Dirty and dirtier
Poor beloved sport...
So much exploited, the dreams of millions of kids watching their heros crushed and shuttered... cheated... with no remorse, no regret...
After each and every disgraceful incident, you hear sportsmen either apologising (too little, too late), or denying the evindence, thus adding insult to my intelligence and the one of every other paying viewer to the wrong doing...
Too much money involved? Definitely.
But also, too little love for the game, whichever it might be.
I am on my way back from a week in Italy, I tried to stay away from news as much as possible... to relax... because as soon as I read news, it's most of the times disappointing... as it proved, once again.
Let's start from my beloved NBA.
A ref (the person entrusted to keep the game fair!!!!), Tim Donaghy, is under FBI investigation for allegedly fixing games results for the mob. Amazing. Shocking. Or maybe not.
At times, in the past, refreeing has been very doubtful in the NBA, to say the least.
So this just proves what everybody thought but couldn't provide hard evidence for. Matches in the NBA are fixed. Now it's proven.
And this ref, provided is the only one involved (I personally doubt it), was refreeing few of the most debated controversial games last season. What a surprise... NOT.
The Palace brawl, the Vegas fights during the All-Star game, the shooting of a Denver player, Indiana's Stephen Jackson firing his handgun outside a night club, drug use, domestic violence, gambling... even some deaths due to heart failures... the NBA, and its true fans, didn't need all this, and surely don't deserve it. But now, we get more. A crooked ref, to add to the game.
Latest, I read on ESPN.com that they fear for his safety. No shit. He puts up with the mob and he thinks he will reach pension age?? He has been watching too many movies, obviously...
He, and the other refs like him, should be put in Guantanamo... for ruining the dreams of many and the entertainment of many more... support, suffer, rejoyce... compete, fall and rise... NOT buy and sell!!! So now, who won because was deserved, and who didn't??? So many doubts, so many dark clouds hanging on the reputation of this wonderful sport. And for years to come, many will rightfully doubt anything close to a bad refreeing. Is he selling this game away? Again?
I'm seriously thinking about suing the NBA for cheating and STEALING my money (both satellite TV and game tickets)... at least, they would learn...
And then, FIRE that moron called David Stern... only busy with stupid futile shit like dress code, leaving the bench non-sense and salary cap, and let the game roll into layers of crap, over and over again by playing blind to the important pressing issues... he obviously has done his time, bring in someone like mr. Roger Goodell, the NFL commish... he certainly is doing a rather good job. The NBA needs a man like him.
Talking about the NFL. Roger Goodell, immediately after being named commissioner, didn't waste time to let his league know that something had changed. He wouldn't tolerate players crossing the line. ESPECIALLY, when the law is broken.
So here we are, with Tennessee Titan's Pacman Jones being suspended for the ENTIRE 2007 season and Cincinnati Bengals' Chris Henry suspended for half season.
On top of this, there is an investigation pending on Atlanta Falcons' Michael Vick for illegally hosting dog fights in his property and Chicago Bears' Tank Johnson being cut loose by his team for repeatedly breaking the law. Not to mention Denver Broncos' Darrent Williams, fatally shot last year outside a club.
Are the NBA and the NFL packed with criminas? Or misbehaving spoiled primadonnas who cannot control themselves? Or both??? Or are they just overpaid uneducated idiots?
Surely money cannot buy class. And they prove it, day in and day out.
What about the MLB? Barry Bonds being investigated for doping. He denies. His lawyer said: "I'll outmaneuver the FBI at every turn. I've kicked their ass in private, I will continue to kick their ass in public." This, in my vocabulary, doesn't exactly translate as: "Mr. Bonds is innocent" but rather as: "Mr. Bonds has a damn good lawyer". Just like O.J.Simpson did.
But even if Bonds is indeed innocent of perjuring in front of a grand jury, how can his record breaking career be taken seriously with so many doping allegations? Just look at him... he looks like one of those WWE overinflated "fighters"... all natural? Up to you to decide. I have, obviously, my own opinion... and my doubts. The list of players to consider, and their action, when deciding if baseball is clean or not, includes Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi and Jose Canseco with his book.
