Gotta be a bundle .....

I wonder how much money is spent ..... EACH DAY, on POSTAGE, by Hospitals, Doctors, Insurance Companies and Health Related mailings. If we figured out another way of billing we could almost ALL get FREE HEALTH INSURANCE on the savings.

We  get as many as four or five envelopes EACH DAY from our local hospital, only got three today, along with an expensive newsletter from our local hospital.. Seems like the older I get, the more my life revolves around Doctors, Hospitals and health related agencies, and they all send out tons of mail.

Wonder what their postage bill really is?

APPALLING - Slap on the Wrist

“Payments were made for plays such as interceptions or fumble recoveries. All such payments are against league rules. Payments also were made for plays on which opposing players were injured. In addition, specific players were sometimes targeted. The investigation showed bounties being placed on four quarterbacks of opposing teams – Brett Favre, Cam Newton, Aaron Rodgers, and Kurt Warner. Multiple sources have confirmed that several players pledged funds toward bounties on specific opposing players, with defensive captain Jonathan Vilma offering $10,000 to any player who knocked Brett Favre out of the NFC Championship Game in 2010.”

The punishment was NOT DRASTIC, it was a slap on the wrist. Outside of  football, it is called "taking out a contract" on someone and is punishable by arrest and JAIL TIME, not a CRUMMY one years suspension. Coach now will have time to spend some of his MILLIONS he has made being a totally unprincipled morally bankrupt football coach. And, he can come back in a  year and do it all over again. PLEASE don't expect me to believe that the entire organization was not aware of this policy. Make them change their name to the "New Orleans Sinners." they certainly are not Saints. 

Read more here: http://scottfowlerobs.blogspot.com/2012/03/cam-newton-was-target-of-bounty-program.html#storylink=cpy

My Superbowl Opinion

Where are all the Colts?

I am becoming more of the opinion that a lot of pro sports are governed by the networks. They are all entertainment, which needs TV and good ratings, and TV is supported by advertising.


Case in point. Two of the best quarterbacks in the league, throw interceptions in the waning minutes of the game to insure a victory for the whole worlds sympathetic favorite, the Saints.

Poor Brett Favre, who loves to win, drops back to pass, has to make a decision. If he completes the pass, the Vikings will probably kick a field goal, win the game, and eliminate the crowds favorite, the Saints. He did the only thing he could do to insure a Saints victory, throw an interception.

The network bigwigs had decided that they wanted the Saints in the Super bowl. Research had shown that a game between the Saints and the Colts would possibly be the most watched game of all time. Poor New Orleans, all their trouble, and, rising from the ashes, a football team that was the pride of the state, should play in the Super bowl. And after the disaster in Haiti, another underdog, the Saints could speak for all the underdogs in the world.

I think the outcome was pre determined by the execs at the TV network. With the economy as it is, few advertisers withdrew from advertising. I think they were GUARANTEED the biggest audience in history. And that is what they got.

The Colts led at the half, “Quick, get on the phone, call the locker room, tell them that somehow, the Saints must win. The world will be happy, it will help the economy in New Orleans, the people in Haiti will be happy, it may even get a new mayor elected in New Orleans. Tell Peyton that if he wants to keep on making those millions each year, well, he knows what to do. Let him know it’s not like when his Daddy played, TV rules. Let him know that they get to win the game next year, we promise.”

So no last minute heroics, oh, he could have driven down for a winning TD for the Colts, but it was not in the script. It was probably the easiest interception in history. Stevie Wonder could have done it, and it sealed the game for the Saints. Obama was happy, the league was happy, TV was happy, as were the Saints fans. Indianapolis is a small town, they’ll get over it. They get it next year, again, and they already have one trophy.

Just remember, the ball never gets snapped till the TV guy gives the signal. They tell them when to play, you just have to wonder what else they tell them??????????