Summary: The heart of the NFL playoffs kicks off this weekend. Four great games, eight talented and tough teams, terrific story lines running throughout. Now this is the way a sports league should be run. The New York Times has called the NFL "socialized football," referring to the system of orchestrating a weak team's season to do well by making their schedule as soft as possible, while stretching a tough team through a rigorous line-up of opponents. "Socialized" in this case is a synonym for "parity..."
