ESPN Ultimate Standings: Denver Sports Snub

Just another Denver snub.

People outside of the Mile High region have no idea what goes on in the beautiful city of Denver. We get stereotyped as ski-bums, granola mountain men, and amateur sports fans. When in truth the people are nothing near those.

And when someone questions our fan-hood, the way ESPN did by ranking the Denver Broncos #86, Denver Nuggets #42, Colorado Rockies #8 and Colorado Avalanche #64 there must be a strong reaction.

The rankings pit the popular teams against the not-so popular teams. It's the third grade grade talent show all over again, where the loudness of crowd determines the winner. Just because you are the loudest, doesn't mean you deserve to win. (That's right Jimmy, I said it. I want that ribbon.)

Also the way the categories are determined and ranked is completely subjective and ludicrous.

For example, there is a section on 'Ownership'. First, how is this in any way important? Secondly, how in the world can you rank owners of franchises? (Is there a fantasy draft I can join?). Yet, the Nuggets are ranked 51st, the Avalanche 72nd and the St. Louis Rams 80th in this bogus sub-sectoin and ALL are owned by the same person, Stan Kroenke.

Obviously the object of winning is going to factor into heavily how well eat team did, because if you are winning everything else doesn't seem so bad. The price of hot dogs appears reasonable, the quality of stadium can be rationalized; there is a general glaze over the fans eyes.

But this doesn't seem to be the case with Denver. This, our city, has one of the richest traditions of success in all of sports. (If not always in the form of Championships.) The Rockies 2007 World Series appearance, Nuggets 50-plus wins the last 4 years, Broncos 2 Super Bowls and Avalanche 2 Stanley Cups.

Most other cities don't win as much as Denver, and then get more publicity than Denver. Just saying.

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