Sports in America
What an interesting week in sports that we’ve just had!! Controversey, contraversey, contraversey! From Vick, Bonds, baseball & football hall of fame, NBA ref scandal. Whew! Almost too much info for any die hard sports nut….like myself. After a while, you just have to turn off the tube and realize two things. One, this sounds like the same ole’ song, different year. Secondly, there have got to better things going on other than overpriced athletes supposedly playing unfairly…And no, I don’t mean Lindsey and Paris either. That’s a different blog at some other time.
It’s funny how we are suppose to be shocked and disappointed when an athlete falls. I believe they are humans too? Folks, this has been going on for centuries. The 1919 World Series, Liston vs Ali part II, Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding, Pete Rose and now supposedly Barry Bonds. I won’t waste your time trying to prove the innoscence of a man that is supposedly already guilty or prove the guilt of a man who has not been convicted or tested positive of anything. The bottomline is Barry Bonds will hit more home runs than Hank Aaron. You can decide if it’s legitimate or not. To me, I don’t care. This whole controversey is the very essence of sports. Supposedly, us fans are supposed to be worried, dismayed and outraged. About what? All we are talking about is Hank Arron’s homerun record. Is this some sacred holy grail that leads to the fountain of youth? All we are talking about is Barry Bonds breaking that record, like it’s going to somehow change this world. Like, it’s going to end the war in Iraq, cure aids and cancer. All we are talking about is baseball. Which is what the comissioner, owners, players and journalist want us to talk about. They are the ones who will financially benefit from all this. You and I will not receive dime one. It wouldn’t matter anyways if we did because there is always another controversey or story that is right around the corner which will benefit some other sport, to make more money for other owners and athletes. The bottomline to all Sports is money. Controversies come and go, just like the wind. Is this one concerning Bonds supposed to be the armageddon of all controversies? Who cares? Let him hit 1,000 home runs. I couldn’t careless if he took Flinstones vitamins, gatorade or illegal substances to do it. He’ll make his millions regardless. They say crime doesn’t pay. Maybe it pays a little… On a positive note, Kudos to all the athletes who like to play their sport, just because they love it. Are there anymore of those athletes out there?