In its own rather grotesque way, that unseemly paragraph perfectly captures the strange, distasteful brew that was Vince McMahon’s attempt to create a rival to the NFL. ), and rougher (none of your namby-pamby protecting the players in vulnerable situations) version of grid-iron was just what America needed. Well, that was the case up until two weeks ago when news broke that a company owned by McMahon has been very quietly filing trademarks in and around a product called the United Football League. After all, president Donald Trump, McMahon’s good friend and one-time WWE opponent, is among the buffoons constantly chirping about the emasculating of the game. A league then that will mandate blind patriotism and ignore the possibility of brain trauma.

Source: The Irish Times December 27, 2017 18:00 UTC