SUPER Purses and curses: Basic kneeds

Odds are: That if the rest of your body holds up and you are under contract long enough you'll make bank (aka a big purse) -- but also, more than likely (aka you can bet on it) end up weak in the knees, necessitating injections, followed by partial, full, at least a basic knee repair. It should also come of no surprise that I choose to write a post-game post about the game off the field...out on the strip, where the real action is...where the rumors swirl about HUGE purses, followed in kind by even more curses -- just when you though you beat the house, of cards, it brought you to your knees. What did you expect from a place aka "sin-city" -- one that promises to meet all your kneeds...way beyond those of a primary type...So get ready to...

"Take a knee" A directive all players in just about every sport gets used to hearing from their coaches, whether it's simply to "take a breather" or more likely, a "corrective action" as in "listen up...give me 50..." One (curse) that continues to swirl around the NFL and haunt a particular team, who once again made it all the way to the "big dance" only to be turned away, spurned, involves a particular player who decided to do so (take a knee) while most of those in attendance (even a few at home) rose to the occasion, saw it fit to stand, to at least listen if not join in the singing...how will they ever break this dreaded curse, they now ask...

We should know: All of us die-hard fans from a city that has seen more than its fair share of droughts, despite being surrounded by "Great Lakes" -- repeated attempts to break curses that have prevented a few of our sports fan-chises from winning the coveted purse...a few of which are steeped in our local history, whereas others leave us "what did we ever do, not do to deserve this...?!"

Capping it off: "We have unfinished business" and a few other "choice words" overheard around here a few weeks back, that will likely become themes, battle cries, t-shirt memes, donning caps, only to be taken off for the particular song, whereas turned backwards to signal a rally is about to begin, to reverse the curse...which may have inadvertently started by a well-meming coach on 6-5-24: "...and if you knock us down again we're going to get up and bite off the other knee cap..." Perhaps just as well we did not make the trip to the city know for broken knee caps, in return for unpaid debts...

Trade winds: "Prevailing winds also known as "easterlies, given their east-to-west directionality...No telling which direction the particular player that started this particular curse that may have cost a particular team the big W last evening, will now be heading..."Thanks for trying out for our team Mr. Copper Neck...here's the contact information of a coach of another particular team who may be interested in your services, who are in kneed of a back-up QB..." 

Pointedly: As in what the "Country icon!" (what better type of singer to sing the country's anthem?) saw the need to do on two different occasions, leaving no confusion on behalf of all those in attendance, as to what the flag looked like, where in the stadium the "Stars and Stripes" resided...to fix their gaze...A real country gem, if you ask me...

All bets are: Whether or not Travis will take a knee this week, on or about their rumored anniversary (talk about a purse!) -- you can wager yes/no, left/right, day/night -- there's always someone available in Vegas, ready to take your money...