I have finished reading the Mitchell report and both management and labor have to accept responsibility for the steroid problem.
I find it laughable that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is going to "investigate the problem". Yeah right. Selig is the problem. He never pushed Donald Fehr who heads up the players association to allow serious testing for steroids. Selig needs to resign immediately for the good of the game. It happened on his watch. There is no excuse that a large number of players in the past 20 years were juiced and have put up gaudy numbers that are now questionable at best. Selig has never shown any leadership and if you read through this blog you will see he has made mistakes every time a decision was needed or a leader needed to step in and show the way.
Donald Fehr should also tell the world he screwed up. But, that's fairly obvious in his arrogance and that of the overpaid athletes who pay his salary. Fehr has denied baseball the chance to test as it should have and has been a hindrance to the integrity of the game.
So what happens now you ask? Probably nothing. Neither Selig or Fehr is going anywhere anytime soon while their pockets are being lined. Hopefully the players will wake up and realize the public who has put up with this woeful behavior is paying their salaries and wont tolerate it much longer.
It's time for the players to grow up and take responsibility for their actions. But, given their track record don't hold your breath.
December 16, 2007
December 02, 2007
MU gets hosed by the BCS
My beloved Missouri Tigers football team got hosed tonight by the BCS. The Tigers should have been going to one of the first tier bowl games in January but instead were not invited to the party. Even after the loss last night, the Tigers were number six in the final BCS rankings. With a total of ten spots available it would seem a no brainer that the sixth ranked team would be invited to a BCS game. But, Noooooo....
Missouri didn't make it to a BCS game. They are headed to the Cotton Bowl instead. Now, you can spin it anyway you want, but the Cotton Bowl isn't the game it was years ago. It's a second tier bowl because it hasn't kept up with the payouts of the big four and the BCS game. The Tigers will play Arkansas, the 25th ranked team in the land, in the game that kicks off Tuesday morning the first of January.
What pisses me off is that the Tigers beat both Illinois and Kansas and both of those teams are playing in BCS games. Illinois is going to the Rose bowl and the Chickenhawks are going to the Orange bowl. What the hell were those bowl committees thinking? And to add insult to injury Hawaii, USC and West Virginia are also playing in BCS games, even though all three of their BCS averages are below Missouri's. Again, Mizzou's final BCS ranking was six in the nation. So what the hell gives?
As far as I am concerned the BCS and all of it's business partners and sponsors can kiss by my big white ass. The whole things is a joke.
Missouri didn't make it to a BCS game. They are headed to the Cotton Bowl instead. Now, you can spin it anyway you want, but the Cotton Bowl isn't the game it was years ago. It's a second tier bowl because it hasn't kept up with the payouts of the big four and the BCS game. The Tigers will play Arkansas, the 25th ranked team in the land, in the game that kicks off Tuesday morning the first of January.
What pisses me off is that the Tigers beat both Illinois and Kansas and both of those teams are playing in BCS games. Illinois is going to the Rose bowl and the Chickenhawks are going to the Orange bowl. What the hell were those bowl committees thinking? And to add insult to injury Hawaii, USC and West Virginia are also playing in BCS games, even though all three of their BCS averages are below Missouri's. Again, Mizzou's final BCS ranking was six in the nation. So what the hell gives?
As far as I am concerned the BCS and all of it's business partners and sponsors can kiss by my big white ass. The whole things is a joke.
Bad Night to Be A Tiger Fan
My Tigers got their butts handed to them last night by Oklahoma in the Big XII Football Championship game down in San Antonio. The final was 38-17 Oklahoma. The Sooners are arguably one of the best teams in the nation. The Sooners' defense shut Missouri's running game down tight and in the Red Zone and Missouri had to settle for field goals three times. Oklahoma also held Missouri to it's lowest point total of the season.
The Tigers made mistakes on both offense and defense, particularly stupid penalties at inopportune times. But, in the end Oklahoma had more athleticism than Mizzou and won the right to represent the Big 12 in the BCS. It appears as if the loss will shut the Tigers out of the BCS completely and they may end up playing in the lesser Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
The basketball Tigers also lost last night in Berkeley against the Bears. I didn't watch it since the football game ended late and I was not too happy with the outcome of the football game. If you care the score was Cal 86 - Mizzou 72.
