National obsession has a dark side

National obsession has a dark side

To put it in modern day terms, Spartacus would have made a terrific head hunting strong safety.

That means he would have probably run afoul of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, maybe even leading an uprising against Goodell.

But as heroic as Spartacus came off, I wonder if the spectators back in his time struggled, as we do now, with the way the games were played in the arena.

Did they spend the six days between events listening to talking senators Tramon Williams Jersey going back and forth questioning the severity of blows delivered?

Were their sports columnists filling scrolls full of righteous indignation?

I saw the stranglehold the women in Spartacus had on their men; would they have insisted their sons become accountants, and play soccer instead?

The other day broadcaster Colin Cowherd, the Socrates of our time, talked about the NFL's effort to sell lingerie and clothing to women, knowing they are also mothers and can't very well tell their sons not to play football while wearing a Manning jersey around the house.

The fact that the NFL would be worried about mothers telling their sons not to play football is telling as is. I just hope Cowherd has a food tester working for him.

Now I don't know what they called Starbucks back in Spartacus' day, but I would imagine while sipping whatever they sipped, most folks were appalled by the violence they were seeing in the games.

People are people no matter where and Jordy Nelson Kids Jersey when they lived, and usually offended by the same things whether they do their shopping at Home Depot or not.

As fans they Jordy Nelson Youth Jersey had to question where the games were going, sometimes their stars losing their heads and quite literally. It was a little like free agency, everyone falling in love with someone only to find him suddenly gone.

And yet the packersnflofficial.com/Nike-Randall-Cobb-Jersey.html games were incredibly popular, the fans shown on the Spartacus Saga filling the arena, drinking, the women half dressed and it was pretty much like a Raiders' crowd.

Obviously we love the NFL like we love no other sport. A lackluster NFL game still earns higher TV ratings than the World Series.

We all get together at the house every Sunday, food everywhere as my wife, daughter and I watch the Red Zone channel and every score in the NFL.

There is nothing like being a family, everyone screaming in unison at Andrew Siciliano to shut up when he tries to be funny. I can't recall a Sunday where there wasn't a great game played. Come on; is there a better show on Tramon Williams Green Jersey TV than the NFL?

We spend the other six days of the week like everyone else, condemning what is going on in the league; the head injuries, the Dolphins' situation, the toll packersnflofficial.com/Nike-Eddie-Lacy-Jersey.html on coaches and the latest report that one of our gladiators has been arrested with a DWI.