Sarcastic Bastard

it's been about 2 weeks since my last post. i haven't forgotten about posting, but just haven't been in a posting mood for a while.

the usual things in the world these days: dealing with stupid people, reading about the atrocities committed by greedy people, et cetera et cetera...

the latest in my sights is professional sports. 3 of the 4 major north american sports leagues are complete mockeries...the only one left with integrity is the NFL. MLB spending is out of control; it seems like 2 or 3 teams spend more money than all the other teams put together (i don't know exact figures, but you get the idea). the NBA full of a bunch of whining pussies who cry foul (literally) when they don't get what they want. case in point: alonzo mourning, traded to toronto for vince carter. he never showed up to play a single game for the raptors, but collected hefty paycheques, and was ultimately bought out of his contract by the raptors, to sign a day later with another team! that's like me not going to work, then quitting and demanding severance pay and going on EI! should be illegal!

and then of course, the NHL...now, i must give that league a bit of credit for continuing to try to salvage a season, despite that wishes of most fans to let it die already and spare us the never-ending bullshit coming from both sides. BUT the thing is, the players have said some things that make me want to avoid professional hockey until everyone who was around for this lockout has retired and left the game to new people (who will invariably do the same greedy things, unfortunately). the players have come across as so arrogant and ignorant...even godlike in their beliefs; not realizing that, without hockey, they'd be relegated to delivering pizzas or cleaning pools.

now, the reason i mention pools is not to insult pool cleaners, because the truth is there's nothing wrong with that job. in the minors, players get paid much much less than the "pros" - one of the top players in the league makes $700/week, and in order to maintain his career as a hockey player, he must work for his family's pool business in the summertime. (at $700/week for the duration of the hockey season, that only amounts to about $20k USD!) i'll be damned if i don't have respect for a guy like that. and here this poor guy is at risk of losing his job to these asshats, who, while insisting that they would never accept a salary cap, are signing in the minor leagues (and acting all high and mighty about it) which DO have salary caps.

so do i feel at all sympathetic for a bunch of millionaires who want to be even richer than they are for playing hockey, when the rest of the world works hard every day fighting crime, curing diseases, building homes, etc? fuck no...i have to PAY to play hockey, and i do it because i love the game.

sorry if i got off on a bit of a tangent...hopefully my next post will be more coherent than this one.

posted by leor @ 16:26