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Due to the 24 hour ESPN, NFL Network, and sports talk radio shows that need to talk about something to fill those hours up, it seems as if football has become some long drawn-out soap opera, that runs parallel with American Idol.
When exactly did this happen? When did http://www.ravensshopnflofficial.com/STEVE-SMITH-SR-JERSEY-CHEAP.html we start to care so much about who Tony Romo was dating that it requires 2 hours of pre game interviews? When did Terell Owens doing push-ups on his driveway constitute anything that a football fan cared about?
As somebody who hit puberty in the early 90s (not that long ago) I don't remember ever seeing this kind of interest in third-rate entertainment as it is today.
This is why throwback football Adrian Wilson Womens Jersey jerseys seem to hold a special place in my heart. These jerseys represent a part of time when fans adored the player wearing the jersey because of what he did on the football field. It wasn't based on how much money the player made or because of the constant, self-promotional attention that they desperately crave.
To be perfectly honest, we didn't know much about the athlete. We didn't know who Barry Sanders agent was or who Troy Aikman was dating? It really didn't matter. There was an essence of mystery about them. You saw them for 3 hours and the next time you saw them was in the following week's game. That's it! We didn't know anything about their lives, and we didn't wasn't to.
That's why I always get a kick out of somebody wearing a John Elway or Dan Marino throwback football jersey. It takes me back to a different time when the game seemed purer.
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