Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Brock Lesnar signs deal with WWE

Late yesterday afternoon Brock Lesnar announced on ESPN's Sportscenter that he has signed a new multi-year deal with World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE. This will end his career or return to the octagon. For Brock Lesnar this is a great deal because as he put it, "I've been in a bad position w/healthy & money. Now I'm in a good position with both. I work part time with full time pay." This also is very good for WWE. The reasoning behind this is that Lesnar is an entertainer that is very polarizing. He can back it up with his wrestling, and he doesn't have to talk. He has arguably one of-if not the best talkers and mangers that WWE has ever seen. His name is Paul Heyman and he has been Lesnar's right hand man since he has been in the WWE. In the end this deal works out for both Lesnar and the WWE, and us as fans are getting what we want...for once. Please leave your comments down below.

Monday, March 16, 2015

"Winning" Free Agency Doesn't Equal Winning Results

We are a little under a week of the free agency period opening up, and there has been a lot of money being thrown around. "Winning" free agency does not guarantee that your team is going to be good next year. Giving Ndamukong Suh $60 million in guaranteed money does not mean that the Dolphins wins are going to increase exponentially. I'm not saying that he isn't worth that money, all I'm saying is that Suh had a much more complete team around him in Detroit which contributed to why he is making so much money for the next so many years. Last year media that covered the NFL said that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers "won" free agency. A 2-14 record later and they are currently on the clock with the intentions to draft Jameis Winston out of Florida State. "Winning" free agency doesn't equal at least immediate wins, but you never know how a team will perform until they're on the field. Please leave your comments below.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Athletes getting too many breaks

On Thursday U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled in favor of Adrian Peterson's suspension. Judge Doty overturned NFL arbitrator Harold Henderson. Peterson's suspension for beating his son with a switch will soon slowly go down the drain. What does the Peterson case show you? It shows that professional athletes could do something terribly wrong and within a small window can be reinstated and be in the lineup on Sunday's. Something is very wrong in today's society. If an average male did the same exact thing that Adrian Peterson did and beat your son with a switch, then that person would be in jail for a very long time. Sometime in the very near future free-agent and former Carolina Panther Greg Hardy will be appealing the NFL's decision on his suspension. I am going to guess and say that Hardy will be reinstated to league in the very near future. I hope that someone out there will stand up and say no to these players getting breaks and being able to play in the league again. You can make your own opinion on this subject. Source credited to ESPN.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Italian soccer claims to have too many 'colored players' in the game

In a recent article done by the New York times, former coach of the Italian national soccer team, Arrigo Sacchi told reporters that he spotted too man players on the championship team that wasn't white. This is still a problem in today's society. The fact that a form of racism still occurs. Mr. Sacchi is captured in a video of arguing at a large number of foreigners in the junior ranks of the nation's professional clubs. Mr. Sacchi was not referring to the non-Italians, but to the color of their skin. Mr. Sacchi (68) today claims that he is not a racist. He also claims that never once was he ever a racist, but I see to disagree with him. First off, back in 1994 during the World Cup, videos capture him as he explicitly and clearly talking about how many more 'colored players' (as he puts it) there are than Italian players. In the article Sacchi claims that he is just looking out for his country, and that also he has coached many teams before with different nationalities on it. On the current Italian national team, one person took issue with these comments, Mario Balotelli. Mr. Balotelli, who's parents are from Ghana. Mr. Balotelli has been taunted with comments for years, from loyal fans of the national team. Mr. Balotelli agent commented as saying on behalf of his client that he is "ashamed to be Italian". Everyone out there can make there own opinion on whether or not Mr. Sacchi is looking out for his country or if he is just a full-blown racist. You can make your own opinion on this subject. Source credited to the New York Times