I think I know everything there is to know about a lot of sports. Is that cocky of me? Sure, but in a world filled with voices screaming to fill the vacuum space that is ESPN, it seems everyone can be an expert at something.
Take Mel Kiper, Jr., for example. For the last several weeks, we have endured him changing his mind on who will go first in the NFL Draft, which takes place this evening on the NFL Network.
Kiper said he has a system to determine who will take who. So do I; it’s called guessing. No one has any idea what teams will do when it is finally their turn to pick off the big board. Will Cam Newton go first? If this is really the year of the quarterback, why isn’t Kiper guaranteeing it?
The easiest pick is the first one. From there on, teams get a limited amount of time to make their decisions. Put enough smart people under pressure, and they are bound to crack.
Take Tim Tebow for example. The Denver Broncos shocked the NFL world when they took Tebow in the first round. I guess not everyone knows everything.
Before I move on from football, I think that we will have an NFL season, but I do not think it starts until October.
Why?
Money and lots of it. Who wouldn’t want a few extra millions or billions in their pockets, anyway? It doesn’t make any sense to me to play football when you can cancel the season and make money anyway.
I mean, what do you have to lose from shutting down America’s most profitable sports industry? Oh, I don’t know; ask Bud Selig.
Speaking of Selig, I bet he’s an anxious man these days. The MLB just acquired a bankrupt and headed-to-catastrophe Los Angeles Dodgers club, and the league apparently has an attendance issue. I guess baseball without steroids just isn’t as fun. Or maybe it’s that America’s pastime just isn’t what it used to be.
With over 160 games each year, and nearly every game televised in some form, there really is no incentive to go to the ballpark. That’s why they invented high definition televisions. The only real reason is to watch Albert Pujols.
That’s right, I said it, to watch “The Man.” Could this be his final year in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform?
Gasp!
I know ESPN is hoping to get exclusive rights to The Second Decision.
But I know that Pujols will be back, at less than $30 million a year and not for 10 years, and that Cardinal Nation will stop hyperventilating. I also know the Cardinals will be in first in the National League Central when we return in late August. Yes, I know that the NBA and NHL playoffs are fantastic this year, but who really cares? Canadians and Miami fans care I suppose.
How crazy is it that a Canadian team may win an American championship?
Hey, what do I know?
