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Originally Posted by Pats and Sox
Everything was still patriotic at that point in time--it was hardly surprising for anything on the level of the SB to choose 9/11 as a backdrop. Speaking as someone who fled his office as the nearby Pentagon burned on that fateful day, I probably would have been deeply upset had the NFL not chosen to honor the fallen, the first responders, and the military.
Thus, it's silly to draw the logo/Patriots parallel. I suspect they chose that logo long before the AFCCG was decided. That noted, the Patriots' logo is red, white, blue, and silver. The logo had no silver.
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It might not be quite as silly as you think. The NFL had been trying to get rid of it's "bad boy image" for a couple of years, and what a Page Ranking coup a Patriotic Superbowl would be! I found this article a couple of weeks ago.....could there be something to this? I ask that you give this some deep thought as I have, and make the connection. Sometimes PR has nothing to do with generating more revenue. Sometimes it can be about cleaning the halo.
http://slam.canoe.ca/FootballNFLPrev..._overview.html
This sure made me go, "Hmmmmmmmmm...."
The question of "What could the NFL possibly have to gain from the Pats win?" was asked in another thread. Could a steak on their black eye be it?