Congrats Lebron, you're this year's Brett Favre
With all the major problems facing the nation it’s nice to see Americans taking a break to watch the most important sports event of our time. No, I’m not talking about the World Cup. I’m talking about Lebron James. I think even Club Soda would agree that the World Cup is more fascinating to watch that this ridiculously over-hyped James saga.
It’s gotten to the point that ESPN is going to run an hour-long special at the behest of Lebron James so he can “announce” where he is playing. There’s over indulgent and then there’s Lebron James. Mr. James is 25 years old, and by everyone’s reckoning a pretty decent basketball player, but he’s never won anything significant. Is Lebron really worth his own variety hour on ESPN?
This is the most absurd television stunt since Geraldo Rivera unlocked the mystery of Al Capone’s vault in April, 1986. On that night over 30 million people tuned into see literally nothing happen. The only mystery after that event is why anyone paid attention to Geraldo after that debacle.
I take all that back. My guess is that Geraldo Rivera’s humiliation on TV is infinitely more entertaining than anything that will happen Thursday night. Lebron James will likely stay in Cleveland and all this will be over nothing. However, I hold out hope that James will retire from the NBA, start his own franchise in Hawaii, and as Thursday night’s variety hour begins Lebron sings “I got you babe.” A man can hope.
There are plenty of things I hate about politics. One of my pet peeves is how Supreme Court Justices are picked. Republican and Democrats are guilty of nominating people based solely on their race and gender. It’s ludicrous. Shouldn’t we be looking for the most qualified person to be on the court? Here’s the disbarred President Clinton’s take on the selection process.
Clinton suggested Obama should “first of all see what the court is missing” when it comes to faith or sex. “Does there need to be another woman on the court? Should there be some other group represented? Because Justice Stevens was part of the four-person progressive block, he will of course nominate someone who will be part of that,” Clinton said.
I guess this is just the natural inclination of things. Our culture is slowly advancing the “idea of fairness” over making the most logical decision. I have no problem with “fairness,” but the “idea of fairness” is another subject. To get an idea of how stupid this process has become let me compair the use of “fairness” in other areas.
There's no fairness doctrine in competitive sports nor should there be
Imagine if tomorrow I purchased the Los Angeles Lakers and decided that the fair thing to do would be to have a roster of 12 players with a proportion of players based on racial makeup in the U.S. Does this sound stupid? I would never win. The Lakers and any other competitive team find the best players available. They don’t care what they look like and neither should anyone else for that matter.
What is more important to our society? Sports or the interpretation of the Constitution? Why aren’t we looking for the most qualified people available? Life isn’t fair. Get over it.
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