Sports

Read this article today:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nfl-crackdown-violent-gameplay/story?id=11915214&page=1
All rights reserved to ABC News of course... just in case they freak out.

Which made me think of a few things, I'll just list them as separate issues and let you, the reader, come to your own conclusions.

#1 - You have colleges every year raising tuition and boarding costs and book costs and adding fees "technology fee" "access fee" "pay a fee fee". So you can try and mortgage away your parents life... or ensure you are at least 15 years in debt right out of school from "school loans"... or you learn how to tear a guys limb off and beat him to death with it all while wearing a football helmet and get a FREE RIDE through college?! Hell, show me the limb!

So, now you are in college... taking "Sports Education" or "Physical Therapy" or whatever crap the college has named it's "Lets ease the football jocks through a free Bachelors Degree major" but you have to win games to make the school money right? So... work out a lot, maybe hit a few 'extra' pills or shots to 'help you along'... Whatever it takes to make sure you have that spectacular hit that sends the other guys helmet flying off (with his head still inside) that will get replayed on Sports Center 50-60 times the next week. Those replays garner interest in you and your team... maybe a couple extra TV games on a major broadcaster?

#2 - NFL... Everyone knows just about every player that puts his foot on the playing field during an actual game is likely making at least $1,000,000.00 a year right? If you are a starter... you are definitely making over $5,000,000.00 a year... and some of these guys are making tens of millions a year for being a 'superstar' or 'franchise' player right? Where does this money come from? Fans buy stuff, but advertisers give out HUGE money to make sure their commercials or endorsements are on or around players or during the 'big games' with 'big hitters' and 'big scorers'.

#3 - You get a bunch of overpaid, self indulgent, ego inflated, testosterone laden essentially bullies on a field together and someone is going to have to prove to someone else that their dick is the biggest... and now you get an overly aggressive hit, a 'dirty hit' that is hairline against the rules (but only if your caught) etc...



More rules? Nope... just going to cause games to get longer and longer...

I think you need to suspend players, without a review or appeal... 1 game each time they do an illegal hit. A fine the equivalent to 15 minutes on the field isn't a deterrent, it's a inconvenience... a suspension costing them 1/20 of their salary EACH time they get suspended from a game? Now THAT will make someone think when they see their bottom line at the end of the year!