What Would Be the One Thing You Would Change in Sports?
In light of today being election day and all, I decided I would write a little post on politics. I promise to generally steer clear of this topic, but I think everyone gets a free pass today, so I am taking mine.
Last night, during halftime of the Steelers fantastic victory over the Redskins, Chris Berman interviewed Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. One of the questions he asked was, “If you could change one thing in sports, what would that be?”
Barack Obama stated, “I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football.”
Now, first off, let me say this: I agree. And as far as I know, a lot of other people agree. Probably the only people who don’t agree, are those that have significant dollars investing in the current messed-up bowl system.
But isn’t it interesting that Obama would choose to address something that the president has ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY to get involved in? The bowl pundits couldn’t give a crap what he thinks. They know we all hate the current system. Giving us the very flawed BCS was their way of throwing a bone our way. Let’s face it, there is just too much money involved to affect this change. If they could figure out a way to make MORE money doing it, they would jump in a heartbeat.
So, once again, Obama chooses to bring change to something he is not going to have an impact on whatsoever. Now, before you slam me, and I know some of you will, I want to mention that I am not a hater. I am not a democrat, either. But I don’t despise Obama or anything like that.
In the interest of fairness, I want to tell you what McCain said. He said, “I’d take significant action to prevent the spread and use of performance enhancing drugs.”
Now this is something the government can take action against. But admittedly, I am kinda sick of the whole thing. That doesn’t mean I think nothing should be done, but I have really heard enough on this issue from the politicians. I think the respective sports leagues should continue to police their players as they are doing now. Going a step further, I think the NFL under Roger Goodell is doing it right. Their punishments are swift, and expulsion for repeat offenders is a very real possibility.
McCain and Obama’s complete interviews are available on espn.com at the links below. I encourage you to check out the whole interview, because believe me, I am the LAST person you want to be getting your news from.
Happy voting!
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