After the deepness and seriousness of yesterdays entry today I feel called to discuss something a little lighter, something that may appeal to someone other than just the three girls that decided to leave a comment or the four people who decided to tell me they took the time to read through it.
Today’s entry is about something that shapes society and the economy more than I think most of us realize. It brings families together, yet sometimes puts a barrier between members. Today I am going to write about sports. Now I hope regardless of the topic, that you at least critique my writing if you don’t have anything to say about the material itself
First off let me ramble about some current events. College football is a joke. People watch so much of it yet in the end there is no real ending. There is no real way of settling deputes that one team is better than another. Instead we are faced with 3 weeks of pointless “bowl” games that have virtually no real meaning. Every year we laugh at the new random bowl those two teams we have never heard of play for a large pretzel or something that merely promotes a large company on a national level. My proposal is that there is a playoff system similar to the NFL where the conference e champions (based on record only not a championship game or rankings) and maybe one or two wild cards are put into a playoff style format. Yes this may make the season longer but it will pay off for the teams in the long run. NCAA should approve all schedules to ensure that everyone has as equal schedule as possible. All this would put an end to this retarded system we have no where Oklahoma is ranked ahead of Texas regardless of the fact that Texas beat OU in the regular season. OU has been rewarded for running up the score on teams, something that is usually frowned upon in American sports.
Next let me move to Major League Baseball. This is a mess all around. First let me say that regardless of my criticism I am a bigger fan of baseball than any other sport. I love going to games in the warm summer sun, and I love watching the Yankees not live up to my expectations every year. On to the actual subject matter, a salary cap in baseball is stupid and pointless. Part of the reason I like baseball is that the team has so many people and the season is so long it forces each organization to search deep within its farm system to find a young prospect that will be tomorrow’s next big star. You may ask yourself when the last time this happened is. to which I answer EVAN LONGORIA. He was AL rookie of the year, he sat more records his rookie season than BABE RUTH. He would have never been given this opportunity unless the Rays had not been running short on money and were forced to take a gamble.
For some reason as I started typing my material faded fast but am going to leave you with a rapid paragraph that I hope will entice discussion, pride, or maybe just plain hatred for me. This part will consist mostly of opinions that have some facts that back them if you choose to email me I will be glad to answer. Here we go: THE RED SOX SUCK, THE YANKEES ARE THE GREATEST SPORTS FRANCHISE IN HISTORY, BUD SELIG IS A GENIUS, THE RAYS WERE THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL, NOTHING GOOD EVER CAME FROM BOSTON OR PHILIDELPHIA, THE PATRIOTS ARE OVERRATED AND ARE NOW PROVING MY POINT, FANS IN INDIANA ARE BAND WAGONERS, THE PACERS ARE GOOD, THE COLTS USED TO BE, THE COLTS WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THEY WILL GET BEAT FIRST ROUND, BARRY BONDS DIDN’T USE STEROIDS JUST LIKE O.J. DIDN’T MURDER, SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF THEIR MASCOT, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A HOOSIER IS, TORONTO MISSPELLED IS HOCKEY TEAMS NAME, SPORTS PLAYER GET PAID MORE TO PLAY A GAME THAN THE PRESIDENT DOES TO GET HASSELED ABOUT MONEY, AMERICANS NEED TO WATCH HOCKEY MORE, THE NBA IS NO LONGER COOL, STOP WEARING SPORTS JERSEYS UNLESS YOU ARE BLACK OR AT A GAME, IF YOUR GOING TO WEAR A SPORTS HAT OR JERSEY KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE TEAM.
If you read this whole thing in its entirety I implore you to go outside and get a life, just kidding, thank you for reading please leave your remarks. I promise I will keep a variety of topics coming through to interest everyone. I am open to suggestions on topics; I have an opinion on just about everything.
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3 comments:
Just so you know, this made me smile. I loved the ending paragraph. And my guess for the reason college football is so big..the players are doing it because they love it, not because they get paid to do so.
Just a thought.
I agree with Nikki about college football. The athletes there are doing it mainly for the love of the game, not for the money. at least not at that point.
NBA, i completely agree, its a JOKE. No more, no less, than a joke.
I'm disappointed that there was nothing about your theory on Ball State and their football team.
But as for college football in general, a playoff system would be great. the "bowl" games as we know them are a joke. they serve no purpose whatsoever. Is OU really ranked higher than Texas? that's ridiculous. college football is just a mess in itself. it's a pathetic excuse for a football organization. there needs to be soemthing done about it.. i think that a playoff or at least a ranking system that actually makes sense.
oh and to pose another question.... WHY IN THE WORLD WILL NORTE DAME NOT GET RID OF CHARLIE WEIS?
but then again i guess that is like asking Franklin why they don't get rid of Dave Clark.
=)
Sorry Bro but i hate the BoSox. Charlie Weis should be fired as Chelsey said. I can't stand him. College sports in a whole are way better than any professional because of the passion shown in the games. College football and baseball are amazing. Soccer is the GREATEST SPORT IN THE WORLD WITH THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS IN THE WORLD!! PEOPLE DIE OVER SOCCER GAMES! CRAZY ASS PEOPLE!
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