February 20, 2006
ATT: Paul Allen
Seattle Seahawks
Customer Relationship Department
800 Occidental Avenue South, Ste #500
Seattle, WA 98134
Paul,
I wanted to first and foremost express my gratitude to you for keeping this team in Seattle and making intelligent decisions to bring in the right people to make this a successful organization. I have been a devout fan since 1982 and even have a blog dedicated to the Seahawks and Seattle sports.
I am writing this letter to express my concerns over the way that the NFL willed the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Superbowl XL. I have never considered myself much of a conspiracy theorist until watching that game. As you are well aware, there were numerous calls in that game that changed the MOMENTUM of that game,and momentum is what drives sports. Furthermore, the following day on ESPN.com, 70% of the country believed that the refs in that game had altered the end result of that game. Coupled w/ the fact that the Rooney family made their money gambling, I can only begin to think of the ties that the Rooney's, Paul Tagliabue, and the NFL had in that game for Pittsburgh to win. Moreover, the fact that the NFL allowed them to pass out “terrible towels” to non-partisan fans entering that game made it even more of a joke.
I acknowledge that you are a very powerful man in this world and I hope you use your clout in this league to bring Seattle a championship. The whole country witnessed one of the greatest fixes in sports history and it's unfortunate that it was Seattle that took the brunt of that rigging. Almost every day since that game I have run articles on the blog regarding that game, and everyone has agreed w/ every word I’ve said. I will continue to post these articles until justice is served. The 6,000+ readers we receive every month want what is right: the NFL to admit their wrong doing.
Sincerely,
CEO of Seattle Sports Blog
|
Comments:
Your comments are right on the mark. I too believe the agenda for the game was for the Steelers to win the game. The way the NFL controls the media and the officiating, they can get away with it and will in the future.