We Forgot To Remember

Sunday morning got a little crazy for me and I missed the kickoffs for the early games. So maybe I missed the big remembrances around the league for 9/11. But maybe I didn't.

In an entire weekend of NFL football I did not hear one reference to 9/11. I did not hear of a single moment of silence. Not one announcer in a single booth talked about our heroes fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq.

There were many calls for help for the hurricane Katrina victims, and that is definitely a good thing for the NFL to be doing. But they forgot to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11 and their families and the soldiers fighting for our freedom around the globe, and that is definitely a bad thing.

The NFL played games on 9/11, there should have been tributes and remebrances league-wide. But there weren't. Only the Giants seemed to remember what day it was. And the NFL should be embarrassed by this major oversight! Especially since one of their own gave up a football career to fight in the War on Terror. And died doing so.

I also did not see a single reference to 9/11 on any pre-game, halftime, or post-game show. CBS, ABC, and Fox should all be embarrassed by that. And if it was done deliberately, they should all be ashamed!

Just in case you forgot the horrors and heroes of that day, go here, or here, or here. And if you're wondering about our heroes overseas and what they are doing and going through, go here and read it all.

And please remember that every American uniform holds a hero. Thank our soldiers, police officers, firemen and women, first responders, national guard, reservists, coast guard, etc, etc.

“We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” George Orwell