Walter Shapiro: Why I Won't Watch The Super Bowl -- Ever

Walter Shapiro: Why I Won't Watch The Super Bowl -- Ever

Like so much in my life, I blame it on Richard Nixon.

If Nixon had not purported to be such a fanatic football fan that he designed a special play for Washington Redskins coach George Allen... If, at the height of the Vietnam War, official Washington had not embraced the Redskins and pro football with a bipartisan bellicose frenzy unmatched since the Roman Senate worshipped at the Temple of Mars... If the Redskins under Allen, reflecting the theocratic excess of the sport, did not get down on their knees in the locker room to offer a prayer of gratitude after defeating the Dallas Cowboys...

Nah, it probably would not have made any difference.

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