Dallas has endured a long stretch without playing for the right to reach the Super Bowl, reaching 30 years since the last appearance. The drought is described as extending beyond winning the Super Bowl itself, emphasizing how long it has been since Dallas played in the title game. A comparison is made to a Cleveland Browns fan’s “factory of sadness” remark, used to reflect on franchise failure and the difficulty of being consistently bad. The piece notes that in a league with 16 teams, avoiding the title game for three decades is presented as defying odds. It then shifts to English Premier League soccer, where the season winner is determined by outlasting all others without playoffs, and Arsenal’s championship is confirmed when the season ends.
"The Drought™, the one that has encircled the Dallas Cowboys since before the turn of the century, officially turned 30 years old when this calendar year began. As you are likely aware, the Cowboys not only have a drought going for winning the Super Bowl overall, but it extends even a round further. It has been 30 years since Dallas last even played for a right to be in the Super Bowl."
"You see the user is chastising the Browns for not being a successful NFL franchise. He says that it is actually statistically harder for the team to be as consistently bad as they are than it would be for them to "occasionally, accidentally be good." Many have offered similar opinions about the Cowboys. In a conference with 16 teams, the fact they have gone 30 years without playing in its title game (where a pair of teams appear annually) is truly defying the odds."
"On Sunday the English Premier League wrapped its season. For those unaware the Premier League is viewed as the highest level of club soccer in the world (the World Cup will take place this summer, partly at AT&T Stadium incidentally, but that is a matter of international soccer). There are no playoffs as American sports know them to be. There is the season and the team who outlasts everyone gets to lift the trophy at the end. It is a testament to being the best all season long."
"The math dictated that Arsenal would win the league before Sunday, but it was on Sunday that matters became official and they got to party the way that champions do. As a Manchester United supporter thi"
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