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NFL: Why ‘Suck for Luck’ or Any Similar Campaign Is an Impossible Endeavor

Published by on December 28, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Indianapolis Colts

It happens every year—a team or two is engaged in a battle for last place in the league and pundits, fans and media begin questioning whether a team should purposely lose games to earn the No. 1 pick in the year-end draft.

The Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams are deadlocked at 2-13 entering the final week. With Andrew Luck, a quarterback who many have compared to John Elway, as the clear No. 1 pick, the argument is as pertinent as ever.

It's also as dumb as ever.

"Suck for Luck," or losing on purpose, never enters athletes minds. It just simply doesn't.

"Suck for Luck," or any similar campaign through the years, is a fabrication of the media and fans who have never played the game and don't understand why professio...

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