The Tigers made mistakes on both offense and defense, particularly stupid penalties at inopportune times. But, in the end Oklahoma had more athleticism than Mizzou and won the right to represent the Big 12 in the BCS. It appears as if the loss will shut the Tigers out of the BCS completely and they may end up playing in the lesser Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
The basketball Tigers also lost last night in Berkeley against the Bears. I didn't watch it since the football game ended late and I was not too happy with the outcome of the football game. If you care the score was Cal 86 - Mizzou 72.
December 01, 2007
Now ESPN is Trying to Save Face
It's bad enough that ESPN is totally irresponsible, but now it's parent company is trying to help the child save face, and it says something about the way ABC/Disney do business. At halftime of the ACC Championship game, ABC's talking idiots in the studio said, I kid you not, "Well it will be interesting to see what happens with Les Miles and Michigan after the LSU game is over".
What? Miles said in his news conference, which anyone could see, he is staying at LSU. But, ESPN/ABC just won't admit they screwed up big time. At the SEC Championship game Miles told a CBS reporter..."I WILL be at LSU next year". End of story. Period.
But, what do the ESPN talking heads say at halftime? They question where he is going. Can you believe that? The ESPN/ABC producers are idiots.
Bottom line is ESPN screwed up badly. They screwed up about as bad as Dan Rather did on the George Bush story, which ultimatly led to Rather's retirment. But, what makes it worse is ABC/ESPN just won't say hey folks we screwed up. Somewhere, there is an executive telling the talking heads how to spin it. And that is just pathetic.
What? Miles said in his news conference, which anyone could see, he is staying at LSU. But, ESPN/ABC just won't admit they screwed up big time. At the SEC Championship game Miles told a CBS reporter..."I WILL be at LSU next year". End of story. Period.
But, what do the ESPN talking heads say at halftime? They question where he is going. Can you believe that? The ESPN/ABC producers are idiots.
Bottom line is ESPN screwed up badly. They screwed up about as bad as Dan Rather did on the George Bush story, which ultimatly led to Rather's retirment. But, what makes it worse is ABC/ESPN just won't say hey folks we screwed up. Somewhere, there is an executive telling the talking heads how to spin it. And that is just pathetic.
ESPN Has No Credibility
What little credibility ESPN had just went flying out the window.
ESPN football "expert" Kirk Herbstreit told viewers on the cable network late this morning that LSU coach Les Miles had accepted the head football coach's job job at Michigan. Herbstreit also reported that Georgia Tech defensive coordinator and interim head coach Jon Tenuta would go with him.
WRONG!!!
Miles and LSU called a hasty news conference this afternoon and Miles tersely told reporters he isn't going anywhere and plans to stay at LSU. He also said he would not take questions because he is preparing for the SEC championship game. and seemed miffed that he had to explain to his squad he is not leaving on the day they are getting ready for their biggest game of the year.
Herbstreit's reporting is irresponsible at best. And his timing is even worse as he has distracted one of the best football teams in the nation as it prepares for it's biggest game of the year. This isn't the first time ESPN has played fast and loose with the facts. Maybe ESPN should stick to televising basketball and football games and leave real reporting to professionals.
ESPN football "expert" Kirk Herbstreit told viewers on the cable network late this morning that LSU coach Les Miles had accepted the head football coach's job job at Michigan. Herbstreit also reported that Georgia Tech defensive coordinator and interim head coach Jon Tenuta would go with him.
WRONG!!!
Miles and LSU called a hasty news conference this afternoon and Miles tersely told reporters he isn't going anywhere and plans to stay at LSU. He also said he would not take questions because he is preparing for the SEC championship game. and seemed miffed that he had to explain to his squad he is not leaving on the day they are getting ready for their biggest game of the year.
Herbstreit's reporting is irresponsible at best. And his timing is even worse as he has distracted one of the best football teams in the nation as it prepares for it's biggest game of the year. This isn't the first time ESPN has played fast and loose with the facts. Maybe ESPN should stick to televising basketball and football games and leave real reporting to professionals.
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