“The NFL is still in business, but I’m afraid you lost your money,” Sergeant Morse responded. “They are playing with abbreviated league this year.  The AFC consists of the Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, and Tennessee Titans while the NFC consists of the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New Orleans Saints. The rest of the NFL has been taken over by the bad guys. Your beloved New England Patriots are in the hands of the Russians. Last, I heard they were pushing for the Major League Soccer to take over Gillette Stadium. In fact, both the New England Revolution and the Boston Bruins have been filled with Russian and Eastern European players loyal to the Soviet Union. The Russians stated they didn’t give a shit about American football and were not going to support such rubbish. In fact, the Major League Soccer is now called the American Premier Football League.” Tyus Morse was pretty disgusted by this. You could read it in his face it was one of those things that upset him. "I hate to say it, I have become a Dallas Cowboys fan just for this season. Dak Prescott looks pretty good. Roger Goodell even saw fit to suspend Ezekiel Elliot’s suspension. Elliot hired an attorney. There is no evidence to support Goodell’s claims. I hear Tom Brady is hiding out somewhere in the Italian Tyrol or Switzerland with his wife. The Russians have really fucked American sports hard. They have tried to make it European.”

“Wait a minute,” Ben Giguere stopped him. “What about the Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams and all those west coast teams? You didn’t mention them.”

“Ah, you guys have been out of touch for quite some time haven’t you.” Brian Park quipped in. “Sure the Soviet Union made the opening moves on the East Coast, and two weeks later, the People’s Republic of China landed three PLA Army Groups along the west coast, one north of Los Angeles, one south of San Francisco and the third along the Oregon Washington border. They also crossed the Bering Strait. Yes, the Russians allowed a Chinese Army to cross in Siberia. I hear the Army Group that landed in Oregon contains a North Korean Army as well. But most of the North Korean forces were used to invade South Korea. Hawaii is also under control of the Chinese.”

“What about the Japanese?” Ben asked.

“They’re sitting this one out.” Brian listened to Danny’s comment about the Cowboys and the homebrew kit. “Yes sir, I can get you a homebrew kit. That sounds like a fantastic idea.” Brian Park laughed about the Cowboys sign in Russian. “That has already happened! I shit you not! Front line troops fighting along the western fringes of the Appalachian Mountains created fucking billboards that read such epithets as [i]Go Cowboys![/i] and [i]the Patriots will Never Die![/i] in Russian along several freeways in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Several teams were used in this purpose including the Eagles, Giants, Bills, Jaguars and Falcons. But most of these Russian written billboards simply have swears on them like [i]Fuck You![/i] or [i]How many Russians does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, the East Germans do it for them.[/i] There isn’t a GI out there that isn’t outraged about the new American Premier Football League. APFL? It has no ring.”

“Well it appears at least the four of you are coming to the meeting,” Tyus Morse cut in. “That is wonderful. I look forward to seeing you there. We need to get going before it gets too dark. See you then.” With those parting words, the two Special Forces NCOs departed the hunting cabin.