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reine.de.tout2/06/2011 3:34:37 pm PST

re: #79 Renaissance_Man

After some consideration, it must be the Packers, for the following reasons:

1) They wear the mighty Green and Gold. This alone would be reason enough.

2) Community-owned. As a foreigner, I find it terribly jarring how the trophy of major sporting leagues is handed to some guy in a suit, rather than a player.

3) On my one and only trip through Green Bay, my good mate and I were hit on by more or less every woman we met, and some of them were tempting enough to make us cancel the rest of the trip.

4) My totally unscientific and anecdotal encounters with Steelers fans suggests that they are rabid to the point of deliberately being obnoxious. This is similar to rednecks, who are different from hillbillies in that rednecks are hillbillies who go out of their way to be arseholes. Sure, many fans of many teams are obnoxious, but this is different from, say, Jets fans, who are just obnoxious naturally and thus can’t help it. This seems to be a calculated obnoxiousness on the part of Steelers fans.

5) Ben Roethlisberger appears to be in need of a good slapping.

In addition to being paid very very well to play this game, the players of the winning team get a very expensive ring, which immediately becomes a major collector’s item adding to its value.

I’ll take jewelry over a tacky trophy any day.