On SB Sunday, I made a very much overlooked and probably dismissed as BS post that  I had prior info that the Pack was going to win. The one person that commented on the post said it was ridiculous. I just want to share with my fellow citizens of The Nation that what I said was not BS and that as I have suspected, that the league is, and has been manipulating games for quite some time. The following is a passage from an article on thefixisin.net on the NFL's recent legal woes. PLEASE, ALL MY STEELER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, READ THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND!!

.....The biggest problem is that the games do not have to be on the level.

The NFL’s own lawyer stated that the league competes in the "entertainment marketplace." Because NFL football is in fact entertainment and nothing more, perhaps that was why in yet another court ruling, it was proven that the NFL could fix its own games and legally get away with it.

Carl Mayer is a New York Jets season ticket holder. He is also a lawyer. When it was discovered that the New England Patriots were videotaping their opponents’ coaching signals – a scandalous event later dubbed "Spygate" that shook the NFL in 2007 – it happened to come to light during a Jets-Patriots game.

Mayer sued, seeking $185 million in damages on behalf of all Jets ticket holders. His claim was that due to the Patriots’ actions, the games between the two franchises were essentially rigged since Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick took control of the team in 2000. In early 2010, the case reached a U.S. appeals court.

In May 2010, the appeals court judges tossed the case. The Senior Judge of the three judge panel Robert E. Cowen wrote, "We do not condone the conduct on the part of the Patriots and the team's head coach, and we likewise refrain from assessing whether the NFL's sanctions (and its alleged destruction of the videotapes themselves) were otherwise appropriate." But the reason why Cowen and the other judges decided against Mayer was because, "At best, he possessed nothing more than a contractual right to a seat from which to watch an NFL game between the Jets and the Patriots, and this right was clearly honored."

Mayer’s lawyer, Bruce Afran, disagreed. He believed consumer fraud had occurred. He said, "(The opinion) seems to suggest that no matter how much ticket holders pay, they can be defrauded by NFL teams. And it puts the NFL on the same level as professional wrestling."

Of course, because there is no law outside of the loose interpretation of fraud from preventing a league from fixing its own games, Afran’s conclusion is correct. One cannot fix a sporting event for gambling purposes; that is illegal. And one cannot fix an intellectual contest for entertainment purposes; that was made illegal after the quiz show scandal of the 1950s.

But fix a sporting event for entertainment purposes? Completely legal.

What’s worse, the lawyer representing the NFL, Shepard Goldfein, actually argued in court that "fans likely would buy tickets even if they knew the Patriots were stealing signals." In other words, the NFL realizes that much like pro wrestling, even if fans knew the football was rigged, they still pay their money to see it.

As these two court cases prove, it is time to see the NFL in a completely different light. It is not a loosely organized group of teams fighting tooth-and-nail to beat their rivals. No, the NFL is a well-organized machine out to maximize its profits by doing everything within their power to make people consume their product: the games.

…And that includes possibly allowing fixed games to occur because sucker fans would still pay to watch them play football

This piece was based upon and the quotes used within it were taken from the following:

AP article, "Justices seem skeptical of arguments." January 13, 2010.

AP article, "NFL players union lobbies Congress in battles with league owners." January 20, 2010.

AP article, "NLFPA’s Smith paints bleak picture of league’s labor situation." February 4, 2010.

AP article, "Court tosses Jets’ fan lawsuit over Patriots’ secret videotaping." May 19, 2010.

AP article, "Supreme Court rules NFL is 32 teams, not single business." May 24, 2010.

Fatsis, Stefan. "Supreme Court voices resistance to NFL in antitrust case." sportsillustrated.com, January 13, 2010. 

 Fellow Citizens, I love my Team, I got it tatoooed on my arm, but I want the team to be able to play without interference from a league that is clearly not in support of the players who risk their lives week in and week out or the millions of devoted fans that pay their hard earned money to go to a game or shell out 200+ dollars just to see thier team play on T.V. every Sunday to these equally dubious cable companies.The owner of the website I got this from made the prediction before the game that the Pack would win due to inside info from a League employee. We did not win not only because of poor play on our part, but because the Steelers with all of the problems this seson, do not fit the image of who the NFL feels should be the face of the league. I encourage everyone to checkout thefixisin.net for yourselves. 

Has anyone heard any news about Joey Porter coming back? My dad said he saw something about that on Sportscenter and I was wondering if anyone knew the whole story if there is one. Joey coming back would be great, that D needs someone like him to light a fire under their asses and get the team back to playing Steeler Football. I know he's getting long in the tooth but we could use his type of leadership and he can still play. Thanks!