Under the leadership of Commissioner Roger Goodell the
National Football League has transformed into the NFL…the No Fun League; a
tightly controlled, ridiculously choreographed spectacle of public relations
spin. While most of the time it runs like a German train system, there have
been a number of glaring and often epic fails; see Ray Rice for a prime
example.
So what is it like to be in the NFL; the real story,
not some public relations maven’s version of reality, but the real deal? Well
fans and detractors alike may have a nose under the tent dose of reality in the
form of NFL Confidential – True Confessions
from the Gutter of Football by an author using the pen name Johnny Anonymous
who claims to be a real, live NFL backup.
Not just any back up mind you, but a guy who lays claim
to the desire to be The Best NFL Backup
Ever a phase he claims to have trademarked; though I have my doubts. Anonymous
claims he is among the tiny fraction of players who are in the NFL, the highest
peak you can plant your flag in the sport of football, who actually hates the
NFL and all the bullshit that goes along with it.
Along the way Anonymous serves up credible insight into
the players and coaches, the mind games and the physical abuse these guys
subject themselves just to be a part of their chosen profession. He pulls no
punches when stripping away the carefully varnished image the NFL wants to
project publicly about things like the Ray Rice video and what the players
truly think about rainbow flag poster child Michael Sam.
Snarky, acerbic and often laugh out loud funny, who
ever this guy is (not surprisingly there’s no shortage of speculation of the
web on that subject) NFL Confidential is
a truly entertaining read even if you’re not a football fan. So when his dream
to be the Best NFL Backup Ever reaches
its inevitable conclusion, he’s got a good head start on his next career path.
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