Originally Posted by
AtlantaDan
Agreed about it not actually mattering, which is why I have found it to be an entertaining diversion for decades. As Henry Kissinger supposedly once replied when asked why meetings of the Harvard faculty were so tumultuous, the emotions are so high because the stakes are so low.
But when one team (other then the Steelers of course) is playing in the AFC conference championship game and usually the Super Bowl every year, it has taken away from my overall enjoyment of the league and is a factor in my reduced viewing of games other than Steelers games.
There of course have been NFL dynasties before New England, but IMO the length of their dominance and their uniquely loathsome image is not good for the league. There are probably a number of reasons we no longer read about each Super Bowl setting a new record for total number of viewers, but I would wager Pats fatigue has played a part. I think I am not alone in the AB signing being some sort of culmination of why that franchise is disliked for both how it acts and how it dominates.