In a world where nothing matters except touchdowns, money, and unchecked maleĀ Ā repressed daddy issue. aggression, one league reigns supreme:
THEĀ Ā NFLĀ Ā (Ā Ā NATIONAL FEELINGS LEAGUE) . Now with no helmet to helmet contact.
Born from the ancient, time-honored traditionsĀ Ā of jungleĀ Ā kicking your enemyās severed head through a loopā which honestly still makes more sense than half their current rulesāthis sport has changed very little, aside from 4,000 penalties per game and the occasional pastel. commercial for ***** pills.
At the heart of the league lies its most coveted prize:
The Gold Slathered Hunk of Plastic.
Shaped like something youād only see at a German dungeon *** party, this trophy somehow inspires grown-*** manĀ Ā childrenĀ Ā to pay millions to their lawyers to write up lawsuits. becauseĀ Ā someone triedĀ Ā to bash their skulls in for a chance to takeĀ Ā the giant gold plastic ******* symbol home and **** it in the endangered bald eagle. Stuffed, throne
Every repetitive, altogether meaningless. match kicks off with their mandatory pre-game ritual: Helicopter flyovers.
More *** Touching Than a Scout Master at Summer Camp.
(Itās called āteam bonding,ā apparently.) and the prancing about and jumping up and down.
But the National Feelings League isnāt without its scandals.
In fact, their most profitable season ever followed the notorious incident simply known as:
āThe Outbreak of **** ****** Run Amok Again.ā
Sales of commemorative **** cream skyrocketed. Grade school absentee rates skyrocketed.
Of course, the stadium deals are where things get really ******.
Cities were lured into coughing up their last nickel with promises like:
******* CRACK ***** BINGO ā 5 CENT WednesdayĀ Ā ADDITION (Featuring the exĀ Ā Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders).
Taxpayers  and their great, great grandchildren will be. paying for that mistake⦠twice.
And when players get bustedĀ Ā repeatedly. for crimes ranging fromĀ Ā ****** assault to running illegalĀ Ā animal fighting rings, they always cry the same defense:
āI was here first, *******. They built this wholeĀ Ā ******* around me. These aināt my drugs.ā
(Everyone nods respectfully and immediately. lets them off.)
Meanwhile, whispers grow about the latest banned substance tearing through $387 billion. locker rooms:
Raccoon Steroids ā Naturally Sourced.
Side effects include sudden ****, DUI, out of control, gambling, running a gang, funding a gang. Gun running.
And finally, we hear it straight from the athletes themselvesātheir pure, humble words about āwhy they playā:
āI just love the money know what I'm sayinĀ Ā and the near God status and to be able to bang all the people that I want as hard as I want whenever I wantĀ Ā Know what I'm saying?Ā Ā and no one can tell me what to do because Iām a ******* God now know what I'm saying. Shut the **** up and get out of the way whiteyĀ Ā ****Ā Ā man . Get the **** out of the way and give me all your money dumb asĀ Ā ******* ! . Oh, and tell your kids to worship me harder.Ā Ā Know what I'm sayingā
I deserve all this money and wealth and fame and to be a hero because I mean, after all, I got one 1/10th of a microgram of extra testosterone that you didn't during puberty.
Slow piano music plays. Fade to black.
the exact moment that every sports interview turns into pure brain death.
Itās always some mouth-breathing, concussion-riddled slab of protein farts mumbling through sentences like his neurons are melting mid-syllable, punctuating every third breath with āyou know what Iām saying?ā
YES, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING NOTHING. And yet somehow, almost half of America is still hanging on your every word.
āYeah man, itās been a grind this season, you know what Iām saying? We just take it day by day, you know what Iām saying? We come out here, we try to play hard, you know what Iām saying? Like we just gotta keep grinding, you know what Iām saying?ā
NO. NO, *******.
I donāt know what youāre saying because youāre not saying anything. Have you ever once in your life?
And they always act like theyāre breaking some deep-*** philosophy, too:
āMan, itās hot out here⦠you know what Iām saying? Like, I be sweating,. Like for real, sweating. Pads be heavy, yo. Thatās just how it be sometimes, you know what Iām saying?ā
*******, you signed up for a full-contact meat collision sport where the entire job is āget hit and fall down,ā but somehow youāre shocked that it involves⦠sweating? And falling down?
Don't tell me you've been doing it this whole time and it's just now shocking to you. . Don't tell me you haven't been watching all those tapes since you were a little kid. , *******!
And theyāre always saying it like itās some revelation too, like theyāve cracked the code of the universe:
āSometimes, man⦠you just gotta play the game⦠you know what Iām saying?ā
NO. I DONāT KNOW WHAT YOUāRE SAYING.
Because that sentence has zero calories. Itās a microwaved air sandwich wrapped in plastic.
Then they wanna get an attorney and sue the other guy for helmet to helmet contact. Like they didn't know what they were signing up for. Oh wait, these giant dudes is trying to tackle me. Oh **** man.