As stated in my initial conditions, I think that the one line that can be absolutely drawn is that the top team in any sport is the one with the most titles. Period. After that, it's anybody's ballgame short of tossing out that a team such as the Nationals deserves to be on the list. :)

Take two teams who each won 5 championships, one a long time ago when there was less teams in the league and just the championship game and one recently. Everything else is equal. Statistically, they are equal. Who is better? Some would say the more recent team, since they had to go through more teams and more playoff rounds to win. Others would say the older team because of the inevitable dilution of talent of expansion and the fact that that the regular season means so much more with less playoff teams–you have less chances to make the post-season. You simply can't say which is better.

We are not arguing statistics–which are facts–we are arguing which team is better, which is, always has been, and always will be a matter of opinion. You can't confuse the two. It's ludicrous ever to claim that such an opinion is definitive.

I apologize that you found the lynch line hurtful, but that's how your comments have appeared to me, a verbal lynching of anyone who disagreed with your opinion. I wasn't hurt by it–you can think what you want–but I felt the need to call it as I saw it. A lot of terrible things have been done in this world by the inability of one person or group to accept the opinions or beliefs of another. And while this little debate is meaningless in comparison to the greater areas of human discourse in which such tragedies has occurred, that mindset and inability to accept is dangerous at any time. Calling opinions has been such an argument for atrocities. It's a mindset that leads to such terrible things as lynching. I'm not saying you would ever do such a thing, but I was making a point on your refusal to accept that I could possibly differ with you. Because this is not a battle of facts, it is a battle of opinions, and your intolerance of mine amounted to as much in my book.

I am glad you respect that I stand by my decision and that I spent a lot of time on this; I hope you can also respect that I have an opinion, and a differing one at that. It is nothing more. I accept your apology and hope that you will accept mine. But I will continue to stand by my opinion because it is laughable to call the discussion of which team is greater a discussion of facts.

I have the manhood to stand by my decision instead of being bullied by a whiner who makes assumptions about everything and everybody.

This is everything about you need to be right and nothing else. You accuse me of being a "part of this ESPN/writes that think what you say is fact and no one should ever disagree with you," and yet I have repeatedly stated your opinion is valid and that you have every right to disagree with me, but I chose otherwise for the reasons stated. The fact that you cannot do the same shows you don't have the manhood to accept others who differ than you. You're a bleeping hypocrite! Lynch anybody recently?

I respect the Cowboys' accomplishments a lot. I spent a lot of time on the list and made a difficult choice with which I knew not everybody agree, but I have the guts to stand by my decision. Yet you assume you know everything about me and my opinions and accuse me of hating the Cowboys. You know NOTHING about me. Funny, you accuse me of East Coast bias and yet I picked a West Coast team over a team from the middle of the country. I love how you talk about logical human beings and everything in that last comment of yours is anything about.

Thank you again. Paradoxically, your feeble attempts to invalidate me (and I said me, not my opinion on the Cowboys-49ers debate) actually validate my statements about you (your vehemence, not your opinion on the team debate) with every subsequent comment. I appreciate your help.