Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Seattle sports media lacking

The sports media in Seattle is lacking in quality.

For example, we have three unattractive female sports reporters who look like "tom boys". Their names are Jen Mueller, Shannon Drayer and Angie Mentink. I refuse to buy the notion that these reporters are so knowledgeable about sports that they can't be replaced. Let's go get someone young pretty and in their twenties.

Also on this list is Dave Grosby aka the Groz. He's a little chubby and old and too "Seattle-centric" for my taste. Brock Huard is handsome but one-dimensional in his sports knowledge, if it's outside football, he is out of his element. Jim Moore and Ian Furness are Cougars so that clouds their vision about sports, plus they are very rah-rah about the teams here.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

My issue with Soccer (European Football)

I have a few issues with soccer which make it a secondary sport in the US.

1) Field is too big and there's very little scoring. Action yes because the players run around a lot, but very little scoring.

2) This yellow card and red card business is a little too "Boy Scout-like" for my taste. Getting kicked out of a game means missing the next game as well, doesn't happen like that in the other sports, depending upon the nature of the action.

3) No cheerleaders. Red-blooded American males like attractive and athletic females cheering on the team.

4) It seems like its target audience are effeminate males, who don't have a lot of traditional masculinity.


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

One area where I agree with the President

While I don't believe in higher taxes and more government spending, which would put me at odds with President Obama and the Democratic Party, there is one area where I would agree that there should be taxes. That would be taxing the NCAA and major universities who play in Division 1 conferences in football and basketball, which are still tax-exempt because of their being under the auspices of "education". The BCS as well as the Basketball Tournament generate hundreds of millions of dollars. Let's tax this area and let the educational establishment pay their fair share. You might even see some Republicans support this idea. What a concept.