Super Bowl LV: Experts Already Know the Winner

We live in the Age of Aging and while more people are living longer better and more productive lives than ever before our culture still has a bias to think of aging as an undesirable phase of life Irrespective of whether Brady wins or loses he will put major points on the board for aging He is the highprofile celebrity that ageism has been waiting for to kick off a new and more appropriate regard for the best years of lifeWhen you look at the numbers it39s pretty clear that Brady is the GOAT Putting aside his epic regular season records his playoff and Super Bowl records are aweinspiring His thirtythree playoff victories are more than double that of the nearest QB the legendary Joe Montana and he has appeared in more Super Bowls and won more than any other quarterback at ten and six respectively At age 43 he is the oldest QB to reach the big game breaking his own previous records when he appeared at age 40 and 41 with the PatriotsWhile there39s been a lot to admire about Tom Brady for many years this year is different After being driven out of town and banished to Buccaneerdom many were suggesting that the GOAT had been put out to pasture In that sense he was being treated like most aging folks who may have been at their best in their prime years but eventually went quotover the hillquot to decline on the other side But despite a pandemicplagued season and improbable odds Brady proved the critics wrong while proving something else That all of us can be ageless if we disregard bias and define age as a spirit instead of a numberHere39s some insight on why aging will win regardless of what the scoreboard readsGoal Posts MoveOld isn39t what it used to be as we39re adding thirty years to life expectancy every century The implications are staggering eg a baby born today in the US will live to be 100 years old on average For those that think today39s 60yearold is ready for the nursing home think again People are not only living longer lives but the factors that are driving longevity improved nutrition health and hygiene are also improving their quality of life To bring this back to football if you adjust Tom Brady39s age for longevityinflation he would be younger today than Johnny Unitas was when he won Super Bowl V fifty years ago Take nothing away from Brady39s remarkable accomplishments but it39s time for all of us to recalibrate the yardage of aging Today39s older people are doing and will continue to do agedefying things not just because they39re capable but because today39s 50yearold is not the same as their numerical twin of 50 years agoWisdom WinsWhen you play the game longer than others you experience more and you learn more ie you accumulate the advantage of wisdom amp160Over the course of his 19 seasons as a primary starter Brady has been in just about every situation that39s possible more times than once When he steps up to the center and surveys the pass coverage he39s doing it with the wizened mind and eye of a grand master While Mahomes39 athleticism and playmaking creativity is breathtaking to behold by virtue of his young age he simply hasn39t had the exposure to the range of circumstances and outcomes that have so profoundly educated Tom Brady Note Mahomes was only six years old when Brady won his first Super Bowl Ageism in our culture has us believing that older people are less intelligent than younger people because it doesn39t respect the power of wisdom Let Tom Brady prove them all wrong as the new icon of aging one who competes because he39s talented but wins because he39s quotolder and wiserquotThe 12th Man MattersWith this year39s big game being played at Raymond James Stadium the Buccaneers will make history as the first team to play the Super Bowl at home Home field advantage matters and even with limitations on fan attendance the Brady bunch will surely benefit from competing on familiar turf Our country has long had a dream of eradicating ageism but it39s never had its metaphorical 12th Man to favorably sway the outcome With a highly respected 43yearold QB appearing in television39s most watched program people of age will surely gain some new respect which is a start But to perpetuate that momentum something else needs to happen The young audience needs to decide that it39s time to make a difference and to stand up and speak out against the lingering injustice of ageism If and when people of a young age start to care about how they will be treated as they themselves age the movement may just take on its 12th Man and with it a much better chance of making a super differenceIf this game lives up to the hype we39re in for one of the greatest contests in the history of the Super Bowl Like any great thriller the game script even has a plot within the plot It39s not just the Buccaneers versus the Chiefs it39s Brady vs Mahomes While the media always loves to pit one combatant against another to create conflict and drama this year is different Brady vs Mahomes isn39t just a QB vs QB play it39s also the best old QB vs the best young QB Sure it would be great to see the Chiefs prevail so Mahomes can assert himself as Brady39s heir apparent to the NFL39s GOAT But at the same time how incredible would it be if the Buccaneers triumphed courtesy of yet another ageless performance by the grand masterEven though this expert already has already predicted Sunday39s outcome I39ll still be glued to the game because this is sure to be a win for the agesClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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