Hey NFL, How About A New Franchise?

Hey! Pssst! Commissioner Goodell! I'm talking to you! Come here! I'm a lifetime football fan. By football I mean 350 pound sweathogs beating the snot out of each other in the trenches, rocket-armed quarterbacks slinging pigskins like a cook slings hash, ruinning backs with more moves than U-Haul and receivers that do a touchdown dance choreographed by Alvin Ailey; not that soccer BS. The only reason soccer is the most played game world wide is that 3rd world countries can afford the equipment: a ball (shoes are optional). You will not find any more rabid real football fan anywhere else.

Dude, listen. I have noticed that there are a couple of, shall we say, lower performing franchises in the league. They fail to draw a crowd, they get beaten like a red-headed stepchild, and in many cases they are overshadowed by better franchises withing their home state. I speak of the Houston Texans (the bitch of the Cowboys) and the Buffalo Bills. You should have known that when the Oilers left town for the hills of Tennessee despite having gone to the AFC Championship game (losing to the then dominant Bills who were ultimately victimized by the Cowboys) and having great players like Warren Moon on the team, there was no reason to put a franchise back in Houston. The team stinks, the management is inept and the University of Houston Cougars draw a bigger crowd. The stadium is great. They can really pack in a great crowd for the annual Houston Rodeo and a George Strait concert. Don't even get me started on the Bills. The fans in Buffalo should be getting a check from the NFL for having to put up with bad coaching and average performance on the field. When Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas et al left, they took the magic with them.

So what to do? I suggest that you move one of these two once good but now sad teams to Boise. We have a fantastic stadium already available on the campus of Boise State. The closest other franchises are the Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and San Franciso 49ers. The climate is great for football. We support our teams rabidly. You could change the name from the Buffalo Bills to the Boise Mountain Cats or the Idaho Wranglers or the Boise Barnstormers or something (I would go with the Mountain Cats). You'll sell out every game whether or not you win and we would be so thrilled to have a team we would like waive taxes and crap. It would be sweet! Seriously...think about it. It would give you something else to do besides suspend all of the players in the league. Peace out...go Mountain Cats!