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Giving thanks this Super Bowl season Remembering those less fortunate around the NFL
Updated: Thursday January 25, 2001 12:33 PM
This is a message for the fans of the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens: As you gather with friends and family on this festive Super Bowl Sunday, as you blow up those inflatable chairs and make funny noises when you sit down, as you make your wacky wagers, as you revel in thoughts of Super Bowls past and future, as you pop open another cold one ... take a moment to consider the less fortunate. Think about how, but for the grace of a benevolent Supreme Being, you could be a Cincinnati Bengals fan, a Cleveland Browns fan, an Arizona Cardinals fan. Think how you could be huddled in the cold in Detroit, awaiting another new head coach, another five-year plan. Think how you could be in snowy Buffalo, more upheaval, not even knowing who your quarterback should be. Think about the flip side of New York, the New York Jets, Al Groh gone to Virginia, Bill Parcells gone to wherever, a million years passed since Joe Willie Namath walked the landscape in 10-league boots. Think about Kansas City, Dick Vermeil. Think about the poor folk of St. Louis and Tennessee, so happy a year ago, now questioning their faith in their defensive coordinators. Super Sunday can be a time of great celebration and joy. It also can be a time of great pain. Our new President won his job -- OK, just barely -- with a message of compassion. Try to show some of that compassion. Think about Los Angeles. No NFL team at all. Sports Illustrated senior writer Leigh Montville appears regularly on CNN/Sports Illustrated. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the writer.
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