Paint Drying on the Wall

Basketball is a sport filled with gang bangers. Notice I didn't say former gang bangers. They get paid way too much money, and talk about sissies. How many of them really play hurt anymore?

Baseball is full of prima donnas. "I make $15,000 a game, and I only work eight months out of the year, but I need to play a limited schedule so I can hob-knob with my TV star girlfriend." And again, how many of those sissies play hurt?

Football. A watered down version of Rugby is exactly right. Big strong guys, I agree. They can hit you and hurt you, no doubt. Again, look at how many of them are unwilling to play hurt. Of all the sports popular int he US, I think football requires the most conditioning and strength, but it still isn't as exciting to me as watching a golf game. Nine times out of ten you know who is going to win before the game ever starts.

Sports in the US suck. The players suck, the fans suck, the ticket prices suck, the venues suck, and the TV coverage surrounding all the sports suck. I am 45 years old, but if somebody told me they were going to pay me $1 million to play football I would find a way to make it there and play. These spoiled kids have no heart, no drive, all they care about is the $. There are a few exceptions, but for the most part they aren't worth the dynamite it would take to blow their brains out, and that wouldn't be much dynamite.

Want me to be interested in pro sports again? Limit the salaries to $1 million a year. Pay bonuses for performance. Lower ticket prices so the average family of four can go to a MLB game for less than $100. When a player does drugs, breaks the law, etc... can their sorry A$$. Make them cover up their gang tats, and if they flash gang signs they are canned. If they don't play because they are hurt, pay them "sick pay" and make it $1000 a week. I guarantee they will get better quicker.