it is Super Bowl Sunday and for the first time in years I gave zero interest in watching. The New England Patriots are making it annual ritual to play in this game. They are up against the upstart Los Angeles Rams who are a good team however, got here through a blown officiating call in their previous game.
The Pats are led by an ageless wonder some might call him the greatest in the game (Tom Brady). He is an amazing player. He is arrogant, cocky and he knows it. That is what makes him a polarizing figure. No middle ground, you either love him or hate him.
Their coach is the same way except Bill Belichick has small aloof gruff personality. He is short in press conferences. One word answers. He looks like he would rather be anywhere else than on a football field. Yet he is a great coach and knows it and comes across that way. He doesn't care what people think of him.
I have heard people say you have to fail a few times to be successful. Look at one of the greatest US president of all time Abraham Lincoln. He ran for public office 9 times after losing the previous 8. Brady was drafted in the 9th round out of Michigan. Had mediocre stats in college. Belichick was fired from his 2 previous head coaching gigs with New York Jets and Cleveland Browns.
People don't like others who repeatedly succeed, when this happens they question whether they cheated or not. Look up Deflategate and Spygate on Google. Brady and Belichick come up. Did they cheat, probably not. Did they find loopholes within the legality of the rules probably yes.
I love watching sports all types except baseball (two people playing catch). Sports has winners and losers. Sports has great plays and great players. Sports has officials to make sure rules are followed. Sports has humans who are not perfect and prone to mistakes. We all have our favourite teams, players. We all have teams and players we openly cheer against. It is impossible to seperate passion and emotion from the games.
How we react to sports has an affect on our persona our physical and mental health. People go to extremes when their team wins or loses. In my favorite sport real football (Soccer) Brazil has long been considered the best and most successful country in the world. Yet every 4 years when the World Cup is played and Brazil doesn't win the title the suicide rate increaes for a few weeks. They last won in 2002. Four World Cups have come and gone. That is a lot of deaths by suicide.
I have played and been associated with teams in soccer, basketball, hockey and rugby. Had tough loses and emotional wins. Went through the gambit of emotions each tine out. When I watch my favourite teams play, I cheer passionately and have learned to accept defeat if that is the end result.
Enjoy the game, cheers good plays when they happen and accept the result no matter what it is. Sports is life and life is sports.
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