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Perhaps you've been living in a nuclear fallout shelter for some reason, or have just avoided all
forms of mass media over the last two weeks or so and didn't know that the NFL season starts
tonight. Well, it does, and the super spectacular kickoff game features the defending Super Bowl
champions versus the Brett Favres.
I'm going to go ahead and assume that you've seen the wonderful video tribute to the USMNT's World
Cup run entitled "Dying Bravely." If you haven't, stop what you're doing and watch it now. It's
worth every second of its eleven minute run time. The video above is part 2 - the link goes to the
full version.
I was thinking about Non-League Day as I fell asleep last night. If you don't know about Non-League
Day, here's a bit of background:
"The "non-league football day" is the brainchild of James Doe, a lifelong football fan,
supporter of QPR and follower of Harrow Borough FC.
A listener of the American Soccer Show sent me this email yesterday, asking an interesting
question. While I could wait to use it on the next show (and I probably will mention it), I thought
I'd share it here first. It's obviously in response to the debate over Thierry Henry's punishment
for injuring Kevin Hartman.