Women, even writers as accomplished as you, should not write commentaries on male behavior in sport. You can t understand the urge to destroy your opponent in every way, including emotionally. Because women tend to want to allow their opponents to save face, you would never make a gesture such as the throat slash that would signify total and utter destruction of your opponent. It also indicates that the opponent is hopelessly unable to retaliate. As a female, you cannot understand the satisfaction of being the dominant male in a confrontation.
Women allow their emotions to get in the way of facts when presenting an argument.
In a domestic disagreement that may be acceptable. There is no place for it in sports commentary. You said that the throat-slashing gesture is the kind of violence that O.J. Simpson was accused of committing. Although many women remain distraught about the O.J. verdict, the fact remains that he was found innocent of the crimes in a court of law. I am impressed by your ability to put words on paper in an entertaining fashion, but I think that you should admit that trying to comment on the NFL is not woman s work.