Its pretty appalling about the MVP

[Dwayne Hicks]

Like these players don't make enough money they are given a free $50K automobile as well. But I guess thats ok they "earned" it.

[itsrobert]

1. I get your point but a Chevy Colorado is no where close to $50,000

about 1/2 that, maybe $30,000 loaded.

[Renew Deal]

2. There are a lot of things in this world to be worried about

This is near the bottom of the list.

[Dwayne Hicks]

3. Not really

This represents what is wrong with our society. Endless giveaways to the rich. This is just one example.

[Renew Deal]

5. This is more important than measles, the middle east, Ukraine, Euro finance, African war, etc?

It might be more important than steroid use in the puppy bowl, but that's debatable too.

[Dwayne Hicks]

6. Why do I have to pick?

I can't have opinions about both? And no measles is not a concern frankly the parents should be blamed for it.

[TeeYiYi]

8. It's called "Marketing." ..nt

TYY

[arcane1]

10. How is it a giveaway when only one person can get it?

It's a prize, nothing more.

If it makes you feel better, the winner will eventually suffer from severe arthritis and early dementia

[elias49]

17. Hell. Poor people win cars on Wheel of Fortune, too. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

51. While professional athletes make what I consider to be an obscene amount of money,

I don't consider them to be a part of the real "problem-rich."

Most ball players aren't funding nutjob politicians or destroying lives to make a profit.

Think of them as the "working-rich," along with heart surgeons, media stars, and others whose only "product" is not just the manipulation of money, people & other "assets" for profit.

The working rich are millionaires, and multi-millionaires in some cases. But they aren't billionaires. They are as liable as anyone to lose their retirements in a stock market crash. While they're eatin' purdy high on the hawg, for the most part they aren't the real driving force behind the Pikettyization of the Western world.

[KittyWampus]

39. Paul Krugman suggests salaries pro sports players receive helped spur rise in CEO salaries

so it's incredibly pertinent to today's problems.

[edhopper]

4. He will probably give it

To charity.
It's really just a Chevy promo.

[Marrah_G]

11. Yes, pretty sure the truck will go to charity.

[sharp_stick]

12. Hell I'd give it to the kid

that picked off that last pass.

[dembotoz]

30. yes

[edhopper]

31. That would be a good choice too nt

[hifiguy]

52. That's what the players always do.

Tom and Gisele need a Chevy pickup like a moose needs a hatrack.

[Downwinder]

7. Consider it a tip.

[CBGLuthier]

9. I find more appaling people who watch the whole thing and nitpick about it

We stopped watching it years ago.

I agree it is indicative off the ills of our society. So why did you watch it? Just to have something to complain about?

[arcane1]

13. Someone has to play the role of "over-the-top liberal"

Tonight it's their turn, apparently.

[Gothmog]

15. I was upset that JJ Watts was not MVP

[grasswire]

16. who got MVP?

Brady didn't play that well, did he?

[onenote]

20. He only threw four touchdown passes and set the Super Bowl record for most completions

Yes he had two interceptions, but his completion rate of 74 percent of the 50 passes he threw probably is the fourth or fifth highest overall. And he did it against the top rated defense in the NFL.

So in what universe would that be considered not playing "that well."

[Recursion]

27. Because those two picks didn't happen? (nt)

[onenote]

38. Yes they happened

And he still managed to complete 74 percent of his passes, set a new Super Bowl record for completions in a game, and throw four touchdowns against the number one rated pass defense in the NFL -- a team that only gave up 17 passing touchdowns all season.

I'd say that was a pretty good performance.

[cherokeeprogressive]

42. I think a person could toss four picks, lose two fumbles, get flagged for Unsportsmanlike Conduct...

and STILL be MVP. It boils down to "did you win?" and "who contributed the most?". Column D below lacks an asterisk.

[WinkyDink]

24. ????

[adigal]

18. And to give it to that cheater Brady, who threw two interceptions. Patriots didn't win, Seahawks

threw it away.

[sharp_stick]

19. Oh man

[Goblinmonger]

43. That was his IMMEDIATE reaction to losing the Super Bowl.

Seems kind of unfair to call that whining. I haven't seen anything from him in that regard.

[sharp_stick]

45. Oh no Sherman wasn't whining

actually I don't expect him to whine, that's not his style. I think the look on his face is more leading to anger at the play call.

The reaction shot was just a little dig at the poster that I called the whambulance for.

