Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1082 Centennial Green Bay
As mentioned before, in order to pursue profits, team owners have been moving to big ball cities in recent years.

The St. Louis Rams go to Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers go to Los Angeles, and the Oakland Raiders go to Las Vegas.

Although this is very cruel for small cities, at the end of the day, the professional league is still a business, and profit is the essence that teams pursue.

This is true not only for football, but also for basketball, baseball, and ice hockey.

However, there are exceptions to everything.

In the five major European football leagues, football culture is rooted in the generations of inheritance in small towns and cities. There are still some small teams that refuse to go to the bustling and crowded big cities, and choose to stay in small places with simple folk customs, and prove with excellent performance that they can also maintain competitiveness in the top leagues.

This is the case with Villarreal in La Liga, Brighton in the Premier League, Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, Empoli and Sassuolo in Serie A.

Similarly, there is such a team in the NFL, a unique and distinctive team, which is still the only exception in the league until now——

Green Bay Packers.

Green Bay, located in northern Wisconsin and adjacent to Lake Michigan, is just a small county with a population of only 100,000. It seems too shabby even to be an NCAA team, but this land gave birth to one of the greatest NFL teams.

Founded in 1919, the Green Bay Packers are the third oldest team in North America after the Arizona Cardinals and the Chicago Bears, and are the only non-profit team in the NFL that is jointly owned by the public rather than a privately owned profit team.

From the beginning, this team has formally established the tradition of non-profit nature. Even in the commodity society of the 21st century and facing fierce competition, they have never changed their original intention.

In order to continue the operation of the team, they have issued stocks five times for financing in history.

The first financing took place in 1923.

After that, because the market was too small and the team was in financial difficulties, in order to prevent the team from leaving the cold town of Green Bay due to financial problems, the team carried out the second and third rounds of financing in 1935 and 1950 respectively.

It was still the old stock exchange era. At that time, all Green Bay residents came out in droves, emptying the streets, waiting in long lines at the door of the stock exchange.

Even though they knew that these shares would not pay dividends, even though they knew that buying shares would not win management power, and even though the third round of financing limited each shareholder to only subscribe for 200 shares, this still could not stop their enthusiasm and support. The residents of this city showed 100% loyalty, continuing the ancient and time-honored pass year after year, and supporting the team wholeheartedly.

In 1997 and 2012, the team carried out its fourth and fifth rounds of financing respectively, but the main group purchasing shares was still the local residents of Green Bay.

In this city, every resident has forest green blood flowing in his veins, which is passed down continuously from generation to generation.

Those residents who hold shares in the team always pass it on from generation to generation, using their own strength to keep the team competitive and using their actions to fully support the team that is connected to their blood.

This is a team with a fascinating and attractive fan culture.

In the modern society where profit is paramount and entertainment is everything, they always stand out and protect their heritage with practical actions.

Among the 32 NFL teams, the Green Bay Packers are the only team with a 100% attendance rate all year round, and every game day is full.

Regardless of wind, rain, ice or snow, as long as the game is not cancelled, Lambeau Stadium will be full. Because of this, Lambeau Stadium has always been the most ceremonial and historical home stadium in the NFL, and is also a well-known devil's home stadium.

For professional players, the act of playing at the Blue Castle Stadium itself has special significance.

Unfortunately, it is a bit regrettable that Levi did not get such an opportunity for the time being. This year, the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers was held at Arrowhead Stadium.

Therefore, if Levi wants to go to the Blue Castle Stadium and play a game in the stadium that carries history and culture, spirit and dreams, he must wait another four years.

Teams from the American League and the National League face off every four years.

The Green Bay Packers are one of the founding members of the National Football Conference (NFC). As of the 2019 season, the team has won a total of thirteen league championships in the century.

This statistic leads the league, with nine of those coming in the pre-Super Bowl era and four in the post-Super Bowl era.

Even if we only count the Super Bowl era, in just fifty-three years, the Green Bay Packers have made the playoffs thirty-two times, won eighteen division titles, and have four Super Bowl championship trophies.

All of this is enough to make this team rank among the top ranks, forming an indispensable first tier of the NFL with teams such as the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, and New York Giants.

The team has a long history with countless glories and ups and downs, as well as peaks and troughs. They have one of the greatest coaches in league history, Wendi Longbottom, who led the Green Bay Packers to win the first and second Super Bowls. Even the Super Bowl championship trophy is named after him.

They also have one of the greatest quarterbacks in league history, Brett Favre. Although he has only won one Super Bowl championship trophy in his career, he owns most of the historical records of the league's quarterbacks.

Passing yards, passing touchdowns, regular season MVPs, regular season wins, total wins, and so on.

As of 2007, most of the quarterback data records belonged to Favre, and many of them were even considered to be peaks that could never be surpassed.

It wasn't until seven years later that he was slowly overtaken by the "greatest players in history" such as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and others, climbing one incredible quarterback peak after another.

After 2010, the league's four elite quarterbacks gradually formed a leading group advantage. In addition to the three players mentioned above, the fourth and youngest Aaron Rodgers is the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers.

In addition, the Green Bay Packers have a total of thirty Hall of Fame players, ranking second in the entire league only after their division rivals, the Chicago Bears, which have thirty-four.

There is no doubt that this is one of the most important teams in the league, and it remains highly competitive after the millennium.

As the saying goes, as long as "Hail Mary King" Rogers remains healthy, the Green Bay Packers will be one of the candidates to win the Super Bowl every year.

This year is no exception.

The season started with seven straight wins, including against last season’s playoff teams: the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears, showing their determination and belief.

Obviously, this is the most important and severe test and challenge in the regular season for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers.

(End of this chapter)