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LeBron’s Brutal Decision

9th July 2010 by SportsFags under NBA     

For everyone outside of south Florida, LeBron’s decision to leave Cleveland was brutal. We haven’t witnessed this much useless media attention aimed at one person since….well, since ESPN decided to make Brett Favre’s decision to play or not to play a daily soap opera.

Lebron James heads to SoBe

Lebron James heads to SoBe

Yet there’s so much hypocrisy in the reaction of the media, the fans, and even the owner.

LeBron was a FREE AGENT (sorry I just read Dan Gilbert’s letter and feel compelled to type like a third-grade girl), meaning he’s earned the right to go anywhere he wants to. Yet the same pompous writers and broadcasters who tell us it’s all about winning championships will now tell us it’s about legacy, and who you win with.

Jordan had Pippen, Magic had Kareem, Wade and Kobe had Shaq and Boston had Garnett, Pierce and Allen, so why can’t LeBron join Wade and Bosh?

Are you telling me that good sports writers don’t have good editors? Im sure they do it all on their own.

What Would You Do?
LeBron wakes up today in South Beach not Cleveland, playing on a team with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. Who’s the loser here? Not LeBron. Sure Cleveland fans will hate him but that’s why they’re called fans, they are fanatical.

Anyone one of us in LeBron’s position would’ve done the same thing. Those few idiotic fans who burned LeBron’s jersey after the announcement are the same ones who vacation in Florida; nobody goes to vacation in Ohio. LeBron James tried recruiting Chris Bosh to Cleveland but Bosh didn’t want to play there.

LeBron’s Ego?
LeBron put aside his ego to join a team with other stars. I love these amatuer pyschologists who’ve decided LeBron’s got a big ego. If Lebron was so ego driven then wouldn’t he have headed to New York or even Chicago versus joining what everyone sees as Dwayne Wade’s team?

On the day where it appears that Seattle pitcher Cliff Lee is headed to the Yankees we’re reminded this kind of thing has been going on in baseball for generations. Yes a trade is different than a free agent signing, but very few free agents turn down the chance to win championships in New York.

I’m not taking up for LeBron. I don’t like this much either, but it’s his right. He spent seven years in Cleveland, he even re-signed with Cleveland a few years back. He’s earned the right to move on and win a championship.

In the aftermath we get Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert calling out LeBron’s loyalty. The same Dan Gilbert who tried to hire Tom Izzo away from his alma mater and fired head coach Mike Brown after winning 60+ games for the past two seasons.

Loyalty is a tricky thing, it all depends on your perspective.

July 08, 2010 - Greenwich, CONNECTICUT, United States - epa02241974 Handout photo from ESPN showing LaBron James (L), NBA's reigning two-time MVP, as he ends months of speculation and announces 08 July 2010 on ESPN 'The Decision' in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, that he will go to the Miami Heat where he will play basketball next 2010-11 season. James said his decision was based on the fact that he wanted to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

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College Football, what do we know now?

18th September 2009 by SportsFags under College Football     

Unlike the NFL, it takes a couple of weeks of college football to separate the pretenders from the contenders. Even though there have been some nice network-created, non-conference match ups early in the season we are just now getting into conference play.

What did we learn from the first two weeks and last night’s game?

  1. Pre-game handshakes will not improve sportsmanship.
  2. The Big 10 is not good, again.

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  3. Neither is Notre Dame, forget all the preseason hype about the Irish. Charlie Weiss has another must-win game facing him this weekend
  4. Several non-BCS schools are poised to make to a run (Boise St, BYU, TCU and possibly Utah).
  5. Miami is back. Love them or hate them, it’s good for college football when the Canes are to be feared.
  6. Georgia Tech is a one-trick pony. Tyrone Nesbitt can not beat you throwing the ball.
  7. The SEC West with a combined record of 9-1 — the only loss coming from within the division — may just be the toughest division in all of football
  8. The SEC Least, er I mean East with Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Kentucky may not be better than the ACC Coastal (Virginia Tech, Miami, North Carolina).
  9. You can’t take the Mountain West for granted any longer. The clear favorite is BYU but only one school is below .500
  10. Besides USC, the PAC 10 really confuses me. I’m gonna need another week before I get a good feel as to where they stand.
  11. UCLA might be 5-0 when they host #8 California in mid October.
  12. With both Oklahoma State and Oklahoma disappointing and with Missouri and Nebraska playing well, the Big 12 North is ready to challenge the Big 12 South. Texas is clearly the favorite to win the Big 12 crown but don’t be surprised if Kansas, Missouri and the Cornhuskers make some real noise this year.
  13. Matt Barkley is the real deal, but USC is going to win games behind Joe McKnight’s rushing. He’s averaging 6.8 yards a touch.
  14. Pete Carroll may be the best college coach since Bear Bryant.
  15. Auburn is back after a down year. The Tigers under new offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn are second in the nation in rushing and fourth overall in total offense with two runners ranked in the top 10 nationally.

One thing to remember, preseason polls and hype often inflate our opinions of some middle of the road teams — Oklahoma State — and deflate our expectations of serious contenders — BYU and Miami. After three weeks of football we should have a pretty good idea of who’s geared up for a run at the BCS.

What do you think?

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