Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs lost in the 55th Super Bowl game to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 31 to 9. This loss of my beloved Chiefs started me to thinking, what would have happened if…?
What would have happened if Patrick Mahomes, best young quarterback in football today, in my opinion, said “I don’t accept this lost”. What would have happened if he said “the Buccaneers didn’t win and the Chiefs are still the Super Bowl Champions”. What would have happened if he said “the officials in the game had it in for us and all the calls they made in the game were false and wrong” What would have happened if Patrick called the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and said “look we won the game all you need to do is say that we won and, award us 23 more points”. What would have happened if the Kansas City Chiefs fans agreed with Patrick Mahomes and said they were not going to acknowledge the Buccaneers win either. What would have happened if Patrick Mahomes took to the PA system and told the Chief fans to storm the capital, I mean field. What would have happened if the Chief fans stormed the field and many people got injured 5 of them fatally so. Think about this what would have happened, if all this happened?
The spirit of competition is as old as America and apple pie. Colon Powell says about competition “The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above average effort” Competition when done fairly makes all sides better. The winners are awarded the big trophy, receive fat paydays and bragging rights. The losers, well, the losers go back to the drawing board only now with a renewed knowledge of what to do next time to win. They should say “here’s how I’m going to beat you next time. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it, that is all there is to do”.
Fortunately, I don’t have to think about this any longer, none of this really happened, well, save for the fact that the Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs did lose to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 to 9 and one fan did storm the field. The jury is still out whether Patrick told him to or not.