Anyone else disappointed with US professional leagues?

I can't even watch ESPN without something negative occuring in pro sports. Right now the NBA is in the point shaving incident, then my second favorite NFL player (Michael Vick) is indicted on dogfighting charges. Baseball still has the steroids case looming over mainly because of Barry Bonds and him being maybe 5 games from breaking the record.

Another thing that bothers me is how most of the popular athletes(NFL and NBA)grew up poor and all this other stuff. They don't seem to cherish the fact they had a chance. They just mindlessly do the dumbest things possible, then when they are given chance after chance they STILL don't change.

Another thing that bothers me is how most of the popular athletes(NFL and NBA)grew up poor and all this other stuff. They don't seem to cherish the fact they had a chance. They just mindlessly do the dumbest things possible, then when they are given chance after chance they STILL don't change.

TheSnappleCap

You're right. How dare those poor people get more money! I'd say the opposite is true. Those who were brought up spoiled don't know how to spend money, while those who grew up poor know the value of a dollar.

Just because a select few(Pac-Man, etc) are morons, doesn't mean they all are -- the majority know what they're doing, but are overshadowed by the idiots. "Warrick Dunn donating money to charity" isn't as good of a news story as "Pac-Man Jones involved in shooting outside strip club".

I can't even watch ESPN without something negative occuring in pro sports. Right now the NBA is in the point shaving incident, then my second favorite NFL player (Michael Vick) is indicted on dogfighting charges. Baseball still has the steroids case looming over mainly because of Barry Bonds and him being maybe 5 games from breaking the record.

Another thing that bothers me is how most of the popular athletes(NFL and NBA)grew up poor and all this other stuff. They don't seem to cherish the fact they had a chance. They just mindlessly do the dumbest things possible, then when they are given chance after chance they STILL don't change.

TheSnappleCap

You're stereotyping most NBA players based on what a minority of them do. If you allow yourself to get too wrapped up in what the media says then you become paranoid. That's why we have stereotyping of races and genders because of the stereotypes that are perpetrating by the television and the media.

And there have been other players in baseball who have used steroids, not just Bonds.

I hate to break it to you but these things have always occured in professional sports be it hockey, baseball ect.

I also think that scandals happen in Canadian, European and Australian leagues too, you just don't hear about it.

Does it really matter what they're saying on ESPN about all this crap. Just wait an extrra 5 minutes and watch the rest of the show.bdtoole05

Exactly. The stuff doesn't take up a ton of the time and if just ignore it you can see the good stuff!

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Another thing that bothers me is how most of the popular athletes(NFL and NBA)grew up poor and all this other stuff. They don't seem to cherish the fact they had a chance. They just mindlessly do the dumbest things possible, then when they are given chance after chance they STILL don't change.

JML897

You're right. How dare those poor people get more money! I'd say the opposite is true. Those who were brought up spoiled don't know how to spend money, while those who grew up poor know the value of a dollar.

Just because a select few(Pac-Man, etc) are morons, doesn't mean they all are -- the majority know what they're doing, but are overshadowed by the idiots. "Warrick Dunn donating money to charity" isn't as good of a news story as "Pac-Man Jones involved in shooting outside strip club".

This is true. The amount of "bad dudes" in professional sports is pretty low. I'd say 90% have everything in check, and maybe 10% don't. But you're not gonna hear about the 90%.

Its a very slow time in sports right now...just July baseball is up right now, so EPSN has to report 24/7 about 'other' things to fill there slots. I'm not saying that those stories aren't a big deal, but they're going to be shoved down our throats as long as there is nothing really going on in actual sports. Let the NFL and college football get started, and we'll talking more about sports, then controversy, and those other stories will take a back seat while the actual investigations take place.