A Perfect Skewer, and a Too-Perfect "Performance"...

If you want to see a perfect editorial on the disconnect between our culture and reality vis-a-vis football, I point you to South Park Studios and this week's episode:  "Sarcastaball".

Not going to say anything more, except they get the concussions, the alumni players, the replacement referees, the discussion on eliminating kickoffs, and Roger Goodell.

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And I will let Brian Tuohy and his Twitter talk about Thursday Night Mass...  err, Football...

Not only did it take half a quarter for a punt returner to get his head near-taken off (the real refs flagged it), but Brian had this to say about the other end of a 23-16 Raven victory in which the Ravens were favored over the Browns by double-digits (more screwing the betting public):

Tweet 1:  "Really NFL? You got rid of the replacements and now we get a 2nd chance at a hail mary ending?"

(Much like the Packer-Saint game from the opener last year, a last-play penalty gave the Browns one more chance to tie the game.)

Tweet 2:  "And people don't think the NFL is all about showbiz? Check the ending of BAL-CLE. The real refs gave CLE multiple chances to stay in it."

And then in response to my telling him of the refunds on the Packer straight and money-line bets by The D in Vegas, Tweet 3:  "@darkstar7646 Yeah, they refunded it so they could win it back on the Browns Thursday night - with no questions asked...."

Nothing more need be said.  Sounds like a big Fine Blotter later today!