Comments on: For Better or For Worse ending details http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Eric Burke http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75897 Eric Burke Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:14:32 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75897 And that's right, JG, I said the Colts were dirty just to make you stop yawning! ;) Seriously...Peyton is damn funny in those commercials! And that’s right, JG, I said the Colts were dirty just to make you stop yawning! ;)

Seriously…Peyton is damn funny in those commercials!

]]> By: Eric Burke http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75896 Eric Burke Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:09:44 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75896 Sports are run and played by people willing to cheat and lie, period. The Pats just did it better than most for a few years. Steroids are a problem on every major sports team regardless of sport, and coaches/managers of every sport are always trying to steal oppossing teams plays and calls probaly since the first pick up game was ever played. It comes with competitive athletes always looking for any andvantage they can get. Sports are dirty, and the filth varies. The Pats are dirty...the Colts are dirty...Lance Armstrong is dirty(no, I'm not French!), Bulgarian female powerlifters are dirty...most of the field of the Tour de France are dirty...and I'd be willing to bet that golden boy Cal Ripken is <i>dirty!</i> And I agree: The Pats choked in the Super Bowl. But the Giants D had alot to do with that. They were just better on that day, that's all. And again: The Pats went 18-1 with the world watching their every move. Not too shabby. Hard to cheat last year under those circumstances, wouldn't you agree? Even during the years in question, the Pats still had to execute. The arrogance of teams like PIT, STL and OAK did them in...just like it did the Pats in last year. Now, the Arlen Specters of the world will look for every and any excuse as to why their team lost to the Pats, citing Spygate of course, but also probably because they hate Belichick(probably like most NFL coaches do. He's not gracious.) and because Tom Brady dates the hottest women on the planet. Now...none of this helps or hurts Lynn Johnston, I realize, but it's far more interesting than discussing redrawn reruns or hybrids or whatever else is going on there...AND we got John Lynch now! What's that old sports adage? <i>"If you're not cheating, you're not trying to win!"</i> Go Hoody! Sports are run and played by people willing to cheat and lie, period. The Pats just did it better than most for a few years. Steroids are a problem on every major sports team regardless of sport, and coaches/managers of every sport are always trying to steal oppossing teams plays and calls probaly since the first pick up game was ever played. It comes with competitive athletes always looking for any andvantage they can get.

Sports are dirty, and the filth varies. The Pats are dirty…the Colts are dirty…Lance Armstrong is dirty(no, I’m not French!), Bulgarian female powerlifters are dirty…most of the field of the Tour de France are dirty…and I’d be willing to bet that golden boy Cal Ripken is dirty!

And I agree: The Pats choked in the Super Bowl. But the Giants D had alot to do with that. They were just better on that day, that’s all. And again:

The Pats went 18-1 with the world watching their every move. Not too shabby. Hard to cheat last year under those circumstances, wouldn’t you agree?

Even during the years in question, the Pats still had to execute. The arrogance of teams like PIT, STL and OAK did them in…just like it did the Pats in last year.

Now, the Arlen Specters of the world will look for every and any excuse as to why their team lost to the Pats, citing Spygate of course, but also probably because they hate Belichick(probably like most NFL coaches do. He’s not gracious.) and because Tom Brady dates the hottest women on the planet.

Now…none of this helps or hurts Lynn Johnston, I realize, but it’s far more interesting than discussing redrawn reruns or hybrids or whatever else is going on there…AND we got John Lynch now!

What’s that old sports adage? “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying to win!”

Go Hoody!

]]> By: Rick Stromoski http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75892 Rick Stromoski Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:38 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75892 The silence was not one based on collective guilt, it was based on protecting the product of the NFL brand. If The facts were disclosed regarding the true extent of how New England cheated in all of their super bowl runs including playoffs, it would have seriously crippled the credibility of the NFL , hurting what is now a billion dollar business in ticket sales, tv contracts, licensing and betting. That's why Goodall destroyed all of the evidence within days of recieving it. If the fan base thought for one minute that the NFL brand was not on the up and up it would fold like a house of cards. NFL ownership saw the danger of full discloseure and swept it under the rug to protect it's finances. They don't give a damn about rings and Lombardi trophys...the bottom line is what really matters...New England nearly turned the NFL into the WWF. The silence was not one based on collective guilt, it was based on protecting the product of the NFL brand. If The facts were disclosed regarding the true extent of how New England cheated in all of their super bowl runs including playoffs, it would have seriously crippled the credibility of the NFL , hurting what is now a billion dollar business in ticket sales, tv contracts, licensing and betting. That’s why Goodall destroyed all of the evidence within days of recieving it. If the fan base thought for one minute that the NFL brand was not on the up and up it would fold like a house of cards. NFL ownership saw the danger of full discloseure and swept it under the rug to protect it’s finances. They don’t give a damn about rings and Lombardi trophys…the bottom line is what really matters…New England nearly turned the NFL into the WWF.

