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Peyton Manning allegations are further proof of media in bed with NFL

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By now, you have heard that a media outlet called Al Jazeera (very credible, I might add) has a documentary called the  “The Dark Side: The Secret World of Sports Dopers”  set to air on their website later today. In that documentary, based on an undercover report by a British hurdler, several prominent American athletes are allegedly using sophisticated (and sometimes not so sophisticated) ways to use performance enhancing drugs. Several names have surfaced in the report, both from the NFL and MLB. But the most prominent name being Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos, who  of course vehemently denied everything. I am not here to pick through the weeds on the details here or to slap Manning, or Ryan Howard, or anyone else named on the list on the wrist (although, the past has taught us regarding PED allegations, where there is smoke, there is fire). But what I am here to do is further explain my long-standing theory of how the NFL is a genius marketing machine and has brought itself

How John Mozeliak is like Warren Buffet

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This post was originally posted on our old URL on December 25, 2015, but is meant to give you simply a snippet of what you should expect from us in the future on our new home, RooSportsMedia.com!  John Mozeliak is smarter than you.  He is smarter than me as well, so please do not feel as though I am only singling you out. But it must be said, that he is much smarter than you, despite the criticism he has faced this offseason for his failures in luring  Jason Heyward  and  David Price  to the St. Louis Cardinals. I mean, its not like he didn’t try. He did offer each a contract approaching $200 million, which are commitments his boss has never pledged to any single player before. Not even the great  Albert Pujols . Yet, the BFIB has constantly bitched and moaned about how poorly Mozliek performed this winter. Pardon me for repeating myself, but this is exactly why Mozeliak is smarter than you. When it comes to bidding on free agents, just because you do not win does not mean you fai