NFL: League of Nations (Article)

[Silverphin]

I like this read. I'm pretty sure a lot of you will like it, too.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2434221

Edit: Here's my favorite part.

Consider the most memorable moment of Super Bowl XL three months ago: On the touchdown play that secured a fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a white quarterback born and raised in Middle America and drafted in the first round (Ben Roethlisberger) handed off to a black tailback from a small town in North Carolina who made the roster as a free agent (Willie Parker). He reversed the ball to a player with a Muslim-sounding surname but who was raised in the Pentecostal faith (Antwaan Randle El), who then threw it to a wide receiver born in Seoul, South Korea, (Hines Ward) to parents of mixed races, for a game-clinching 43-yard hookup.

 

[Silverphin]

*bump* Come on, what do you guys think?

 

[AquaInferno]

It's good to see the NFL having players from all around the world, it's just too bad the name American gets tacked in front of football to cure confusion. I kinda wish a different name for the sport was chosen way back when, because Europeans nor Americans are gonna budge on this and football will always mean 2 different things.

 

[Mike13]

Diversity is always agood thing.