Am I going to watch the Super Bowl?

The occasional reader who drops in when searching blogs on the NFL or Michael Vick may remember that I am boycotting the NFL since that 'august' body signed Vick to a huge contract after he cold-bloodily murdered his own dogs.

One respondent to my post sharing the fact that I am not going to watch the NFL as long as they allow this monster to continue in gainful employment said that the loser Vick 'made a mistake'. Yeah, like, 'I was going to the store but I killed my dogs instead'? That kind of a mistake?

But, now, the Super Bowl (and all of the hype) is coming up. The evil Philadelphia Eagles and their degenerate former quarterback Vick aren't in it, so maybe I can break my vow and at least watch the commercials?

Naw. As compelling as the game might be, I just can't lend my eyeballs to the venal NFL, who obviously cares more about money than justice for animals.

Mr. Vick is reported to have electrocuted, strangled, and stomped his own dogs to death when they disappointed him.

He does not deserve anything good to happen to him for the rest of his sad and pathetic life. I hope he gets what he deserves in this world, or the next.

Life without the NFL

As the passing reader may remember, I am boycotting the NFL because they rewarded the evil dog-killer Michael Vick with millions of dollars. Business and stupid fan loyalty has allowed this to happen.

Well, I won't have any part of it.

I have avoided any television and radio broadcast of the NFL this year. Withdrawal, as you might imagine, isn't difficult, especially with the panoply of college games on the boob tube. I enjoy football, I enjoy watching the plays and the strategy unfold, and I find the college game to be more rewarding than the pro version.

For many decades, college football was the only game in town. The pro league was an afterthought watched by dozens of fans every year. I don't know why it changed; I suppose a case of severe laziness on the part of Americans. Not only can they watch college football on Saturday, but they can (if they support dog-killers) watch the pro version on Sunday, Sunday night and Monday night.

I have to confess I enjoyed watching the pro version if my team, the San Francisco 49ers, were playing. The 1980s teams with Joe Montana were almost all-consuming on Sundays. If I were going to be out of town (I used to hike on Sundays frequently), I'd tape the game, every last game.

I must say I don't miss the pro version at all. The 'crutch' of college football has helped ease my withdrawal, and, to be fair about it, the pro version only lasts five or six months of the year anyway. So I've had to suffer the withdrawal every year for six months, anyway.

And there is always baseball. Baseball is the best game to listen to on the radio. You don't have to watch the plays, since there is only one or two players involved in most plays (unlike football where there are 22 players on the field, most of the time). And baseball lasts seven months, plus there are the exhibition games when it's also fun to listen to. Baseball is kind of boring to watch on television; radio or live is the best.

All in all, let the NFL celebrate dog torturers and play with their over-paid players, over-paid coaching staff, and maniacal owners fiddle around with their delusions of grandeur. I'm not part of it, anymore.

Michael Vick and the NFL

Perhaps a few readers have heard that the monster Michael Vick has been welcomed back into the NFL (the Philadelphia Eagles). Not only that, the fans of the Eagles gave him a 'standing ovation' upon his return this week.

This is disgusting. The monster Vick was not only involved in dog fighting, a brutal sport that by definition is animal abuse, but he tortured and killed dogs who weren't 'good enough' to fight other dogs. That means that innocent dogs who wagged their tails, licked hands and faces, full of love and happiness, were tortured by electrocution, by strangling, and by being stomped to death at the hands of the monster Vick.

Yet this monster is glorified by the NFL and the residents of Philadelphia? This evil monster is rewarded by the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles and the fans of that team?

DISGUSTING

I cannot watch a NFL game as long as the monster Vick is rewarded by the NFL. I will not watch a game, I will not watch any pre-game show, I will not buy anything from any advertiser that I know of that pays the NFL and/or the Philadelphia Eagles, nor will I allow the evil that is associated with the monster Vick into my home.

It is indeed sad that America not only allows such evil to get out of prison after only 18 months, but it REWARDS the evil that the monster Vick is.

I will never set foot in Philadelphia as long as I live, for the citizens of that town encourage and love all that the monster Vick represents. If they objected, the monster Vick would not now be playing for the Eagles.

I know my actions will not change the venality of the NFL or the Philadelphia Eagles, but I hope somehow the poor dogs who suffered terribly at the hands of the monster Vick know that someone loves them and is so sorry that they suffered. I hope somehow they know that someone fought to deny their torturer the rewards and adulation that Philadelphia is showering on the monster Vick.