Super Bowl: who will you be rooting for?

[Brikks]

Thanks for moving my thread (in hindsight, i should have put it in here to begin with).

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Cannot root for cheaters. Them making history is a farce. How do we know how long they were cheating before they were caught? It could have been years. I just don't think they deserve it, period. In my eyes, if they win they will always be known as the greatest team ever, that got caught cheating.... that will never be "perfect" in my book.

That's actually a good point and I hadn't quite thought about it. Unfortunately we don't have enough details about the extent of their cheating. The NFL chose not to reveal a lot. We DON'T know how long they were cheating, so we can't judge.

And is cheating cheating? If a player on your team is suspended for a certain amount of games for substance abuse/steroids, how should the games he participated in prior to the suspension be viewed as? What about previous seasons?

What about artificial stadium noise? Do the Seahawks deserve their home victories? Do the Redskins home wins for that matter still count? (it's been alleged that we too pump noise through the speakers...by our own fans).

How do we know what teams get away with what? Everyone tries to cheat in some way (from getting away with a hold to possibly having taped your opponents sidelines for the past decade.)

Again, it's a good points, but since we lack so much information (by it not being revealed by the NFL) and there is so much "potential" cheating, we must simply accept the punishments and penalties given by the league and consider teams/players having paid their "dues".

Originally Posted by Buster

I don't want to see a record go to people like Belichick and Brady. The record deserves better representatives.


I suppose you'd be rooting for Dallas too if they were in the position NE is.


Nope. Won't do it. Can't do it. Sorry.

exactly what type of people are Belichick and Brady? successful? cocky? bad tempered? wouldn't you say Laron Landry has all those qualities on the field? would you want him any other way?

And as for rooting for dallas? I don't know how I would feel if it happened. Technically I should root for them, but I just don't know. Luckily only one team has done it before and only one other team is now in the position to achieve (and trump) that achievement. So chances are I'll never be presented that dilemma.