Ranting & Raving

Did you know that there were 23 games played today? Why can't they have a station dedicated to soccer? Like they do for Golf. I know why, we live in America where the media doesn't care about soccer because football, basketball, & baseball is so much better. That was sarcastic. Why a Golf channel then? Because the fat & rich people of America play Golf so they watch Golf, so Golf companies advertise their products, in turn paying for commercials and so there's a Golf channel for it. Baseball is boring. I actually feel asleep at a game once. Maybe the steroid use is a good thing. It produces more offense. At least American football doesn't have steroid use, yeah right. Football players athletes? Most are just big and stupid and they can crack he in half, so if you ever meet me be nice to me. A few are true athletes like Michael Vick. Imagine him playing soccer? How awesome do you think he could be. Basketball players are way too young to be getting paid that much money. They get so much money they don't know what to do with it. Look at Jayson Williams who bought a gun, he thought it would be fun. Well how much fun is it that he accidentally shot and killed some poor old man trying to make a living as a limo driver. Ron Artest should have been a boxer if he wanted to fight. And all the other fighters in the league that are out to prove their toughness. Last time I checked you don't need to be big, bad, and strong to make a basket. I have to admit though, college basketball is fun. The fans, students not alumni, get into it and cheer not stop during the game. They storm the court when there's an upset. You know why college basketball is good? Because they are still kids just playing the game for the love of the it. But that's where they start to see the real America and a few of them take the perks and get in trouble. A few more are involved with point shaving. I know, I know the soccer world isn't perfect. Take the 2002 World Cup. There were tons of rumors that FIFA wanted the "little teams" to produce a few upsets. It's there way of getting the rest of the world excited about soccer. Well nothing was confirmed but rumors are started for a reason. How else would you explain a team like South Korea, who automatically qualified which means they were limited in their game experience. But they reached the semi-finals. Was it pure passion on the part of the players? Maybe they didn't stop running during the whole month. Or was there a little help for the refs? Who by the way are employed by F.I.F.A. Let's see what's going on in Germany right now? The refs are corrupt. I knew they were blind and dumb but corrupt too. If it can happen at the club level in Germany it could happen on the International level like a World Cup. It probably can happen at any level in any game. I guess I'm just sick of these professional athletes that are superstars and it's sad because they once were kids playing, just playing, having a great time playing their game. Then comes the corporate world and their $$$$$$ We'll give you x amount of money. Why do they give these guys so much money when most of them would play for free? I have been playing for free my whole life. I plan on playing until I can't walk or until I die, which ever comes first. Anyway back to my point. These people who pay these athletes aren't dump, they know it takes money to make money. They invest on an athlete to attract fans, sell merchandise etc. In a perfect world all sporting events would be like Mystery Alaska, the athletes are happy to play and so they play. The fans love to watch so they watch. ALL FOR FREE. Everyone has fun and there's no corruption. I really hope they have soccer in heaven or else I'm not going. So when these investors don't get what they want what do they do? They pay a ref to do this or that and they gamble, Pete Rose, a great baseball player. He loved the game so much that he became a manager to stay involved. But like I said before "baseball is boring". So to spice things up he starts to gamble on the games. Oh my god I can rant & rave about how much these gifted and talented athletes are a bunch of greedy bastards. Because the people who hire them are a bunch of greedy bastards and the damn athletes are influenced and changed and in turn corrupted.

What do you think?