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I was on the Fox Sports NFL main page yesterday looking for columns by those Football Outsiders guys when I stumbled upon a poll that makes it readily apparent that Fox has a laser beam-like focus on what sports fans want:

 Indeed

Your eyes do not deceive you. Fox Sports, and not Out Sports, is asking it's NFL-loving users "Who is sexiest: Tom Brady or Neil Rackers?" Wow. That is quite a conundrum on a number of levels:

1. Everyone knows what Brady looks like, but most of us couldn't pick Rackers out of a lineup (although we do know he's everyone's All-Pro kicker this season).

2. Even if we knew each man's likeness, we'd find it difficult to decide which is "sexier." There are just too many factors involved (especially for straight males). "Who's more handsome?" would be significantly easier and less creepy but equally as pointless.

3. Assume for a moment that we knew how to decide which guy is "sexier," it stands to reason that 99% of Fox Sports users are heterosexual men with no interest in the sexiness of NFL players (unless said sexiness involves Fred Smoot, a toy and two women). 

Perhaps the worst part about this is that it's an an ongoing NFL's Sexiest Man, um, contest that's been on Fox's NFL pregame show all season. Perhaps the best part about this is that I wasn't exposed to it until just now. JB, Terry, Howie and Jimmy have seen finer moments. Neil Rackers, arguably, has not.

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