And do you remember Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa cheating by corking his bat?? He and Bonds were battling for HRs leadership in the league. One cheating one way, one the other. How fun.
Anyway, talking about the WWE... how to forget the recend homicide/suicide involving the 40 years old Canadian Chris Benoit? And the the "mysterious" premature deaths of many others, like the British Bulldog, Owen Hart (33), Yokozuna (34), Eddie Guerrero (38), Andre the Giant (46) to name only the most famous. In the past 20 years, 61 (!!) pro wrestlers died at an age anywhere between 21 and 46, and almost as many didn't make it to 65.
Are they simply recruiting wrestlers from hospitals or maybe, just MAYBE, steroids have something to do with this?
But, when talking about steroids, who better (or worse...) than pro cycling knows this problem? Every day you hear about a biker being caught, it really doesn't surprise anyone anymore. There is more steroids in pro cycling than rain in Bangladesh during monsoon season. It's a pure shame. But come on, how can you really believe a man can bike for 2 weeks, at 50 km/h average, for over 3000 km in total, up and down the Pyrenees and the Alps and not being doped???? Who are we kidding??
Last year's Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was stripped as was found positive to steroids. Past winners and top riders as Jan Ulrich, David Millar, Ivan Basso, Erik Zabel and Bjarne Riis where either involved or admitted steroids use. Even 6 times champ Lance Armstrong was linked, and although never found guilty, well... some evidence was there, as some french newspapers reported.
And if doping has always been linked to every sport (weight lifting, track and field...), what to say about the latest spy story in the F1?
Some back stabbing Ferrari chief mechanic Nigel Stepney tried to sabotage the race cars, but only after selling the projects of the cars to the McLaren Mercedes. How low can you go??
Four high ranking personnel from McLaren are said to be involved, not last chief project manager Mike Coughlan. A punishment is expected for McLaren, but remember this, they can't be punished too hard, because the F1 needs them.
So much for justice, right??
The show must go on, and mostly, bring in tons of money. So if you cheat, be it. This is the lesson learned today. And we lost another chance to make things right.
So much exploited, the dreams of millions of kids watching their heros crushed and shuttered... cheated... with no remorse, no regret...
After each and every disgraceful incident, you hear sportsmen either apologising (too little, too late), or denying the evindence, thus adding insult to my intelligence and the one of every other paying viewer to the wrong doing...
Too much money involved? Definitely.
But also, too little love for the game, whichever it might be.
I am on my way back from a week in Italy, I tried to stay away from news as much as possible... to relax... because as soon as I read news, it's most of the times disappointing... as it proved, once again.
Let's start from my beloved NBA.
A ref (the person entrusted to keep the game fair!!!!), Tim Donaghy, is under FBI investigation for allegedly fixing games results for the mob. Amazing. Shocking. Or maybe not.
At times, in the past, refreeing has been very doubtful in the NBA, to say the least.
So this just proves what everybody thought but couldn't provide hard evidence for. Matches in the NBA are fixed. Now it's proven.
And this ref, provided is the only one involved (I personally doubt it), was refreeing few of the most debated controversial games last season. What a surprise... NOT.
The Palace brawl, the Vegas fights during the All-Star game, the shooting of a Denver player, Indiana's Stephen Jackson firing his handgun outside a night club, drug use, domestic violence, gambling... even some deaths due to heart failures... the NBA, and its true fans, didn't need all this, and surely don't deserve it. But now, we get more. A crooked ref, to add to the game.
Latest, I read on ESPN.com that they fear for his safety. No shit. He puts up with the mob and he thinks he will reach pension age?? He has been watching too many movies, obviously...
He, and the other refs like him, should be put in Guantanamo... for ruining the dreams of many and the entertainment of many more... support, suffer, rejoyce... compete, fall and rise... NOT buy and sell!!! So now, who won because was deserved, and who didn't??? So many doubts, so many dark clouds hanging on the reputation of this wonderful sport. And for years to come, many will rightfully doubt anything close to a bad refreeing. Is he selling this game away? Again?
