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Philly Named America’s Best NFL City in USA Today Poll
By Matt Schultz
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A USA Today poll confirmed what we all already knew: Philadelphia is the best football town in the country:
The question that naturally comes to mind after seeing these results is, “How was this conclusion reached?” The answer is murky. I can’t find the exact process on the USA Today website, and the Visit Philly article about it just says this:
“Competition for the coveted national accolade was stiff as a panel of travel experts put Philadelphia up against 19 other football-crazed cities — and the rest of the country confirmed what we already knew: Eagles fans squawk the loudest.“
“Following weeks of online voting, Philly’s green-clad diehards had enough grease on the poles (polls?) to slip by top contenders like Buffalo, Green Bay, Pittsburgh and Kansas City for the No. 1 spot.“
A panel of travel experts…
Weeks of online voting…
Sounds like some travel agents picked a couple cites at random, put them on a list, and had people on the computer click on who they think should win… You may think this is not very official-sounding…
But you’re wrong! This counts. An award is an award. When you see a trophy on a shelf behind someone on a Zoom call, you can’t tell what the trophy is from. It could be a Nobel Peace Prize trophy. Or a Pulitzer Prize trophy. Or a USA Today Best NFL Cities in America trophy. Being a winner is all that matters, and Philadelphia has won again. I will take it.
Bet Josh Hart feels dumb as hell right about now…
“I used to think Philly was a sports town. I don’t know if it is anymore.”
Bet he saw the USA Today results on X this morning and immediately turned his phone off. Felt too much shame. Probably has to work with a PR firm on an apology to Philly all day today. Good luck getting out of this mess, Josh. Maybe next time you’ll think before you speak…
Matt Schultz is a comedy and sports writer from Philadelphia. He’s written extensively for ClickHole, The Onion, and Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. His work has been featured in Vulture, Deadspin, The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and other publications. Much of his sports journalism can be found on college basketball websites that don’t exist anymore (PhilaHoops Heads rise up…)