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File This Under: Why Me, You, And Everyone You Know Should Be Cheering For the Steelers This Sunday

Nate Barlow broke down the SuperBowl for us in an easy-to-understand, intelligent, non-partisan way yesterday. However, seeing all the readers pledging themselves to the Cardinals, I feel I must speak up and take this conversation to a higher-level.

missykulikIf you cheer for the Arizona Cardinals — the debateable “underdogs” — this Sunday, then you get the mere satisfaction of knowing that a team that hasn’t won any big championship (because they haven’t deserved to win any big championship) since 1947 has finally gotten rings. If you buy a prop for the Arizona game, that a portion of that profit goes to the already super-rich and super-greedy NFL.

However, if you buy a terrible towel,  the majority of the profits goes to The Allegheny School, a network of campuses and group homes around Pennsylvania for adults with severe development disabilities. Mind you charitable donations always suffer during recessions, but during Super Bowl years, The Allegheny School make millions — even more if The Steelers actually win.

So I’m not trying to guilt-trip you or anything, but cheering against The Steelers is basically cheering against True Good. Just saying…

GO STEELERS!!!

Read the New York Times article on the wonderful legacy of the terrible towel here.

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Photo Credit: Missy Kulik from “Dork Lifestyle” and her people-helping terrible towel. Picture by Raoul de la Cruz