Sports in America
I don’t have anything more profound to say about it right now but hopefully I will soon. After reading Bill Simmons of ESPN.com’s Page 2, I realized that nearly every major professional athletic association is in the midst of a major controversy.
The NFL has been battling huge image problem with its players running into serious assault and criminal issues (of which Vick is simply the biggest).
With Barry Bonds about to cement his place in infamy by breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record, MLB has been unable to put to rest its steroid problem. And its complicity in that problem.
And finally, with the news that NBA ref, Tim Donaghy, has been fixing games for the mob through his officiating, the NBA is finally forced to deal with what has been a problem for many years, namely suspicious and piss-poor officiating.
The NHL gets a lot of crap for being unpopular and failing to generate decent television ratings. But as far as sports leagues go, at least it’s honest.
