Our 2016 League Champion Tannehill For President has received his trophy. A little late? Sure, but let’s take a look at the chart. Based on the Charles Friedrich Gauss Linear Regression Model, utilizing a Root Analysis framework (less the ZeroR classifier), the trendline indicates a positive, multivariate downslope towards absolute relation extraction. As you can see, there is great difficulty in factorizing the polynomial but the glide rate is quite obvious. Even to us laymans.
Based on previous seasons I’m all over the fucking map. Determining factors on delivery dates over our first five seasons range from personal disgruntlement, chronological laziness, world travel, research, design, test and evaluation periods, and the time associated with the vision quest that has been our official League Trophy.
Our quest is over. What better way to honor the Lombardi Three League Champion than with the World Championship Game Trophy named after the legendary coach himself, Vincent Thomas Lombardi.
During lunch with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1966, Tiffany & Co. vice president Oscar Riedner made a sketch on a cocktail napkin of what would become the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and has been produced by Tiffany & Co. ever since. The trophy was first awarded to the Green Bay Packers on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season (when the Super Bowl’s official designation was the AFL-NFL World Championship Game) after they defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
Even though it is a national tournament, the award was initially inscribed with the words “World Professional Football Championship.” It was officially renamed in 1970 in memory of NFL head coach Vince Lombardi, after his death from cancer. It was thus presented for the first time as the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl V when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 16-13.
Unlike trophies such as the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup, a new Vince Lombardi Trophy is made every year and the winning team maintains permanent possession of that trophy.
From this point forward, we will utilize this version of the trophy for the League Champion each season to be permanently retained by the winning team.
As you will notice, I have also updated the league crest. Partially responsible for the delay in delivery, I reached out to a handful of friends on design and delivery. I combed through multiple qualified submissions, and spent many weeks working with two designers on modifying their visions, but like a good government worker, I ended up going with the cheapest product – mine. I designed our new logo, incorporated the Established Date (2012), and added stars representing each of our five seasons. The number of stars will likely be the only modification we make from year to year.
I look forward to the start of the 2017 season and a new fantasy platform. Right now the frontrunners are Yahoo and ESPN, but I am still exploring options. This will also be the beginning of the Lombardi Legends League to be played on the same platform. Lots of news to come this summer on that.
Having skimmed off the top of the annual league dues each year, The Lombardi Three headquarters received a major upgrade this offseason and damn near tripled in size. The 2017 Draft will likely be held on site. Come by and check it out sometime. Door’s always open. Otherwise, enjoy your summers and travel safe.
-The Commish
The Lombardi Three 