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stillers4me
07-27-2015, 06:37 PM
We need a place like the one where the Steelers Nation convened Sunday afternoon, because football is America's game. And like Americans, football fans could easily lose faith in our institutions if we did nothing more than skim the headlines in the days before the first NFL teams reported for training camp.


The impending release of Junior Galette by New Orleans served as the latest chapter in what has become a thick book of stories involving NFL players' alleged violent behavior away from the field. Then there was the apparent never-ending story of Deflate-gate, a controversy that somehow challenges the integrity of the NFL's commissioner and its championship quarterback.


But when word dropped on Friday that the Pro Football Hall of Fame will not allow the late Junior Seau's daughter to speak at his posthumous induction, it seemed like a strike against decency, humanity and integrity — if not an outright attempt at censorship.


There's always been a peculiar beauty in the brutality that exists within the game of football. Lately, football seems less like a game than a reflection of real life, and that's made for a brutal fan experience.


Then there are days like Sunday, and scenes like the side of the road on St. Vincent Drive. There, 22 cars were parked in a line, the drivers chatting through open windows, some sharing snacks and beverages, maybe about a hundred people in total waiting on football.


Make that waiting on one particular football team.........

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