Be Careful What You Wish For: Football Dynasties

The past couple of Super Bowls every winner was lauded and celebrated. They got the trophy, they get the rings fitted, they get the parade and the tour around town.

And about 24 hours after the end of the game journalists are already discussing if this team can repeat next year and become a dynasty. They did it this year with Green Bay, last year with New Orleans. The year before that Pittsburgh won its second in four years. But the years before that, the same question was put for the Giants, and for the Colts.

In fact the last time the dynasty moniker was actually accurate, was when the Patriots won three in four years.

Why people, do you insist on killing the party mood by talking about next season on the very next day?! Let the champs enjoy it for a while. Don't talk about dynasties before the fact. And why do you want dynasties? The NFL prides itself on the fact it levels the playing field every season no matter how good you were the previous season: the salary cap, the draft order, the strength of schedule: all this is meant to give every team a fighting chance.

Being part of a dynasty means you dominate the league, which means a lower degree of competition, less excitement, more resentment towards the dynasty itself, and actually goes against the very core of your league.

Why would you want that? Why do you want the teams to want that?

If you worked so hard to win a title, you deserve to savor it for a decent enough amount of time. If you happen to do it in dominating fashion, so be it. You don't have to throw it in everybody's face, but if you are clearly better than everybody else, then let it be.

Dynasties and repeats are for historians. The press, the owners, the players, the league better work on something more pressing, such as a new CBA...