PEOPLE HATE WINNERS ~ GREEN IS THEIR FAVORITE COLOR

Remember when the New England Patriots were the NFL's version of the Chicago Cubs? They had mild success from time-to-time, but nothing worth writing home about. The lovable losers from New England made appearances in two Super Bowls and lost them both to Jim McMahon's shuffling Bears and Brett Favre's dominant Packers.

People like losers because it makes them feel better about what they're not doing with their lives.

People hate winners because it makes them feel horrible about what they're not doing with their lives.

The end.

Don't believe me?

New York Yankees, Boston Celtics, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bulls... you hate them until they get on a solid success drought, and then they're lovable again. Nobody hates the Cubs, that would be ludicrous! How can you hate on a team that's perpetually terrible? (Well, okay, it's just different with the Raiders, they're hate-able. Am I right?)

Turn back the clock to February 3, 2002, the first Super Bowl after the 9/11 attacks. American sports fans were cheering for New England, under the rallying cry "We are all Patriots!"

Today, everyone hates the Patriots and their evil supreme leader, Bill Belichick.

Why? Because nobody likes a cheater, they say. Ahh yes, good old "spygate".

That is a big.. steaming.. bucket.. of bullshit.

One of the most successful NFL coaches of this generation, Bill Cowher, tells you that "it was something everybody does" but that gets ignored.

Well what about how they used trickery with their eligible receivers against the Ravens? John Harbaugh says nobody has ever seen it before except for when they have, but let's ignore that.

This former NFL referee says deflation of game balls is a non-issue and that gets ignored.

The NY Times reports that Eli Manning's game footballs are months in the making and that gets ignored.

Aaron Rodgers tells NBC Sports that he "likes to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it" and that gets ignored.

Silly facts always get in the way of unwarranted witch hunts.

Gregg Doyel - Clown from Indianapolis

<-- This guy says  “I’m sure I’m in the minority saying you can’t send this team to the Super Bowl. But I really believe that. You can’t do it. They got caught rigging the game. You can’t send them.” Really? 

Okay, don't send the Patriots to the Super Bowl. Who would you send instead? Well you can't send the Packers, their quarterback over-inflates the ball. Maybe we just name the Seahawks Champions and turn the NFL into the NCAA. Does anyone really believe that Reggie Bush didn't win the Heisman or that USC didn't really win the 2004 National Championship?

The only good thing to come from this topic are the hilarious, off-color jokes about deflated balls. It's the gift that keeps on giving. 

People like losers because it makes them feel better about what they're not doing with their lives.

People hate winners because it makes them feel horrible about what they're not doing with their lives.

The end.