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Editor’s note: This column concludes a four part series on the United Football League and it future role in American sports. Parts 1-3 can be found at deepintosports.com.

When it comes to professional ballplayer’s striking their workplace, I’ve never been on their side. (Especially baseball players. What a bunch of vagerinos, huh? They call themselves a union; yet when umpires, ballpark concession or maintenance workers strike for relative pennies, Major Leaguers–in all sports, really–will piss on a picket line to collect their $40,000.00 game checks.) Makes me sick.

This time it’s different. Many, if not most NFL players cripple themselves plying their trade on American gridirons. Some of the game’s legends are on skid row because playing the game has destroyed their ability to earn a decent living. If the league wants to cry “Poverty,” I’m down. But have the integrity to open your books to the men who make your franchises worth billions of dollars and prove you are not greedy old bastards.

Make no mistake; Roger Goodell did not become commissioner of the most lucrative sports league on the planet by being a dumb-ass. The league will never open its books.

Continue Reading The UFL Part IV: Who Are You Trying To Fool?

Mea culpa, I’ve been an Eagles fan my entire life. My family has had season tickets since before I was born. And though I am used to failure and embarrassment, nothing in the team’s history has struck me quite as hard as this signing did. Even when McNabb barfed away a Super Bowl, I never found myself questioning my very fan hood like I am today.

Let me preface by saying, I’ve never liked Michael Vick. Even before his reprehensible actions were brought to light, I disliked him for some very petty reasons. You see, as he dazzled at Virginia Tech, one of the teams frequently shown on the opposite end of the highlight reels were my beloved West Virginia Mountaineers. When I found out about the dog fighting ring, it only compounded a hatred that was already brewing within me.

Now Michael Vick is a Philadelphia Eagle. It’s surreal. It seems like only yesterday the Eagles defense completely shut him down in the NFC Championship game.

I was just getting used to LeShon McCoy being an Eagle because he played for much-despised rival, Pitt, and now this?

I’m going to try to avoid the more obvious reasons why I hate this move. Anyone who knows me knows that I love dogs and could never abide by someone who deliberately hurts one. Instead, I’m going to try to focus on the football and business sides of the arguments why I think this is a terrible move.

Continue Reading Michael Vick – An Eagles Fan’s Reponse

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Editor’s Note: Ken Aversano recently contacted me after finding Deep Into Sports via a Google search. I was really impressed by his Tiger Woods Infographic and invited him to write a guest article for DIS.

Ken’s Bio: Ken Aversano started ZipGolfer.com to provide golf coverage for those with a sense of humor. He’s no 4-handicap, that’s for sure, but he loves the game and gets out on the links whenever he’s not busy tweaking his website.

Watching Tiger best the Buick Open field last week, I couldn’t help but wonder about his dominance. Apparently, some folks aren’t even convinced he’s the best golfer of all time. Not me, though,

And I set out to prove it.

So I started browsing his historical results. First I checked out TigerWoods’ own site, saw some cool facts and a whole mess of PR, but it left me wanting more. So I headed over to the Wikipedia and, as always, found a ton of info. But I still couldn’t find what I wanted — a single, graphical representation of Tiger’s wins and losses, complete with video highlights, opponents that beat him, and Tiger’s winnings.

Continue Reading Tiger Woods Infographic

Imagine yourself at home on an autumn Friday evening. You’ve explored every link on your porn site(s)—-again. Your bank account barely has two numbers before the decimal point. Your perfumed, high-heeled, mini-skirted girlfriend has taken off for a weekend in Vegas with three of her girlfriends and their four “gay” friends.

You haven’t read a book in the last fifteen years. There is nothing on television, but a reality series set in a convent.

Your only escape is the UFL. I know what you’re thinking: “WTF is the UFL? Like the UFC?” No, but you would think the marketing gurus for the United Football League could come up with a unique acronym unto itself like the AFA for American Football Association.

The DIS Special Examination Division or DISSED—-now that’s an acronym—-has been assigned to write a four part series on the fledgling league. The first part can be found here: http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/07/25/ufl-united-football-league-nfl-competition-success-problems/

The second here: http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/08/03/ufl-united-football-league-nfl-minor-league-failure/

In the first two installments, we refer to the NFL as a monopoly.

Continue Reading The UFL Part III: What the Hell Is Going on Here?