Tomorrow the 45th edition of America’s favorite professional championship will be held in the house that Jerry Jones built. The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers are this year’s representatives, both of which have played a significant part in the NFL’s storied past. Nine of the previous 44 titles have come at the hands of these teams. This matchup has brought much hype throughout the country, with the possibility of breaking last year’s viewership record. On the surface this may seem to be the most glorious combination of events that the league would beg to happen. But there are a couple of facts that the League has been keeping under wraps; facts that prove the NFL are rigging these big time matchups.
As stated above the Super Bowl is being held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Cowboys were hoping to be the first team to go to the Super Bowl as the host team (In 1985 Super Bowl XIX was held at Stanford Stadium in which San Francisco defeated Miami a virtual home game for the 49ers). The Cowboys felt confident at least in front of the camera before the season started. But there are alarming statistics over the last 25 years that would prove they were not even going to be close. Since 1986 only the 1994 Dolphins, 1998 Dolphins, and the 2000 Buccaneers have made the playoffs the same year that their stadium hosted the Super Bowl. Out of those teams only the 94 and 98 Dolphins advanced to the divisional round, each losing to the AFC representative to the Super Bowl(94 Chargers & 98 Broncos). The NFL has prided itself about having a championship where the teams play at a neutral site that determines an “undisputed” champion. The Cowboys clearly were one of the most talented teams going to the season, but Roger Goodell demanded that they purposely take a dive in the hopes that they would not have a chance of breaking this trend. Remember Dallas started the season 1-7 and finished 5-3 making only a coaching change, this is definitive evidence that they were complicit with the NFL and letting their pride go out the door. So before you watch the Super Bowl remember this: The teams participating are there for entertainment, not because of their play alone.
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