]]> By: Wiley Miller http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75882 Wiley Miller Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:37:26 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75882 "I’ve heard this argument ad nauseum…where’s the evidence of other teams doing what the Pasterisks did? There is none." Well, there's circumstantial evidence. During that entire episode, did anyone hear any other coach, general manager or owner from another team condemn the Patriots over the allegations? I didn't. If this was something so heinous that no other team would even think about doing, I would think there would have been an avalanche of criticism and demands for driving the coach and general manager of the Patriots out of the league, banning them for life. Instead, there was dead silence, not wanting to draw any attention to what they, the other teams, were doing. The Patriots got caught. End of story. “I’ve heard this argument ad nauseum…where’s the evidence of other teams doing what the Pasterisks did? There is none.”

Well, there’s circumstantial evidence. During that entire episode, did anyone hear any other coach, general manager or owner from another team condemn the Patriots over the allegations? I didn’t. If this was something so heinous that no other team would even think about doing, I would think there would have been an avalanche of criticism and demands for driving the coach and general manager of the Patriots out of the league, banning them for life. Instead, there was dead silence, not wanting to draw any attention to what they, the other teams, were doing.

The Patriots got caught. End of story.

]]> By: Rick Stromoski http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75881 Rick Stromoski Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:50:15 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75881 ≥≥≥The Pats took what most teams were doing(stealing/studying plays) and took it to the next level. I've heard this argument ad nauseum...where's the evidence of other teams doing what the Pasterisks did? There is none. >>>Rule benders? Is that what outright cheating is called these days? The only football fans in the country that believe that any of the Cheatriots super bowls are legitimate are in New England. They will forever be known as cheats who won their super bowls by a grand total of 3 points and had to cheat to do it. Oh yeah and they choked when it came to when it really counted. The 2007 Patricheats will be remembered not as a great team who went 18-0 but more like the 2003 Yankees who choked against the Red Sox. This sums it up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13sb5LBfKf8 ≥≥≥The Pats took what most teams were doing(stealing/studying plays) and took it to the next level.

I’ve heard this argument ad nauseum…where’s the evidence of other teams doing what the Pasterisks did? There is none.

>>>Rule benders?

Is that what outright cheating is called these days? The only football fans in the country that believe that any of the Cheatriots super bowls are legitimate are in New England. They will forever be known as cheats who won their super bowls by a grand total of 3 points and had to cheat to do it.

Oh yeah and they choked when it came to when it really counted. The 2007 Patricheats will be remembered not as a great team who went 18-0 but more like the 2003 Yankees who choked against the Red Sox.

This sums it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13sb5LBfKf8

]]> By: Eric Burke http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75876 Eric Burke Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:14:47 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75876 The Pats took what most teams were doing(stealing/studying plays) and took it to the next level. Under the microscope, they went 18-0 before losing to a NYG team that played great football. Hardly frauds. Even <i>if</i> they knew the other teams plays, they still had to stop them and score on them, which they did. Often. Rule benders? Sure... ...but if Shawn Merriman can test positive for steroids and still play in the playoffs, then the Pats and Spygate are the least of the league's worries.. The Pats took what most teams were doing(stealing/studying plays) and took it to the next level. Under the microscope, they went 18-0 before losing to a NYG team that played great football. Hardly frauds. Even if they knew the other teams plays, they still had to stop them and score on them, which they did. Often.

Rule benders? Sure…

…but if Shawn Merriman can test positive for steroids and still play in the playoffs, then the Pats and Spygate are the least of the league’s worries..

]]> By: Beth Cravens http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75873 Beth Cravens Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:30:16 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75873 I just don't think I would want to go back and redraw my old stuff. I don't understand what this will accomplish for FBOFW. I just don’t think I would want to go back and redraw my old stuff. I don’t understand what this will accomplish for FBOFW.

]]> By: Rick Stromoski http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75866 Rick Stromoski Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:56:21 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75866 >>>…and I can’t wait for the Patriots to expose Favre as the aging, overrated QB he is! TWICE!! Just as the Patriots were exposed as the cheating asterisk laden frauds they are . >>>…and I can’t wait for the Patriots to expose Favre as the aging, overrated QB he is! TWICE!!

Just as the Patriots were exposed as the cheating asterisk laden frauds they are .

]]> By: Eric Burke http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75862 Eric Burke Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:56:19 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75862 Bill, at least Favre has that big NYJ O-line keeping him upright. The editors at Lynn Johnston's syndicate aren't doing the same for her. They're letting her tarnish a great strip's legacy when they should be advising her against what she's doing. I know...the syndicate just wants the FBorFW revenue. I wish that greats in their respective fields could go out on top like Watterson and Larson in comics, or Michael Strahan in football. Too many hang around to long. ...and I can't wait for the Patriots to expose Favre as the aging, overrated QB he is! TWICE!! Bill, at least Favre has that big NYJ O-line keeping him upright. The editors at Lynn Johnston’s syndicate aren’t doing the same for her. They’re letting her tarnish a great strip’s legacy when they should be advising her against what she’s doing.

I know…the syndicate just wants the FBorFW revenue. I wish that greats in their respective fields could go out on top like Watterson and Larson in comics, or Michael Strahan in football. Too many hang around to long.

…and I can’t wait for the Patriots to expose Favre as the aging, overrated QB he is! TWICE!!

]]> By: Bill Kellogg http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75861 Bill Kellogg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:39:59 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/12/for-better-or-for-worse-ending-details/#comment-75861 Lynn is the Brett Favre of the comics world. Lynn is the Brett Favre of the comics world.

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