As everyone has heard countless times over the past two weeks, when Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts meet Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears in today’s Super Bowl, it will be the first one ever to feature a black head coach. It will also be the first Super Bowl featuring two black head coaches.

Lost in all that, is the fact that this will also be the first Super Bowl won by a black head coach and it will also be the first time a black head coach loses the Super Bowl.

Seriously, why does the NFL seem to try so hard to make it known that blacks are a minority and that they should be treated special? They are the only sports league (perhaps the only organization, period) that requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate before hiring a head coach. People are getting interviewed because of their skin color. How is that not as bad as not being interviewed because of your skin color?

Why make a big deal over the fact that black head coaches have led their teams to the Super Bowl for the first time ever? Why should it be special? Its not a handicap to be black, is it?

Why can’t we just celebrate the accomplishments of Dungy and Smith because they are honorable men, brilliant football architects and tremendous motivators? Isn’t that enough of a reason to be happy for these two men? Then why should we marvel that they’re mainstream African-Americans who are articulate and bright and clean and nice-looking guys?

Is it possible that minorities continue to struggle opportunistically and financially because we keep reminding them that they’re different? Are we teaching young black children that their color is an obstacle and that they should look up to men like Dungy and Smith because they persevered despite their skin tone?

Nobody looked at Winston Churchill and refered to him as a “great white man” so why look at Dungy and Smith and refer to them as “black coaches”?

February is Black History month. I think its time to make that distinction history. The more we differentiate, the longer we remain different. The goal was always to be equal but it seems that we’re clinging to ’separate but equal’.

By the way, take the Bears and the points. Final score will be Colts 27, Bears 23.

“There are 36.8 million fantasy football players in the U.S., many of whom are playing when they should be working. The price of all that lost productivity: $1.1 billion, according to recent study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas” and published in Forbes.

We tried to organize a blogger league here but we soon found out that only seven of those 36.8 million people read Dr. Blogstein–not 7 million, just 7.

But anyway, due to the overwhelming popularity of fantasy football it was only a matter of time that some enterprising film makers took it to the big screen.

Please enjoy THREE clips from the upcoming mockumentary, Fantasy Football-The Movie:

(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) July 15, 2006–Dr. Blogstein announced today the launch of The Blogger Bowl Fantasy Football League.

The league, being hosted by Yahoo, is open to any blogger who can commit to a full season of competitive fantasy (American) football. The Blogger Bowl Fantasy Football League has room for 12 teams and Dr. Blogstein will be accepting requests to join on a first come, first serve basis.

“Blogger Bowl I will be the most sought after championship in Fantasy Football history,” Dr. Blogstein said in a prepared statement, “and I intend on winning it all!”

There will be a live, online draft at 7:15 PM ET on Monday August 28th.

To join, please email Dr. Blogstein for league registration information or post below.

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