Dec 19 2006
Uh, That Doesn’t Mean Sharing a Bed with Michael Irvin, Does It?
Remember The Mighty Infamous 50-Yard Indoor War? It just regained some of its relevance in the sports world again, as the Worldwide Leader just bought a stake in the Arena Football League. AFL officials described the league as follows:
This isn’t dating; this is getting married. (ESPN is) officially an AFL owner.
I haven’t seen a marriage this convenient since one of my co-workers got hitched to a Russian mail-order semi-hottie. Clearly, that deal with NBC did little to boost the always-fledgling league’s self-esteem, let alone its Q Score, and in order to keep itself from disappearing into the sports ether — or worse, ending up on Versus — it had to run back to Big Daddy Bristol and give up the nappy dugout. I’m sure those Sunday NFL Countdown boys that have their grubby little hands all over this league did their part in convincing it to come back into the family, no?
Too many people in America still think that sport begins and ends with ESPN — hence, the consistent (and consistently stupid) “Is poker a sport?” arguments. By returning to the Worldwide Leader, Arena Football ensures that the checks keep clearing. I ain’t sayin’ the AFL is a golddigger, but… well, you know.
One Response to “Uh, That Doesn’t Mean Sharing a Bed with Michael Irvin, Does It?”
Went to an arena football game. Got up to get a beer. Home team was up by 2 touchdowns. Came back with my beer. Home team was down by 3 touchdowns. Beer was flat,too.
Arena football is a lot of fun live.