touchdowns, two 100-yard rushers with one touchdown, four 100-yard receivers with one touchdown a piece, 10 defensive linemen with sacks, six linebackers with sacks and each with an interception, and at least two corner backs with an interception. 

 

Now, that sounds like a heck of a game to watch, but the truth is, it doesn't really happen.

 

Teams have good games and bad ones.

 

When one team has a tremendous amount of success in a single game, I appreciate them taking a step back and letting the clocks run out. 

 

The reason I feel this way is that they are all stars, and it shows camaraderie between the teams.

 

Yes, I understand that opposing teams don't have to be friends, but remember they also belong to a greater association. 

 

The NFL receives millions of viewers a week, and not all of them are adults who have chosen their character path— some of them are youth, and these days our youth need to watch anything that character building they can.

 

Since I strongly dislike “Bellacheat” and the Pats, I'll also add that maybe if they had taken some guys out in their wonderful season and talked about the future, they would have been more prepared for a slightly above average New York Giants team.

Tell me what you think...Drew(WDE)