dgsyd1

Here's an interesting look at the Superbowl from a British point of view

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/american...408279,00.html

TRPardoe

There is virtually no correlation between income and credit score.

A pauper can have an excellent score if they manage there meager wealth properly.

Conversely it is perfectly possible for a wealthy person to have lousy credit.

We see this scenario all the time.

Manc

us too in the insurance business.
even though SF in Mich. don't credit score yet, we have a "new business discount" which some people get and some don't.

fatbrit

Are SF going to use their own credit scoring system on the bureaus' data or is there an insurance industry standard? I've heard they don't use the FICO algorithm.

Hiro11

I found that article ridiculously patronizing a reeking of superiority. Completely obnoxious.

I can't believe the comments I'm reading here. They reflect total ignorance of football and football players:

1. Have you guys ever heard of cornerbacks? How about linebackers? Tight ends? (haw) Fullbacks? In addition to the well known quarterbacks and receivers, all of these positions are played by superbly conditioned athletes. Admit that you don't know what you're talking about.

2. The bashing of linemen shows complete ignorance of the state of football over the last couple of decades. Current linemen are 300 pound guys who bench 500 pounds and can run the 40 in less than 5 seconds. They are monsters. The flabby days of guys like the Fridge are 20 years gone. The guys these days are 100% muscle.

3. Why don't they play more than 16 games? Because this is the most brutal sport in the world. If they played more than 16, every player would be injured. Every game is incredibly punishing for every player on the field. Asking them to play more would mean that every game matters less. In fact, you could argue that the short season is a strength of football: unlike hockey or baseball, there's no endless regular season that dilutes quality of play and fan interest. Every week matters during the NFL season.

4. No strategy? WTF? Once again, this statement springs from ignorance and is almost not worthy of response...but I'm bored and will try anyway. This is a game where plays are planned and practiced with the precision of a military exercise months before they are unvieled. Where guys make millions of dollars a year by sitting in a booth and strategizing over the next play. The quarterbacks have to be able to instantly size up an evolving situation over a split second and react. Balancing the running game vs. the passing game. Called auditibles at the line of scrimmage. Nickle defense, dime defense. Clock management. Go for the field goal or try for a TD? The only part of the game that isn't soaking in planning, strategy and intelligence is special teams. The Patriots have proven that it takes immense strategic thinking to win.

To Americans, soccer (proper football) looks like a bunch of guys running around and feigning knee injuries, that's ignorance. But the same thing can be said about most of the comments here. Don't dis what you don't understand.

TRPardoe

I think you need to look up satire, humour and irony in a dictionary.

Hiro11

I love Ealing comedies. I consider Faulty Towers to be the apex of the sit-com. However stuff like this (from the article):
comes off as the rantings of a complete asshole rather than funny.

elfman

Oh lighten up Hiro. Steven Wells writes this kind of stuff about British football as well. He's having a laugh and I for one find it quite entertaining. There's a big element of truth in quite a lot of that article, particularly the middle two paragraphs of the excerpt you posted.

And it's "Fawlty", not "Faulty".

Hiro11

Yeah, you're probably right. I guess I'm just sick of the Guardian's holier-than-thou attitude about everything...particularly the US. But what do you expect...
Data from "Goonies" voice: that's what I said

TRPardoe

Serves you right (Left) for reading "The Grauniad".