The Dirty 3: NBA, MLB, and NFL
Since it’s all about winning, everybody cheats.
Last night I went to bed having not watched the world series game. I woke up this morning, and it turns out that Kenny Rogers has been cheating. Wait, my bad. It’s unfair to throw accusations out there, dragging people’s names through the mud for no reason. Okay, nevermind. The guy was a punk in big games, then magically at age 41 threw three straight gems in the playoffs, with some dirt on his hand coincidentally all three times. Watching the cover up of this particular instance of cheating has been in a word: funny. Ah… cheating at baseball, now that’s the great American pasttime.
In other news, Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers gets praised by NFL types for having a non-stop motor, a combo of speed and strength almost unmatched in the game, and he celebrates his sacks by shooting at God with 2 uzis. Well, now we know why. Steroids. Again, not allowed to blame someone for cheating, even if there’s proof. He says he has an excuse. Even though the guy in the NFL that you could compare Merriman most to is Julius Peppers, who was suspended for some steroid stuff when he was a rookie. Look at today’s NFL player. The combination of size and speed on these guys should be illegal. Why is this generation of players so much bigger and faster than any generation before them? Evolution? Come on.
And that brings us to our beloved NBA. The Finals were VERY suspect with the officiating going against the owner that whines and moans and complains the most. The calls benefited a player that is the exact image of what The Commish wants to market. Dwyane Wade does not have wild hair, he doesn’t wear a headband, he’s not covered in tats, he never gets into trouble or even the slightest controversy, he’s a throwback to the day of the great American legend of the gentleman athlete, and he went to college for more than five minutes. But that was just one example. The refs are always terrible in the NBA, and the league has no interest in changing that, saying that it adds an element of human drama to game or some BS like that. Now they’re cracking down on everything from rubberbands on guys wrists, to yelling at the aforementioned horrible refs, to forcing this new plastic basketball on the game.
I think it’s time to just forget about the rules. Let the players play. Foreign substances, growth hormones, headbands… it’s all good. Ballgate, whatever. It’s a smokescreen.
10 Responses to “The Dirty 3: NBA, MLB, and NFL”
Oct.23 at 9:24 am
Shotcaller21 says:
I agree with you on the NBA and NFL portion… As far as Kenny Rogers goes, he says it was dirt. Whatever it was, he washed it off in the first inning and kicked the crud out of St. Louis the rest of the game.
Oct.23 at 10:15 am
Dj says:
funny how he has dirt on his hands everytime he pitches great.
Oct.23 at 11:07 am
Bryant Reeves says:
Not sure if you guys get it in the States, but up here in Canada there is a series of comercials for an energy drink that star disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson. In the adds he is asked if he ever cheated (he gut busted for steroids in the 1988 olympics), Johnson replies that “I cheata all the time”, then holds up the energy drink (named cheetah - after the animal).
Have we gotten to the point where cheating is expected and can simply be laughed off?
Oct.23 at 11:19 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
Back in 1988, McDonalds ran a promotion where you would get some kind of free meal based on the U.S. placed in medals if you had the right game piece. To make a long story short, Ben Johnson owes (the 10 year old version of) me a Happy Meal.
Even if Kenny Rogers is completely innocent (doubtful), we can all admit that baseball is dirtier than dirt either way.
Oct.23 at 11:59 am
Shotcaller21 says:
Agreed.
Oct.23 at 12:40 pm
WeS says:
Whats killing baseball? Steroids.
Whats killing football? Steroids.
Whats killing basketball? David Stern.
Therefore, whats the most evil thing known to mankind? Davis Stern on steroids. Together, they may be too powerful for any of us to stop…
Oct.23 at 10:42 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
Stop all the hatred, we should be praising Kenny Rogers, for he is the first to discover this new form of shinny, sticky dirt.
Oct.23 at 10:45 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
Side note: I once met Ben Johnson at a highway 417 truckstop/Mcdonalds.
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Oct.24 at 2:21 am
sp says:
ya rogers is a cheater. dirt that shines? Really? Wow!
Oct.29 at 1:43 pm
Bob says:
props to the juxtaposition of Wade’s old school balling to the new rules of the commish.