It's a Joke

Is it me, or does everyone in the country think that four preseason football games is a joke. I understand that teams need to practice before the season but that is way to many games before the season. Players are getting hurt left and right for no reason and are taking away some big name players from the game. There are already 16 games plus post season and for there to be four extra games just to see what practice squad players are going to make it just doesn’t work. In this article (http://www.nysun.com/article/59877) it explains the real reason for preseason football, business. The owners could care less that fans don't like it or even the players, all they care about is making money. It's kind of sad that football has come down to this. In another article (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/090107dnspoluksa.26ceb8e.html )
it shows all the big name players that usually don’t play a lot or at all during preseason. Now I do believe that this hurts the players during the season it just goes to show that the players don't even like it. But to go against my argument I do think that the big names should play a little. For example LT is having a really bad year. I believe one of the reasons is because he didn’t play one snap during preseason. It's tough to go out and play at full speed without playing at all. Now I understand that coaches have to make the rosters for the season, but I think they know by the third games who they want. In my opinion they should cut one preseason game and add one extra regular season game.

Tiger and his Followers?

Tiger Tiger Tiger. Maybe the most dominate athlete of our generation. No one has even come close to him. On the course he makes everyone else look dumb because he is that good. But there is one problem. He is the only African American in the sport. So yes he might be dominate and amazing but for the sport he has brought no African Americans, no diversity. Why is it that Lebron can dunk and dunk and dunk and kids love him but when Tiger hits a 20 foot put during The Masters all those kids could care less. Earlier this year abcnews.com (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=3013246) did an article about diversity in golf. They interviewed Martavius Adams, a 13 year student in Atlanta who quit football to play golf. When he made his decision all of his friends went to him and said "golf isn't a sport," they all believe that it's only a white mans sport. Lauren Braswell, an African American golfer at Rutgers, said that when she goes to tournaments she sees maybe one or two other Africa Americans. One problem is that a lot of the young African American kids can not afford to play golf. It’s so expensive just to go to a course a play. But you also have to buy clubs and get lessons to really learn how to play. As for basketball all you need is a cheap pair of shoes and a court to play on. Another problem is that many golf courses around the country don't let African Americans in to their club, which is a complete joke and obviously don't understand the American way. As much as Tiger Woods has done for the sport, professionally he has not done a lot with diversity. I think Tiger needs to advertise to African Americans more then just saying; hey I own half the world and can do whatever I want. I understand that kids love Kobe, Lebron, Mcnabb and so many other African Americans in other sports but Tiger is more dominate then these guys will ever be. If I were younger again I would love to play golf and do what Tiger does. I know people just say it’s a stick and ball but they don't understand how much fun golf is. You also would not have the pressure that these other guys have because people scrutinize the other athletes much more then they do in golf. It's sad that there is only one African American in golf and that the gold world can't do more to try and change that.

Cheating

Wow. Just when you thought sports couldn't get more corrupted, the New England Patriots decided to cheat and spy on the jets. According to ESPN.com(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=30129890) one of the patriots employees had a camera and was taping the defensive coordinators signals that he was sending to the players. Now of course what they did was awful, but the worse thing is that it puts the Patriots in a very bad spot with not only the NFL but all fans through out the country. Fans throughout the country are questioning weather Belichick really did coach this team or did he just cheat his way through. My thoughts after reading all of this, there has been some cheating while he has been their. According to ESPN.com ( http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3017964) players on the eagles and steelers both thought that the Patriots and Belichick new the plays that were coming and changed right before the snap.
Finally after a week Mr Goodell came down with the punishment. Espn.com reported that Belichick got fined 500K (which is unheard of for a coach) and The patriots 250k. But that's not where it hurts. If the Patriots make the playoffs they lose one of there first round picks, but if they don't make the playoffs they lose there 2nd and 3rd round pick. Now you might think that's a fair enough penalty but i don't. Come on Goodell you have done so well with the punnishments but this time you missed it. Personally taking away one of their picks is the worse thing. THEY HAVE TWO FIRST ROUND PICKS NEXT YEAR. So if they take one away they still have another one. Second of all SUSPEND BILLY BOY. Money is nothing to him. He's the guy who is in charge of what was going on. If he would have suspended him that would have sent a harsh messege to the the teams. DO NOT CHEAT. What the Patriots did is a disgrace to the patriots, their fans and worse of all the NFL.

Athletes and The Law

So OJ Simpson didn't kill anyone? He was 100 percent innocent. Kobe Bryant never raped a girl? She just wanted the attention. Lance Briggs got scared and crashed his car. I don't think so. Its pretty unbelievable how athletes get away with so many things these days. According to www.law.umkc.edu the evidence against OJ was huge. There was no way he could get away with what he did. But as everyone knows he got off like nothing happened and know wrote a book that's a joke. Does anyone find it funny that if it was anyone else in society they would have been found guilty but no not an NFL player. Now I will give the court system some credit after this whole Michael Vick thing. First of all it is gross what he did. He might not even have touched a dog but to put the money forward to have this dog fighting is awful. The courts should be happy because finally after years and years of trying to get athletes they got one. The evidence is so big. According to SI.com Vick was quoted saying that the laws didn't apply to him because he was that good. Look who's laughing now Michael. 7 witnesses testified against you. So we all know that once in a while players get DUI'S or get in trouble with drugs. But When you here about charges getting dropped like OJ, Lance Briggs, Ray Lewis and many others you have to think how? Just because they get paid millions and everyone knows them they should get off even though there is evidence saying they did it? Well at least there won't be anymore dog fighting with the highest paid player in the NFL.

Mr. Schario is the man

Writing is something that never came easy to me. Even though I always had good ideas i never new how to put them in a good essay. So I would say I was never a huge fan of writing but i like sharing my opinions with others. Don't get me wrong writing is an awesome thing to do when you know exactly what you want to write about and how you want to write it. But when you don't know what to write about or have anything to say it can get very difficult. One reason i don't think writing comes easy to me is because you have to be patient with writing and take your time. The problem is I rush too easily and am very impatient at times. So i guess all in all i am neutral about writing. Like they say you win some and you lose some.