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Oct. 27, 2005 In the early to mid-seventies,some of my heroes,the Cowboys, freebased cocaine, and had orgies with loose women. What they didn't do was rub your nose in it, threaten and proposition respectable employees of a public business and expect multi-millions of dollars.They made a lot less money, probably still too much but hey they were at least in the same zipcode with reality. Thomas Hollywood Henderson(potential hall of famer turned drug addict) said Ed Too Tall Jones(not a druggie) was a simple man with simple tastes,he only liked three things football, beer and sex, all in massive quantities, but dangit, he did it in the privacy of his own home and then went out and played spectacularly, and respected himself(publicly anyway), the fans and said all the right things. Now we have players pretending to be rappers who in turn are, I guess pretending to be pimps or drug dealers. And I reckon the pimps are pretending to be rapping sports stars. See, its the (singing) ciiiiiircle of liiiiife. Someone recently said at one time there was a point in a young mans life where things change and you go from wanting to be a football star to a rock star, big change. Now, what changes when you go from wanting to be Randy Moss to Snoop Dog?, hmm not much,hmm I don't know, different kind of gun, I guess. Growing up there was nothing to do on sunday but listen to the wind blow and wait for the game to come on. Sure, its stupid, grown men playing a child's game with a leather ball, but it was harmless. You watched the game, loved the game, a diversion, nothing more. Now you need someone to watch you watching it. Take five hundred pounds of gear and cook food in a parking lot or spend a weeks pay to go sit in a stadium next to drunk idiots. The Cowboys won five superbowls and would have won two more against Pittsburgh but they had twenty-three guys on steroids and we only had five. If protein and weights make me good, gee, steroids, HGH, even better.I'll win this year but die at fifty, sign me up. This mentality continues and intensifies today, win at all costs, score a t.d. point at the sky, pound my chest. If you want to do something noble Mr. sports hero, sprint across town and raise your illegitimate children, and try to not stab anyone on the way. This is all part of some sick pathology that says I'll take whats good about our society when it benefits me, and then I'll be destructive of that same society even though it provides the framework that makes me rich. One thing hasn't changed, elite college athletes generally have no more in common with a studious scholar than I have with a porcupine. To me, sports should be fun, casual weekend activities, not life or death take more drugs than the other guy cut twenty years off my life insanity. The average person should stop supporting overpaid athletes ,who are a disgrace to traditional morals, and the greedy businessmen that profit from them. I will no longer spend one dime on this foolishness. Without our money it will fold and good riddance. ------------ About the author: David Guerra tries to mind his own business and treat others the way he wants to be treated. He loves his wife, treats animals and children kindly, and self-medicates several self-diagnosed mental concerns with a few beers, as needed. Please direct offers of money and hatemail to: yvetteguerra68@hotmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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