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Group: alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks · Group Profile
Author: John DeBooJohn DeBoo Date: Dec 21, 2006 12:09
Melvin wrote:
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> On Dec 20, 8:59 pm, "Santolina chamaecyparissus" juno.com>
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>>You also have no idea what criteria players and coaches use
>>when they vote, it's just as likely they vote for their buddies or
>>teammates, or just hand the ballot to their wives and say, "I'm busy,
>>you fill it out," as that they make a careful, informed choice. But
>>you already knew that and are deliberately being a tool.
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> Since players are not allowed to vote for their teammates, some of them
> do the next best thing: they vote for a player least likely to pose a
> threat (in Pro Bowl voting) to one of their teammates. Dallas players,
> for example, would have voted for Kitna, not Hass. And Seattle players
> would have voted for Kitna, not Romo. Pretty amazing that Kitna didn't
> make the Pro Bowl! :-)
Kinda like what I do in primary elections. I'm a registered Dem, I vote
for the least likely candidate (usually) on the Dem ticket, them in the
General election, I vote for the Rep!
John
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