[This letter was in response to a whimsical "Final Four Music Madness Bracket" that listed FM as a 16 seed]
Fleetwood Mac 16 seed a mirage?
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/...ed-mirage.html
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 7:00am | The News-Gazette
As we all know, this time of year, everyone is filling out brackets, and everyone is picking their seeds.
But I have to massively disagree with some of the seedings that The News-Gazette has come up with. In the March 12 edition, the staff made Fleetwood Mac a 16 seed in its Music Madness Bracket!
I was at that concert, and I don't know how any other concert could have filled so many seats.
But to make them a 16 seed and pair them against Farm Aid, which should have been disqualified by the NCAA (National Collegiate Artistic Acts) as being more of a showcase "event" and not really a concert, and using a range of players who had long since gone legendary and used up their collegiate eligibility, is beyond me.
Farm Aid was of course going to win. It was the best and should only be compared to Woodstock or Lolapalooza or the like.
But to put Fleetwood Mac at a 16 against Farm Aid guaranteed them a loss. At least Bruce Springsteen was able to go a couple of rounds, as were The Moody Blues.
But where was Heart? Do they not even rate now? Or Crosby, Stiills and Nash? Did they lose their Conference Tournaments or what? (At least you kept Jethro Tull in there somewhere.)
ROBERT PICKLESIMER
Sidney