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If you watch ESPN or any of the other sports networks you may have heard that there is a big game this weekend. This game even has a nice little moniker, the “Duel in Dallas.” According to ESPN this is basically a look forward to the Super Bowl. A matchup of two titans of the NFL and the best offenses in the game. Of course I’m talking about the New England Patriots vs. the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday. It is a matchup of two unbeatens and the two hottest teams not
named the Colts in the NFL. So yes, on paper it sounds exciting, even I can admit that.

The problem is that this game won’t even be seen in every market and unless you pay the huge fees for the NFL package on DirectTV, you as a fan don’t have a say in the matter.

Unlike Baseball, football is far from a regional game. The NFL has become a league where people watch games for one of three reasons: 1) They bet on the game. 2) They have a player from their fantasy team in the game. 3) It’s a match-up between teams with top records. Other than these reasons most games are only really interesting in passing. Sure you may want to
watch a game with your team in it but most people in this country don’t have a team that they are die-hard about.

I’m a Ravens fan but given the choice I would watch Patriots-Colts over a meaningless game between the Ravens and the Cardinals. I want to see good football, and frankly there are very few teams in the NFL today that truely play good football. Of course since I live in Los Angeles, a Chargers area according to the NFL, I get the exciting Chargers-Raiders matchup this weekend instead of the “Deadly Duel in the Dallas Desert Designed for Doom and Destruction” or whatever it’s called these days.

But I guess by now we all should know the NFL could care less about the fans. Cameragate showed us that much.