Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event, the first fight of the century since the last fight of the century.

In the blue corner, a 67-year-old actress from New Jersey with three Oscars, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a bazillion other awards that now routinely get handed to her without too much fuss! It’s Meryl Streep !

And in the red corner, a game invented last century that’s now worth billions of dollars, is watched nationwide, from farms and penthouses, and is played by some of the most loved and hated men in the world! It’s football!

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The fight was teed up at the 2017 Golden Globes — the under card fight if you will — when Streep accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award and spent the whole time ragging on President-elect Donald Trump without even mentioning his name. The winner of that one is still being debated.

The true heavyweight match-up, however, occurred when Streep tackled football. She laid out how actors including Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams and Natalie Portman were all born in other countries, and then said this:

“Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners and if we kick them all out, you’ll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.”

Obviously, people on social media started throwing all kinds of penalty flags.

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Doesn’t she know about how the New York Giants blowing their game after posting this ridiculous yacht photo? And then star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. punching a wall after the game? Now THAT’S drama.

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Many people did rush to Streep’s defense, of course.

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So who wins this one?

The same night as the Golden Globes, the NFL playoffs were on television. The award show had an average of 20 million viewers and a 5.6 rating. The New York Giants vs. the Green Bay Packers? A 25.9 rating.

I think it’s clear that the only way to solve this is by gathering all of America to watch the movie, and then maybe binge watch the greatest television show of all time, “Friday Night Lights.” Small town high school football depicted by fancy Hollywood actors.

Another option: A dramatic reading of the national anthem at the beginning of this year’s Super Bowl by Meryl Streep. It’s a win-win.

Football drama meets actual drama.

We took a poll on Twitter to find out who people think should win this one. Vote to see the results for yourself.

https://twitter.com/sdutIdeas/status/818617792349904896

Email: abby.hamblin@sduniontribune.com

Twitter: @abbyhamblin