I would not call myself a sports fanatic of any type, but if there's one sport I can really get into it's football. And being from Wisconsin, my team is obviously the Green Bay Packers.
Now, we haven't been to the Super Bowl since 1997, which I barely remember. And after Favre left, I wasn't sure if we'd be seeing it anytime soon. But here we are, less than 24 hours away from the big game. Exciting, although I feel a little tinge of sadness at the fact that I won't be able to watch with other Wisconsin fans. We seriously get riled up about our Packers!
I also read that Obama will be backing the Packers this year. And this is not the first Bears fan who I heard this from today, actually. So why is Obama for the green and gold even though we put his team to shame two Sundays ago? Because the Packers "exemplify a model of public-private collaboration that represents the best hope for the nation, and for his presidency".
The Pack is the only NFL team in the nation that is not privately owned, but a nonprofit, community owned entity. This came to be nearly 90 years ago, and if the team were created today it would not be allowed!
Apparently this is because the NFL believes that the collaboration of private and government is dangerous, but it seems the Packers have proved this to be incorrect. Apparently, Obama is looking at collaborative governance a lot closer...
I suppose it's about time we take a new approach.
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