Vick Finds Jesus
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As I watched Michael Vick's brief statement I thought what a standard formula speech. First an apology to the NFL Commissioner, the one man who stands between himself and his possibly missing out on a projected $50 million over the course of his lifetime. And that's only if another NFL team picks him up after he spends time in jail, length TBD on December 10th, which just happens to be a Monday on which the Falcons host the Saints at the Georgia Dome.
What a coincidence don't you think? And then Vick says he has to grow up and that he has turned his life over to Jesus! What is that all about? Remember, this is the guy who gave the finger to Falcons fans last season. Is that supposed to score points with the powers that be? I'm sick and tired of all these celebrities who run afoul of the law and in their statement to the world say they have found Jesus. Enough already! Now Joey Harrington has yet another chance to either prove he was worthy of being the 5th pick of the NFL Draft, or being a close second to Ryan Leaf as a draft blunder.
The US Open Tennis Championship, the single largest attended sports event in the world, has hired a security firm to make sure there is no gambling. If you ever want to see something I consider odd, attend one of the many day or night sessions of this great event and you'll see thousands of spectators dressed in their tennis apparel (20 years ago I would have said their tennis whites), as if there might be an opening in the 128 draw and if so, they would be ready to jump over the railing and play. I always thought why don't football fans show up in a complete uniform and pads, just in case a D back on their favorite team goes down with a torn ACL in the second quarter, they'd jump over the fence and fill in as the Nickel back in passing situations. And what's with these sleeveless shirts on the mens players? Could you ever see Rod Laver, John McEnroe or Bjorn Borg play in a sleeveless shirt?
I say not a chance. Maybe this is one reason men's tennis TV ratings are down, I'm not quite sure. This is always a great time of year for sports fans. The baseball pennant races are heating up, the NFL season is upon us, the above mentioned US Open and the Little League World Series takes place in Williamsport, PA with teams from around the globe come to take home the title as Brent Musberger, my least favorite TV sports announcer, overdoes it covering mere 12 years on National TV. This year a team from Georgia beat the mighty Japan team, who I hear illegally stocks their team with the best players from all over Japan as compared to the Warner Robins, GA team that comes from the same small town. A new entry to the sports world is the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup Playoffs, that Tiger snubbed his nose at last week, but will be a part of this week only because the event sponsor chose (was coerced?) Tiger's very admirable youth charity in LA, of all places, since the PGA TOUR Playoff event is in BOSTON!
I feel a bait and switch was played by the MLS and the LA Galaxy. Never, not once, in all the hoopla over signing Beckham to play in the States did they ever say that David would commute to England to play a full 90 minutes (that's how long a soccer game is for all you Americans who don't have kids) for the England National team. The result is that he was too tired to play in an MLS game. So, all the fans who bought tickets to see the world's premier soccer player got duped. I wonder if they were offered a refund?
It was 86 years ago that Curly Lambeau obtained a franchise in the new pro football league. Do you think Curly knew then what the state of the pro football league would be 86 years later and that the most famous football stadium would bear his name?
As of this writing Barry Bonds still has not been signed by a National sponsor, I fully expect Harry Edwards to appear and accuse corporations of their racist attitudes.
Chuck
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