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Chicago Cubs fans really are beginning to get annoying. All I hear now is how it is unfair that the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have all the money to spend on good players. The fact is though, Chicago Cubs has the third-highest salary in all of major-league baseball. The problem is that there are always just picking the wrong people for a team. You’ve gotta make sure you put a team together that doesn’t have all the different attitudes that do not mesh.

No, this is not your year. Every time you talk to a Chicago Cubs fans you find yourself wishing that you never did. If it is in February they say, this is our year. If it is in June they say, we like to try to play catch up. If it is in September they say, there’s always next year. No, this is not your year and there is not always next year. The way the team is put together there is no chance of bringing a World Series home to Chicago. The best chance is the White Sox, again!

Also, stop saying and talking about how it would be bad if Mark Cuban did end up actually with full ownership of the Chicago Cubs. This would be a good thing! He would use his money on players that will come together and just play the game and not say anything. Mark Cuban knows that this makes the best teams in any sport. If anything needs to be said it will be said by Mark himself. He is not at all scared of speaking his mind to the public and the commissioner.

He won’t ruin the sport of baseball either. He will only make it better. To get an owner that would want to actually sit and be part of his fans would be a pleasure in anything. Then at no time should you Chicago Cubs fans ever complain that your owner does not want it as bad as you do. He’ll be cursing and screaming as much as the other fans because the team is playing terrible. He will also be cheering loudly every game of the season and sitting with the other Cubs fans in the stadium.

The lesson here is that you are being offered everything you need to win a World Series and yet you are complaining about every little thing. The Chicago Cubs fans are becoming worse than Red Sox and Yankees fans themselves. Cubs fans always try to say that everyone comes back on the Yankees bandwagon when they become good again. However, I’ve seen the same thing with Cubs fans this year. No one even talked about the Cubs when they played terrible but as soon as they started to come back in their division and now lead everyone is talking about them again.

William is 24 years old and has a four year degree in journalism. He writes for many different blogs including Tattour, Anything and Everything, and Internet Celebrity Files. His main website is http://bradybunchsports.blogspot.com/

The largest American football league – the National Football League (NFL) – consists of 32 teams from all over the United States. It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America – the others being the Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL).

The NFL is divided into two conferences – the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), which are further divided into four divisions each, each division consisting of four teams. Each of these divisions is designated as East West, North, and South.

American football, played under NFL, descended from Rugby football played in England, and reached the United States via Canada in 1874. Professional football dates back to 1892 when William ‘Pudge’ Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to take part in a game, on November 12, against Pittsburgh Athletic Club. This makes him the first professional player on record. Professional football spread over the next few decades.

The American Professional Football Association, the predecessor of the NFL, was founded in 1920, and changed to its current name in 1922.

The NFL Season

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The playoffs end with the Super Bowl – the NFL Championship. The top team from each of the two leagues – the AFL and the NFL – plays in the Super Bowl. The day incidentally is considered an unofficial American national holiday! The Super Bowl was usually played the Sunday following the playoffs, but of late, it has been held on the first Sunday of February, every year.

The Super Bowl is the most watched sport on American television, with companies spending millions on commercials. The game is held for the Sunday night prime time audience on the East Coast. The winner of the Super Bowl in February is crowned the champion of the previous year. The Indianapolis Colts - who won the Super Bowl XLI in February 2007, are the champions of the 2006 season.

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