This is not to assign primary blame to the NFL and the teammates of the player who committed the act.

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It is not just elected politicians who are to blame for this.

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But, the main point of this rambling piece is not to confuse what our statistics are designed to measure and blame an orange for not being an apple.

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Interest rates were too low for too long, and this is partly to blame for the succession of asset bubbles, but low interest rates alone could not create this type of calamity.

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