LII Post-Mortem

There are lots of reasons why people like sports. It's a competition. It's a chance for bragging rights. It's a feeling that you are part of something that is successful, because if the team you like wins, then YOU win, right? You're a part of the winning!

But another element about sports that some people find attractive is the fairness element. Life, as a rule, isn't fair. And we're starting to see more and more examples of how that's true, even in a place where freedom and liberty are supposed to be celebrated. But in sports, unlike in life, we have very clear rules and regulations, and we have people to officiate and uphold those rules and regulations, the referees, umpires, judges who are keeping their eyes on the ball and on the players.

So, it's a little disheartening to have a circumstance where a call made in a previous game wasn't upheld in the biggest game of the season.

Still, I can't be too upset. It was a game where it came down to the final play and with the controversy over what happened, can the victor truly say they earned the trophy? Yeah, they'll say it, but did they really?

The commercials were a little disappointing and Justin Timberlake, for all of the hype about how fantastic the performance was going to be, was fine, but not earth-shattering, as advertised.

I'm just glad it's all over. Now we can start thinking about baseball season and how many home runs the Yankees will hit this year!