There hasn't been a lot of good NFL news in a long time. Yesterday there was. We got two great news items. The best NFL news in a very long time should have had it's day but both got washed away. The Arizona Cardinals held a press conference to announce the hiring of Jennifer Welter as an interim inside linebacker coach. Welter is the first woman to hold an NFL coaching position. Congratulations Coach! There isn't a lot of NFL news that could top that but one did. Later in the day it was announced that Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry has been cleared to return to the football field. It was only eight months ago that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Not only was his football career in question his life was in question. After only months of cancer treatments, Eric Berry will be back on a football field. With so many football players dreading the start of training camp a silly thing like cancer couldn't keep this player from it. Simply fantastic news.
Instead of those two terrific news nuggets the idiots in the NFL offices saw fit to drown them out by releasing the news that Roger Goodell has denied Tom Brady's appeal of his suspension. Nice work Roger. The NFL has drawn out this mess for so long. The possible deflation of footballs deserved about ten minutes of attention. It should have ended before we got out of the month of January. Each day since has made the whole thing more comical and sad. The manner in which the NFL has handled this nonsense has hurt the integrity of the game far more than the "crime" that caused it. Now it's going to last longer than Berry's cancer fight.
Yesterday should have been about Jennifer Welter's new job. This moment should have had the light that is reserved for historic moments.Yesterday should have been about Eric Berry's miraculous return to football. Instead of giving both the attention that they deserved the NFL dumped their trash on them. Nice.
Congratulations Coach Welter!
Welcome back Eric Berry!
No comments:
Post a Comment