Friday, July 9, 2010

Let the madness stop already!

Enough already! The hype surrounding the the decision of Lebron James shows the empty-headedness of our society.

All this hoopla about a guy who can play a game well . . . even very well. Here we see a guy who has no sense of loyalty to his home town and to those who supported him. James is the picture of what is wrong with sports today. It is all about who has the most money to buy the best players that will hopefully translate into a championship. What happened to athletes that were hungry, that loved the game, that believed they were privleged to be able to actually make money by playing a game?

I'm sick of the whole thing. The Miani Heat will probably be a good team next year. But I must say, I hope they never win a championship with this trio of overpaid stars.

I'd much rather see someone like Albert Pujols (who still makes an obscene amount of money) but who is loyal to his hometown fans. One of the things that made Michael Jordan great was that he was a Chicago Bull. He was there when the team was bad and he was there leading that same team when they were great. Too bad Lebron James did not learn the real lessons of Michael Jordan's greatness.