[Goblinmonger]

47. OK. My bad.

I see what you did now.

I'm not really a Seahawks fan and there is plenty to not like on that team, but I generally like Sherman because it's not his style to whine about things. And that is such a solid, real, human reaction.

[sharp_stick]

50. I can see how it came across like that

Especially after looking again and it looks like he was saying Oh Man in the gif.

[Dreamer Tatum]

21. Actually, both happened. nt

[onenote]

22. And Seahawks fans will have until next September to whine about it.

If that's the way they want to roll.

[Justice]

23. Wow, in denial much?

[adigal]

33. So Brady didnt throw two interceptions? And Seattle didn't practically throw the game

At the end?

Jeez. I must have been listening to a different game.

[WinkyDink]

25. You make the same error as announcers have been doing: ASSuming a run would not have been stopped.

OR THAT NO SEAHAWK COULD FUMBLE.

[Goblinmonger]

44. Well, I get the desire to pass when nobody expects it

but a throw to the middle? That seems odd.

And you have Marshawn Fuckin Lynch and probably 3 play. At least give Beast Mode a try or two at getting it in the end zone before you go all desperation.

[KamaAina]

48. Right you are.

It's the Pats who never fumble.

[onenote]

37. Actually, the Patriots made a great play.

The pass play, viewed through hindsight, was a lousy call. But if it had worked -- and it could have worked -- it would be lauded by Seattle fans as an act of genius, as another example of Carroll's bold play calling. But it didn't work because Butler made a great play on the ball and held on. If he only knocks it away, as happens more often than interceptions, the Seahawks have another chance or two to score.

People seem to forget that there are a lot of variables in football. A lot of things could have gone differently. The Seahawks could've run the ball and gotten stuffed or fumbled before scoring. It happens. They couldn've completed the pass. Butler could have just knocked the ball down.

What happened is what happened, just as the miraculous catch on the five happened although no one would have predicted it. Just as Lynch being stuffed for no gain on third and one inside the 10 yard lineforced the Seahawks to go for a field goal. The bottom line is the line on the scoreboard: The number one Seahawks defense couldn't stop Brady from throwing four touchdown passes and accumulating over 300 yards passing (considerably more than the 185 yards per game passing the Seahawks allowed for the season). They couldn't stop Brady from completing 74 percent of his passes -- more than Brady's season average of 64 percent. Th

A lot of plays led to the outcome of that game, not just the interception.

[LondonReign2]

46. Now you know how the Packers felt in the NFC Championship game

[KamaAina]

49. I'll give you the two picks

But who else gets it, assuming it has to be someone on the Pats? Butler, for the one pick? Remember, he had just been torched by Kearse for the bizarro catch that got them down there in the first place.

Of course, it didn't have to be someone on the Pats. One player from the losing team has gotten it, way back in SB V. Wouldn't it have been cool to see Marshawn Lynch with three brazillion mikes shoved in his face?

[TSIAS]

26. What?

I didn't see them give Pete Carroll or Bevell a new car.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

28. Based on the fact that he won MVP

He did earn it.

The things people bitch about.

[adigal]

34. That's backwards reasoning - based on the fact that GW Bush was president

In 2000, he earned it.

Really!

[SickOfTheOnePct]

41. Sorry, I wasn't clear

The prize goes to whomever earns the title MVP...seeing as Brady earned that title, he earned the truck.

[benz380]

29. I'll sneak over to Brady's house tonight and deflate the tires. n/t

[exboyfil]

32. Funny joke about the 1970 World Series

Brooks Robinson was a vacuum cleaner on every play to third base.

Total Baseball described Brooks Robinson's fielding with, "other-worldly defense at third (which) gave Reds right-handed hitters nightmares through the Series." Upon hearing that Robinson won the MVP award and a new car from Toyota, Reds' catcher Johnny Bench said, "If we had known he wanted a car that badly, we'd all have chipped in and bought him one."

[CreekDog]

35. how much do you think they should pay for receiving an award?

maybe by winning the Most Valuable Player, you're suggesting it should come with a bill.

[former9thward]

36. He has to pay taxes on it if that makes you feel better.

So it wasn't "free".

[NCTraveler]

40. As an employee he sure as hell did earn it.

He has spent his whole life becoming the best at something. Awards are given for those things. If someone determined they will get enough advertisement out of giving him the automobile, he accomplished what was necessary to be a part of that, then he has put himself in a position to where he earned it. If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else.