I was reading LeBron James, The Most Hated Athlete in America by Buzz Bissinger and I couldn’t help replying in my own little corner of cyberwebspace. Now, keep in mind that Buzz also wrote The Vindication of LeBron James as well as co-authored a book with James, so he might be somewhat biased.
The premise of Buzz’s piece is that bron bron hasn’t done anything as bad ( in a real, criminal way ) as many other professional athletes – which of course is true. LeBron is not nearly as much of a problem to society as a whole as the Ben Roethlisberger’s (et all) of the world. But that is not my ( and I suspect others ) problem with King James.
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For the past couple of weeks I have been hearing about how the NFL division/playoff system was flawed and that it wasn’t “fair” that a team with a losing record should get in the post season while a team with a winning record is left out. The proponents of this idea are the same kids that used to yell “it’s not fair, I’m telling my mom…” during every game of kickball or tag when we were kids – life is not fair – and you know this….
But it is interesting.
Maybe the ‘Bucs ( the only other team in the NFC that could possibly claim that they should have gotten the last NFC playoff spot ) got jobbed this year, but them’s the breaks – if they would have won a few more games, then they could have taken the Saints place in losing to the first team with a losing record ever to win an NFL playoff game.
As it turns out, the current system gave us not only a NFC West title game on the last regular season game of the year, fodder for all of the mediocre sports analysts that somehow make a career of warming over all the same tired cliches and storyline’s, and an actually exciting NFL playoff game(!). If you think that is not an accomplishment then you have not been paying attention.
So, to wrap up, fair/shmair – win your damn division and you’ll get in the playoffs. You might even get a chance to beat the World Champs.
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency,
first by inflation,
then by deflation,
the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
The issuing issuance of the currency power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”
- Thomas Jefferson
If there is an open mic, chances are that someone will start talking into it….
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Michael came up with an idea to have an April Fools day party, and the April Fools joke is that it is on a different day… That’s my boy.
So if you can come down to South GA in March, please stop by.
Hey Now – I have come into possession of a number of copies of Rich Vosler’s Secrets of Sales Power DVD’s and I am giving away 5 of them. If you want one just click on over to the contact page and send me your name and mailing address.
I will pick 5 of the submissions randomly on March 1st. I’ll cover the shipping as long as you don’t mind the slowest shipping possible.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you your 2008-2009 National Champions – the Utah Utes! Alright, maybe they are just my national champions but in any logical system they would be the national champions.
First, you have to strip away your prejudices – Don’t pre-judge this with past football glory and lore of the SEC or Red River Shootouts. Granted, in the past the best football was played at gridiron powerhouses like Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, and ‘Bama, but Bear Bryant is dead and the limiting of scholarships has brought parity closer to fruition in the FBS.
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Okay, nobody is asking me but I am going to say it anyway:
Hey Detroit – Maybe you should stop putting MP3 players, GPS crap, and seat warmers into your cars and build a solid drive train. Knock off the flip down TV’s, cup holders, and rear view navigation and make me a solid affordable car that gets my family from one point to the next safely.
Build me the modern version of the Dodge Dart with the slant six and then maybe I’ll buy one of your products.
Furthermore, if there is any justice, the next time someone tells me that we have a free market and capitalism is our financial system they should burst into flames in a inferno of spontaneous combustion. Part of business in a free market system is risk and failure. If you remove risk for certain companies ( by bailing them out ) then there is no free market – and if you don’t allow companies to fail then you remove one of the stages in the business cycle.
I am sure that there were people at one point in history, right before Henry Ford got cranked up, that were crying “If you don’t save the horse and buggy industry then thousands of people will lose their jobs.” “The horse and buggy industry is imperative to out national economy, if we don’t manufacture our own buggies and buggy whips then we will cripple our transportation system.”
Yes, it is that time again, and I realize I am taking a chance that a masterpiece or two will be released in the next 26 days or so, but it is either that or take the risk that procrastination will take over and it will be December 28th and I will rush this to press ( WordPress that is… ) and I have decided that the procrastination risk is much more likely.
So with out further ado JTk’s favorites of 2008:
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StevieB and I have been discussing the Farve situation since back int he summer when you were not allowed to discuss any other NFL related topic. StevieB hates the Farve.
Here is a transcript of our latest:
JTk: So, right now, for this year only, I think the Jets got a STEAL in their deal for a QB… What’s his name 
JTk: And Green Bay, well, they are at least not as good as last year
StevieB: but the jets aren’t as good as green bay last year, either
JTk: Oh, I disagree
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