Villains in Sports

    In the article, " Super Bowl XLIX is Between Lex Luther and The Joker," the author, John A. Tures compares the two Super Bowl teams to two different villains that are well known. Lets start with the Patriots, Tures compares them to Superman's arch enemy Lex Luther who never gets caught. That is in reference to how the Patriots have been accused of spy gating and deflating footballs. He also talks about how the Patriots did not fumble a lot compared to the season last year, so they must of done something to the footballs then too, or how they ended up getting a top running back to return to the team mid season. On the contrary, the Seahawks are compared to Batman's enemy the Joker. John Tures talks about how they are crazy by the way Marshawn Lynch talks to the media, what Lynch wheres to press conferences, how they compared their victory over the Packers to one of Martin Luther King's speeches, and how Wilson praised god for the victory.
     Now, we all know that everything John  Tures wrote was a load of bologna. Yes, the public loves to eat off of fresh information that could ruin the reputation of big team's in the NFL, but who doesn't love some gossip. Tures may be right in some aspects, but can the Patrtiots and Seahawks be personified as villains...not really.Sports do not contain villains, but they do contain teams that want to reach a common goal which is winning. Take a minute to think about if all of the Patriots accusations were switched with the Jacksonville Jaguars, nobody would blink an eye and I would not be writing this article right now. Since the Patriots are a top franchise, reporters try to make big deals to make big bucks, if the they investigate on the deflate gate issue then that story will be on every ESPN channel. If they make an article about how rude Lynch was or  how religious Wilson is then people will read it.
     In the end, there are no villains in sports or cheating teams in sports because its all a game with in itself and that game is what the media wants. The media wants to know and speculate every accusation because it is thrilling and amusing!