I've been fighting the urge on this. On one hand, I don't care yet on the other hand I really don't care. However, a good friend of mine who DOES care about all this shit, and who I respect, cued me into a pretty good explanation from the NFL:
(good lord, what a browser link!)
So, I came down to the basement to yell a minute.
My thoughts on this are such that if the tables were turned, this would not be the issue it is. Green Bay is SUPPOSED to always win, and Seattle is SUPPOSED to always lose. That's why the dust-up. This game was perceived to be stolen from the entitled, no matter of rule or reality.
I don't claim to be a football fan. I'm just not manly enough and though I'v really worked on it, I just can't manage to fart really loud. I'm just a dork, down in his basement yelling.
Now, I can't imagine the Seahawks will get much help from a win here. Even if they won every game from here on out and the next 5 super bowels...oops, bowls, they would have no national respect. That's the way it is.
It's always something...
