Curse from the 1925 NFL Championship Controversy

[Cardsfanstl]

It is the Curse from the 1925 NFL Championship causing all these problems with the Cardinals. In the 1960's Pottsville put a curse on the Cardinals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_NFL_Championship_controversy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports-related_curses

 

[Red Dawn]

It is the Curse from the 1925 NFL Championship causing all these problems with the Cardinals. In the 1960's Pottsville put a curse on the Cardinals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_NFL_Championship_controversy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports-related_curses

From the first wikipedia article lol:

"Cardinals owner Chris O'Brien was later offered- but refused to accept- the Championship title for his team. At the owners' meeting after the end of the season, he argued that his team did not deserve to take the title over a team which had beaten them fairly.[5] It appears that his reasons for scheduling the Milwaukee and Hammond games had been not to take the title, but rather to convince the Chicago Bears to play his team again – the Bears, with Red Grange in their roster, were a very lucrative draw.[3] The NFL said it would revisit the issue later, but never did. It was only after the Bidwill family purchased the team in 1933 that the Cardinals began claiming the championship title.[4]"

 

[Cardsfanstl]

From the article.

One of the strongest opponents of a reversal has been the family of Charles Bidwill and his son Bill Bidwill, who have controlled the Cardinals since 1933, and began to claim the 1925 title as their own.[8] Because the now-Arizona Cardinals franchise currently holds the NFL record for the longest championship drought (and second only to the Chicago Cubs within the four major professional sports leagues), having won only one title since 1925 (in 1947) and only five playoff games (three of those in one postseason) in sixty years, this futility has been attributed to a sports-related curse placed on the team by Pottsville.[8][9]

 

[Buckybird]

It's not a curse because the Cards won another title in 1947

 

[Cardsfanstl]

It's not a curse because the Cards won another title in 1947

The curse was brought on in 1963 when the Bidwill's and the NFL blocked Pottsville from receiving the Championship.

 

[Hollywood]

And didn't the team hang a banner from the '25 championship in the stadium this season?

 

[Hollywood]

I'm starting to think Duckjake was doing more to keep the curse at bay than anyone ever thought possible.

 

[TigToad]

I'm starting to think Duckjake was doing more to keep the curse at bay than anyone ever thought possible.

Fair point.

 

[Broseph]

The injuries are getting weird, real weird.

 

[Gee!]

 

[cardncubfan]

From the article.

One of the strongest opponents of a reversal has been the family of Charles Bidwill and his son Bill Bidwill, who have controlled the Cardinals since 1933, and began to claim the 1925 title as their own.[8] Because the now-Arizona Cardinals franchise currently holds the NFL record for the longest championship drought (and second only to the Chicago Cubs within the four major professional sports leagues), having won only one title since 1925 (in 1947) and only five playoff games (three of those in one postseason) in sixty years, this futility has been attributed to a sports-related curse placed on the team by Pottsville.[8][9]

Boy I can sure pick em.