In David Maraniss's article, "Winning Actually Isn't the Only Thing," he talks about the infamous Packers vs. Seahawks game on Monday September 24, 2012. He comments on the end call and how the Seattle Seahawks' coach was overjoyed upon winning due to a wrong call made by the replacement referees. Maraniss believes that if the Green Bay Packers were in the place of the Seattle Seahawks, they would not broadcast their win as victorious. They would want the fans to know that they had lost and that the other team won. Maraniss also comments on the interview with the Seahawk's quarterback saying that it was a "tough call" to call an interception a touchdown was like saying black is the same as white. He wants the game of football to be his escape, not an unsettling argument of who is right and who is wrong.
I have to completely agree with Maraniss's claim that us faithful Packer fans wouldn't say it was a "tough call," but say that it was a "wrong call." We will stand by our team through the ups and downs; but we won't stand by watching our team claiming themselves victors when they're not. If the roles were switched, I sure hope that our coach or any member of the team would have said that the game was not scored right. No, winning isn't everything like Adelson claimed, but winning truthfully while giving it your all is.
