Vick and Burress will play by someone else’s rules

July 1, 2009 · Posted in Featured, People in the news, Social Issues, Sports, Things to think about, Topic Blogs · Comment 

Vick Bankruptcy FootballI have to admit that I seem to garner more confidence in the leadership of the NFL  in comparison to MLB. 

I have always thought Bud Selig was a blowhard pushover who let players get away with murder at the same time telling the media how rules need to be followed, blah blah blah…

Vick is done with his jail time on July 20th and Burress royally pissed off the NFL by not accepting jail time for his plea bargained nightclub gun possession charge.  

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell  is planning on leaving Burress and Vick sidelined indefinitely until they can prove they are remorseful and their legal matters have been resolved completely.  These two boneheads will not get a free pass back into the NFL until Goodell says so.   Vick and Burress will be back in the league, that’s a given.  However, it appears to be on someone else’s terms which is good.

I applaud his effort to lay the basic foundation that rules must be followed, even in the multi million dollar circus of professional sports.

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Dohhhhhh! Plaxico Burress…Giants say cya!

April 3, 2009 · Posted in Entertainment, Featured, Funny and Odd, People in the news, Social Issues, Sports, Topic Blogs · Comment 

2763302563_322cf832c0What’s up yall !!  I don’t have a team anymore cuz I act like a ding dong off the field, he he.   So I’m gonna sit right heya…drink some more of my drinky drink…and think about who’s gonna pick me up for next year.   Apparently, I’m facing more charges for my antics, imagine that.  A football player acting like a fool…haha not me, I’m having a good ole’ time in this here cluuuuuub…so I don’t get in trouble later.

Now where is my my Courvoisier???  Maybe the Cardinals are looking for someone since Bolden is a big, super bowl crying baby.

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Changing the Pro Bowl is a waste of time…leave it in Hawaii

December 31, 2008 · Posted in Featured, Funny and Odd, Junk Mail, Rant, Sports, Things to think about, Topic Blogs · Comment 
Only dude that watches the game
Only dude that watches the game

The news of the NFL Pro Bowl changing venues does not surprise me.   Why?  Knuckleheads thinking that moving a meaningless game to the mainland states will make the game more viable?  No.   It’s a waste of the players time right now and it will continue to be. 

First of all, moving out of Hawaii does suck since it’s a nice trip for these players…but why the hell has it always been played after the Super Bowl?  The hype of the Super Bowl is like no other and once it’s over, it’s over.  The players are nursing injuries, talking to agents, and making plans for the spring and summer.  None of them care about a game in Hawaii!  It’s a free vacation, a chance to act dumb on camera wearing a lei, and play in a worthless glorified high school all star game.  I’ve always thought the Pro Bowl was boring, never got excited about it, and usually changed the channel by halftime. 

The only reason they don’t have the game mid-season is that players could get hurt, or whatever.  Honestly, nobody really get’s all pumped about a game that means nothing and the players half ass it.  You know they do, each running back gets the ball like two times and sits down… never to be seen again.

So…the plan is to have it moved to Miami in 2010 and be played the week before the Super Bowl.  Brilliant idea, I’m sure if one of the starting QB’s happens to be playing in the big game the following week, we can expect a stellar effort.   You bet that starting running backs and receivers will be playing in this game like it’s a backyard flag game, come on!  This isn’t baseball where they have a sweet home run derby and an old timers game to liven up the weekend leading up to the game.    What I find ironic is that the baseball season drags on for 162 games – however the all star activities are very popular and the all-star game gets a huge audience.  Football has a short 16 week season, but nobody gives a crap about the Pro Bowl because of when it’s played, after the season.  Well, either way, it won’t be a popular game to watch. 

…And now a PSA from Plaxico Burress:


 

 

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New York Giant’s receiver Burress heading towards not so jolly holiday season

December 24, 2008 · Posted in Featured, People in the news, Sports, Topic Blogs · Comment 

The saga with Plaxico Burress is spiraling downward quickly.  As you recall, he was recently caught in the middle of a nightclub shooting.  Well, he actually shot himself which is humorous, but the fact that an NFL player is walking through clubs with a gun (anyone for that matter) is repulsive. 

Once again, we have another NFL player in the middle of a nasty off the field dilema and again involves law enforcement.  As you also recall, I talked about my old pal Micheal Vick in an earlier article, well folks, are we starting to see an odd pattern here?  I don’t like to hear that this is an “isolated incident” or he was “in the wrong place”…bullcrap.

The NFL is getting soaked to the bone with teams ridden with thugs and losers.  They live a phony celebrity life with their only attribute being “soft hands, speed, and hard to tackle”.  There are a lot of reputable players in the league too and I am not classifying them all as tarnished.  This is not a case of the media being too hard on these guys, or sports writers making these incidents and accidents seem worse than what they are – bologna, it’s becoming a fact of the league.  These are guys who don’t take their professional status seriously.  They have a god given gift that apparently isn’t enough to keep them satisfied.  They have millions of little boys that watch them on Sunday mornings in living rooms across the country- emulating them- dreaming and pretending that they too were NFL football players.  You have millions of people who wear their jerseys in admiration, draft them for fantasy teams, purchase thousand of dollars worth of season tickets, and stand in lines to meet them at public appearances.  WHY?  Because they have a recognizable name?  Jeffrey Dahmer was a public figure but I wouldn’t wear his line of cologne (if he had one, ode de severed head?) 

The list of NFL players getting in trouble is just absurd.   Remember- I typically take the stance of giving these guys second chances, but my positive outlook on “giving everyone a break” is beginning to run very thin.  Look at the other knuckleheads who have been in trouble this year, Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, Larry Johnson again, Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, and the list goes on and on, there are reports of DUI arrests, drug offenses, weapons charges, money laundering, and god knows what else.

Hey owners!  Strap on a set of chestnuts and do some housecleaning!  Put a quality product on the field and I don’t mean wins and ticket sales.  Sadly, that’s all you care about.  I’m sure if the NFL doesn’t pan out for these guys they can always get hired by one of the big three automakers.  They both have unions which serve no other purpose than to drag the name down.

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