tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post117069921308026821..comments2024-03-27T14:58:23.360-07:00Comments on aka pastor guy: Super MondayMark (aka pastor guy)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-1170816627318019272007-02-06T18:50:00.000-08:002007-02-06T18:50:00.000-08:00That's a fine plan the NFL has there...only its no...That's a fine plan the NFL has there...only its not quite fool proof. I say that because I have a Tennessee Titans Super Bowl champions t-shirt...only the Titans lost their one appearance in the big game to the St. Louis Rams. <BR/><BR/>I was given the shirt as a gift from a friend, and have completely forgotten how he got his hands on it. <BR/><BR/>Oh well, I never wear it. Some 7 years later, its still too bittersweet to actually think about too often.Scott Rushinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941615826228265183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-1170788969965206682007-02-06T11:09:00.000-08:002007-02-06T11:09:00.000-08:00Mark, I thought about you with this. It is a blur...Mark, I thought about you with this. It is a blurb from Preaching Now - an online newsletter from Preaching magazine (I am currently working for them)....<BR/>Congratulations to the winners of the Super Bowl: the Chicago Bears.<BR/><BR/>OK, I'm guessing you watched the game (even some of those $2.6 million commercials) or at least heard the score, and you know that Indianapolis actually prevailed. But to the residents of some African village soon, the Bears were and always will be victors of Super Bowl XLI.<BR/><BR/>That's because as soon as the game was over, Reebok representatives rushed onto the field with 288 championship caps and t-shirts, making sure Peyton Manning and team were seen in those garments that would be on sale at your local retailer on Monday morning. But that means there were an equal number of items on hand proclaiming the Bears as winners. What happened to those shirts and caps?<BR/><BR/>According to a story in the Feb. 4 New York Times, as soon as the game was concluded, the unused apparel was kept under lock and key, to avoid any renegade caps showing up on eBay. Then on Monday it was all shipped to a World Vision warehouse, from which it will soon be sent to an African village for distribution to people with no TVs and no football, and for whom the Bears will forever after be the winners.<BR/><BR/>So while we have some bones to pick with the NFL over refusing to let churches show large-screen displays of the game while allowing sports bars to do so, at least they got something right. Instead of just destroying 288 perfectly good -- if inaccurate -- shirts and caps, they get them into the hands of people for whom they will have real value.<BR/><BR/>And the Bears can know that somewhere in the world, they are winners after all.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Michael Duduit, EditorAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872072757690671588noreply@blogger.com