Things I could Care Less About Anymore, Part Two

Back with more to bitch about. You didn't think you were off the hook after part one, ya now? Well, some of it's mine, some of it suggestions from the peanut gallery. PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A KNICK GAME - Well, the fact that the Knicks lost the game is kinda funny in my sick view of the world. But what is the big flippin' whoop-de-doo about a POTUS attending a sporting event? Like no other president ever threw out the first ball in baseball or went to a Super Bowl, right? I wouldn't give this five words under normal conditions - but the fact that everyone and their Aunt Mazie is checking with an opinion is just annoying as jock itch. Come on - pay attention to important things, like, how to grill a steak to perfection. THE BEARS MOVE TO INDIANA - I know, to some Bears fans, this is like hearing Mike Ditka wore Green bay Packer underoos under his Bears sweater during the '85 season. Both the NEW YORK Jets and the NEW YORK Giants have played their home games in New Jersey for going on the better part of 50 years now. And the SAN FRANCISCO 49'ers? How many can still say they remember when they played in Kezar Stadium or Candlestick Park and not in San Jose? So get over it Bears Nation. Management cares about Count DeMoney, not about you or about loyalty to a city. The money is waiting in Indiana - let the good times roll. Oh there's more. A member of the bradley sycophants (all three of them) writes, 'next time you're in a bitchin' mood, what about dealing with what betting is doing to our games?' Hey, I was warning people, be careful what you wish for, because when you get it, it's going to really water down your beer. What did you expect - that athletes are making so much money, they wouldn't be tempted to bet, to try to alter games, to shave points, to play the over/under? Athletes are human beings, just like you and me. And even though you promised your significant other there'd be no more trips to the Chicken Roost or the Double Down Club after the last time you got caught, sure as nothing good happens after midnight you'll end up with a wad of dollars bills spread out in front of you on that stage - and the excuses will be flyin' fast and furious. Sports has welcomed betting into its bed - now, they've got to deal with the consequences. And truthfully, of anything out there from high ticket prices to bad competition, THIS could be the baby to bring everything down, just like it did in 1951. Google it. Finally, to bring this all together, much as they're trying to sell it, I'm not buyin' spring football or games in foreign countries. Don't know why - with spring football, not sure it's because of the level of talent or because they've turned it into a Nintendo game with living players. There's nothing entertaining about it, even when you compare it to the snail like pace of traditional spring games like soccer or baseball. The owners want spring football and European games to matter. In fact, next year the NFL has contracted for two games to be played on the moon. The more they try to expand the game, the more it becomes apparent - we love our football in the fall and winter - and we love it right here, in the good ol' U.S. of A., not Frankfurt, not London, not South America. Not that they'll stop trying to promote both - just don't buy into the con. Maybe instead of all that, they'll give up trying to expand the pie, and make the current game better the way it's played here, traditionally.