A Curse-A-Brewing?
As everybody knows, there’s extensive “research” done on the taboo that is the Madden Curse. Yet again it has struck, knocking out one of the two people on the 2010 cover, Troy Polamalu. Boy, did it strike fast this year too! In the first game nonetheless.
However, that’s not why I’m here to talk about. Obviously the Madden Curse is something to be aware of, especially if you are Larry Fitzgerald who is the second person in the tandem that is on the cover. Instead, I’m here to reveal to you a possibly new curse that many have not taken notice, but I have with my keen eyes. I’ll dub it the EAS Myoplex Curse.
Granted those folks at EAS probably do not intend for such an even to happen, but nonetheless some odd occurrences have been observed. Please take a look of the data for yourself thus far:
- Brady Quinn: First spokesman I noticed on these commercials. It is reported in rumorville that he was more interested in becoming a male model over playing quarterback. I do not know if it is true, but the commercials seem to validate that conjecture. Couple that to his latest failures in running the Cleveland Browns offense, this might be the case. Or is it the Myoplex curse?
- Matt Hasselbeck: Overall, a talented quarterback who runs the Seattle Seahawk offense to perfection. Recently, Matt went down with an injury to his ribs against the 49ers which knocked him out a couple games. That hurt the team as they fell to 2-3, but they should rebound with Matt back (not at full strength however). Normal football injury or the result of promoting Myoplex?
- Larry Fitzgerald: Currently, Larry is doing just fine. He’s the new guy on board to the EAS advertising gig. So it is either the curse has yet to affect him or all this is a sham. Maybe he should take out some insurance, especially considering its a double whammy for him: being EAS spokesman and gracing the Madden cover.
So far, we have two known incidents of decline in football “playability.” More data is needed, but even if Larry has a drop-off, we can not ascertain the true reason for his theorized failings. That is because he’s on the Madden cover too, confounding our results. Unless there are other spokespersons for EAS we can gather data from, we shall never know the true nature of this purported curse.
Extra note: This curse applies to only football spokespersons because the careers of Jen Perez and Chase Utley seem to be unaffected by their duties as spokespersons.
