How our games have changed over the years, debatably whether for the better. Dancing football players, non-fighting hockey players, basketball players who're so athetically gifted they're better at bodybuilding than the actual playing of basketball, and baseball players who're twice as big as the last generation hitting home runs in parks that're half as big as those of the previous generation. Can the upside-down turning of our games be corrected? Hard to say, but here are some ideas to consider....
MLB-Bud Selig (in the future only to be referred to here as Commissioner BS) and the owners sold their souls and the integrity of the game fifteen years ago. Plenty of blame is out there to be shared by both players and owners, and they should feel the sting equally. Until the 2019 season the highest ticket seats will sell for $19.94, with all cheaper seats to be adjusted accordingly downward. Since it seems the only way to get the attention of the owners and the 'man' they chose to ru(i)n baseball is through their pocketbooks, maybe this would be enough of a kick in the wallet.
The players? Ah yes, the players. They get a reverse Jackie Robinson-type distinction. All players will be issued uniform #94 with specially designed patches. Players who have served suspensions for steroid/HGH usage will wear a scarlet lettered 'DF' patch, with the remaining players proudly sporting a 'BS' logo to loudly call attention to their silence and thus tacit approval of the cheating that was going on under their noses. That those initials might have meanings other than 'Donald Fehr' and 'Bud Selig' are simply products of your overactive imaginations.
Congratulations Commissioner BS, you've cemented your legacy as the 'man' who put the BS in baseball. Shame on all of you.
SIDENOTE: Lets stop any more talk of a suspension for SteRod. Being saddled with Madonna is more than punishment enough.
NHL-A much easier and quicker fix to be had:
1. Fire Gary Bettman and hire ANYONE else.
2. Drop the instigator rule. This point can't be stressed enough.
3. If the West Stockholm Red Wings continue to be allowed to play half of each game on the power play, then they play the entire playoffs shorthanded.
SIDENOTE: Also, after every Wings goal scored the PA guy will be required to play a cut from Diver Down.
NFL-No Fun League? The fun is in the playing of the game, not the look-at-me crap. This is football, not daycare. Roger Goodell is doing a decent job overall, but if the league is serious about limiting the choreographed 'spontaneous celebrating' they should put some real teeth into the punishments. The fines are a joke. How about a tiered system: first offense-ejection and four game suspension without pay, second offense-ejection and eight game suspension w/o pay, third offense-ejection and one calender year suspension w/o pay. After the third strike its a lifetime ban. The game survived without onfield dancing for decades before, it'd survive again too.
SIDENOTE: Another city-wide hostage crisis was averted when Brett Favre retired quickly (for him) after the season. He'll work for ESPN, but the 49ers, Lions, and Bills will stay interested anyway. The guy is like a bad rash that just won't go away completely.
NBA-This might be the closest to a lost cause. Commissioner Sterno dawdled while the league burned-its not just the smoke coming from Rasheed's locker this time either Dave. More realistic fundamental basketball is being played in the WNBA.
SIDENOTE: I've never liked the feeling out there in segments of the public that the purchase of a ticket to a sporting event empowers the fan with a right to do and say anything without sanction. You've bought a pass to watch a sporting event, not a license to act like a jackass. However, with all of the chest-thumping butt-bumping head-stomping classlessness exhibited by the players should we really expect any better conduct from the folks watching?
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