I'm seriously thinking about suing the NBA for cheating and STEALING my money (both satellite TV and game tickets)... at least, they would learn...
And then, FIRE that moron called David Stern... only busy with stupid futile shit like dress code, leaving the bench non-sense and salary cap, and let the game roll into layers of crap, over and over again by playing blind to the important pressing issues... he obviously has done his time, bring in someone like mr. Roger Goodell, the NFL commish... he certainly is doing a rather good job. The NBA needs a man like him.
Talking about the NFL. Roger Goodell, immediately after being named commissioner, didn't waste time to let his league know that something had changed. He wouldn't tolerate players crossing the line. ESPECIALLY, when the law is broken.
So here we are, with Tennessee Titan's Pacman Jones being suspended for the ENTIRE 2007 season and Cincinnati Bengals' Chris Henry suspended for half season.
On top of this, there is an investigation pending on Atlanta Falcons' Michael Vick for illegally hosting dog fights in his property and Chicago Bears' Tank Johnson being cut loose by his team for repeatedly breaking the law. Not to mention Denver Broncos' Darrent Williams, fatally shot last year outside a club.
Are the NBA and the NFL packed with criminas? Or misbehaving spoiled primadonnas who cannot control themselves? Or both??? Or are they just overpaid uneducated idiots?
Surely money cannot buy class. And they prove it, day in and day out.
What about the MLB? Barry Bonds being investigated for doping. He denies. His lawyer said: "I'll outmaneuver the FBI at every turn. I've kicked their ass in private, I will continue to kick their ass in public." This, in my vocabulary, doesn't exactly translate as: "Mr. Bonds is innocent" but rather as: "Mr. Bonds has a damn good lawyer". Just like O.J.Simpson did.
But even if Bonds is indeed innocent of perjuring in front of a grand jury, how can his record breaking career be taken seriously with so many doping allegations? Just look at him... he looks like one of those WWE overinflated "fighters"... all natural? Up to you to decide. I have, obviously, my own opinion... and my doubts. The list of players to consider, and their action, when deciding if baseball is clean or not, includes Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi and Jose Canseco with his book.
And do you remember Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa cheating by corking his bat?? He and Bonds were battling for HRs leadership in the league. One cheating one way, one the other. How fun.
Anyway, talking about the WWE... how to forget the recend homicide/suicide involving the 40 years old Canadian Chris Benoit? And the the "mysterious" premature deaths of many others, like the British Bulldog, Owen Hart (33), Yokozuna (34), Eddie Guerrero (38), Andre the Giant (46) to name only the most famous. In the past 20 years, 61 (!!) pro wrestlers died at an age anywhere between 21 and 46, and almost as many didn't make it to 65.
Are they simply recruiting wrestlers from hospitals or maybe, just MAYBE, steroids have something to do with this?
But, when talking about steroids, who better (or worse...) than pro cycling knows this problem? Every day you hear about a biker being caught, it really doesn't surprise anyone anymore. There is more steroids in pro cycling than rain in Bangladesh during monsoon season. It's a pure shame. But come on, how can you really believe a man can bike for 2 weeks, at 50 km/h average, for over 3000 km in total, up and down the Pyrenees and the Alps and not being doped???? Who are we kidding??
Last year's Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was stripped as was found positive to steroids. Past winners and top riders as Jan Ulrich, David Millar, Ivan Basso, Erik Zabel and Bjarne Riis where either involved or admitted steroids use. Even 6 times champ Lance Armstrong was linked, and although never found guilty, well... some evidence was there, as some french newspapers reported.
And if doping has always been linked to every sport (weight lifting, track and field...), what to say about the latest spy story in the F1?
Some back stabbing Ferrari chief mechanic Nigel Stepney tried to sabotage the race cars, but only after selling the projects of the cars to the McLaren Mercedes. How low can you go??
Four high ranking personnel from McLaren are said to be involved, not last chief project manager Mike Coughlan. A punishment is expected for McLaren, but remember this, they can't be punished too hard, because the F1 needs them.
So much for justice, right??
The show must go on, and mostly, bring in tons of money. So if you cheat, be it. This is the lesson learned today. And we lost another chance to make things right.
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