In David Maraniss short essay he
discusses that in football winning is not the only thing that matters. In his
opening paragraph he discusses that Sheldon Adelson says his philosophical
inspiration comes from the old packers coach, Vince Lombardi, winning isn’t
everything, it’s the only thing. Maraniss then goes on to point out that
Lombardi neither created this saying nor believed it. Also, he mainly discusses
the football game: Packers V. Seahawks, the horrible call that was made during
the last play and how people like Russell Wilson (quarterback), Pete Carroll
(Seahawks Coach) and himself reacted. He was disappointed in the way both
Wilson and Carroll and believes they should have handled the situation better. Maraniss ends his essay stating that neither
he nor Lombardi believed that winning is the only thing. What I get out of it
is that it is better to have integrity, sportsmanship, honor and respect then
just winning.
Through
and through I agree with David Mariniss’s position about winning not being the
only thing, other key facts are involved in football games along with other
sports. He respects that the Packers are locally owned and not owned by someone
who is mainly interested in making money I also agree with this. I really liked
how he refuted opposing arguments, which made his argument stronger and more
realistic because he acknowledged both sides. Overall I enjoyed this essay and
I felt like he wrote from the heart and had a lot of interesting points that he
was able to back up.
I think your response is very well written and agree with everything that you said. Also.. I like your picture, as well as the caption below. Couldn't be any more true.
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