Right Now in Sports and Music

There are somethings that should be left alone. I am very big fan of having fun and it definitely looks like the Head Coach for the mens basketball team at Tennessee is having a great time, but why did we have to be subjected to this performance. This is now the state of entertainment and how much of a joke a once beloved form of music has become. At the risk of sounding like a "Brown Sugar" advertisement, I am really a fan of the mid 1990's and the music that used to be called Hip Hop. I understand that the music industry is a business but the music on the radio now does not do anything for the soul. The leaders of the new school are now selling records with no content, but a lot of great beats, big chains, falling money and of course the perfect women that our culture describes as gold diggers if they hint at the fact they want their man to take care of them. Now women are becoming the bread winner, taking care of the house and being told not to complain. It is a sad state we are in as a culture and a community. We need to change somethings, and this has been the theme of 2009 for so many. I hope this starts a discussion, helps some people make a change and/or gets someone focused on what is really important.

Free Agent Fan

In the age of free agency where players in the major sports leagues go from team to team, it is time for the fan to become a free agent.  Players get paid millions while Franchise Owners make billions, and who is left out in the cold wearing laundry that becomes older than out dated political playbook employed in D.C. soon as that once hot free agent is traded to his third team in 4 years.  It is commendable for a player to now play for a team for an extended period of time without wearing out his welcome by not performing on the field of committing an atrocity off of it.  As a fan of sports, I am now committed to becoming a free agent fan.  I am signing no more long terms deals with any teams.  

In the past weeks one of my supposed to be favorite team New York Yankees, have signed the

 CC to a deal well in excess of 100 million.  I thought the country was in a recession.  Lebron my

 good friend is scheduled to cash in with my favorite basketball team of the moment in 201

0. Manny about a decade removed from making the move to Boston is ready to make another power play.  Kevin Garnett made a move that was not for money, but for a title when we all watched him goto Boston last year.  I for one am happy to see guys go from nothing to something using the American way of capitalism as a vehicle for stability.  In the end, I will no longer call you a bandwagon fan if you decide to run with the hot team of the moment.  It is your right to wear the colors of your favorite team or player.  

The age of the free agent fan is here.

Basketball News

The New York Knicks have not been a team of championships and back to back playoff appearances of late. The front office of this organization is beginning to feel the pressure from the fans and most of all from season ticket holders. In the right system players can flourish and in the right city players can lose their way. This has seemed to be the case for many players involved in trades to the Big Apple. It is time for the Knicks to approach this from a different angle and all things considered, I believe they are going in the right direction. It may be early to say they are posturing to make a major move at next years stars who will be free agents including Lebron James and Chris Bosh. With the season still in its infancy, New York has been making moves and clearing cap room. The new head coach has the fans and city buzzing about the west coast up and down style of basketball never before seen in New York unless deployed by a visiting team.


The next item on the list is what does the team do with Stephon "Star" Marbury. Marbury has not played in a single game for the Knicks this year, he is arguably one of the better players on the roster but his reputation as a me first point guard has kept him on the inactive list this year. He is owed 21 million dollars in the final year of his contract and it doesn't look like he will be going to any other team anytime soon for that amount of money. He is just to expensive with his past track record. For the time being Marbury seems content being paid to sit on the bench, but for a player of his caliber, his current temperment could change at any time.