The Superbowl Pre-game show

For over 2 hours I listened to the pre-game show for the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis Colts were in it so I wasted plenty of time watching the endless experts discuss the game. Something became obvious. It seems that most people who were cheering for the Saints were doing so out of sentimental reasons. Because New Orleans suffered tragedy with Katrina we were supposed to cheer for them. Apparently Drew Brees became the patron saint of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In an interview they ask him who was helped more, Drew by New Orleans or New Orleans by Drew? They didn't mention how much he donated to the city but hey, that's his business.

As I sat there I kept thinking, weren't we talking about a football game? Why is New Orleans the only city to benefit from a football player? Oh wait they aren't. Didn't Peyton Manning donate MILLIONS to an Indianapolis children's hospital? Can't we interview some of the kids that benefited from that? Is New Orleans the only city that ever suffered a loss? Granted their loss was large but cities have terrible snow storms, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, flood, etc. For better or worse New Orleans isn't special for the tragedy, yet that's what the commentators continue to shove down our throats.

My team lost and I'm not bitter. The Saints played better and deserved to win. I am upset that we are supposed to feel sorry for New Orleans. It is a city in a bowl below sea level. It's not a matter of if a hurricane strikes but when. It's difficult for me to have sympathy when you KNOW what's going to happen. The town will flood again. It's like someone in Canada being surprised that it snows in winter and then I'm supposed to feel compassion. The people of Haiti are suffering and they didn't know it was going to happen. They couldn't have done anything to prevent it. They had no idea. That's a tragedy.

Rant over,
Ron