Marcus Jordan is the son of hall of fame basketball player Michael Jordan. Marcus plays basketball at Central Florida on a scholarship. UCF has a contract with Adidas that their players in any sport must wear adidas sportswear. Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, Marcus believes that since Nike is such a special commodity to him and his family (namely his father), the rules of the contract do not apply to him. Now, first off, I will say, in his defense, When UCF first offered him, the recruiters said that Marcus WOULD be able to wear his nike/air jordan shoes. But, once this season began, the issue arose he could not. Now, what would you do? Would you cut the contract, or cut Marcus? In UCF's case, they cut the contract with adidas. I guess Marcus Jordan meant that much to the team that the school would lose $3 million just to placate him. I'm sure his teammates LOVE him.
For the record, I would've cut his ass from the team.
Now this next diatribe is not sports-related, but thats good. Makes me seem diverse (right?). AT&T, which nowadays seems to be the cell phone service of everyone and their dog, is filing suit against Verizon for their latest "There's a map for that" commercials circulation on television and radio. Its a clever, cutesy response to the sometimes ridiculous "theres an app for that" ads boasting the iphones countless applications which seem to do everything but make money (for you, i mean. it certainly makes money for the app vendors). AT&T is claiming that it is false advertising, and that the "map" which verizon uses to portray at&t's coverage is misleading.
Ok, you are the largest cellular service in the United States, and the market leader in smart phones (that iphones a killer). Verizon legally has not over stepped their boundaries. I have to watch Vince pitch the Shamwow when it obviously does NOT do half of the things he and his beaten up hooker claims it does, so sue Vince. AT&T: boo hoo. You offer cheap, spotty service for a low price and considering that in this day and age phones do everything but make a phone call, i'll say you found your niche. Leave verizon alone, you'll sell a million iphones this quarter with or without them (by the way, i have verizon, and the service is spectacular. you know, just saying...).
The New York Yankees won the world series last night, so i guess hamels got his wish. Is it not surprising to anyone else how dominant these guys are? I mean, 27 WS champions? Is there a champion in another sport who has that many championships in said sport? I dont think the Lakers even have 20 championships in the NBA (check that, i could be wrong). 27!? Holy crap.
It does kinda make sense though, if you think about it. I mean, baseball is an extremely antequated sport. Football and basketball have evolved over the last century to be the games they are today, but baseball is still what it was 100 years ago. I guess one thing that has always had me in a tizzy about baseball is its timelessness. There's no time, just the first person to pitch 27 outs. You know, there use to be no shot clock in basketball, and no down and distance in football. The addition of those dynamics has given the two sports a unique dimension that doesn't really exist in baseball. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of baseball, but its no wonder that one of the oldest sports franchises in history won the championship of one of the most traditional sports of all time.
I watched a little espn yesterday, and noticed that tommy tuberville and the other clowns on that network were picking their bcs matchups. One of them caught my eye, and not in the good way. According to their projections, the fiesta bowl would host both tcu and boise state if they finished undefeated.
That doesn't intrigue me. For two reasons: A) I already saw that last year in the San Diego County Pool and Recreation Center bowl, and it was a good game, but its already happened. B) Regardless of who wins that matchup, what the f would that prove? I thought the point of having a non BCS team in the BCS bowls was to match them up against BCS teams. If TCU or Boise St won that game, who cares? That proves that one of the two teams can beat a non-BCS team, which is what they have been doing all season! And from a revenue stand point, TCU does not draw a crowd, and Boise State's rabid fans would still not be enough to fill all the seats in Glendale. I do think if both teams go unbeaten, then they both deserve to go, mainly because there is no one else from any conference that deserves an at-large bid. And no, not even Notre dame. Im so sick of hearing about how good Notre Dame is, cause they arent.
Here's my bcs matchups, as they stand right now:
BCS National Championship: Alabama and Texas. Yes, i do think that alabama will beat lsu this weekend, and ultimately beat florida in the SEC title game. And no, I dont think texas would be them.
Rose Bowl: Iowa and Oregon. Even if Iowa wins out, they wont beat out texas or the sec champion to the national championship, and they shouldnt. Oregon would steam roll them.
Fiesta Bowl: Boise State and Penn St. For boise st, it makes sense geographically/economically. Not so much for penn st., but im really having a hard time figuring out who else would go to play in this one. Penn St should finish 11-1. And I believe this might be the most even matchup in the BCS series. Boise st by a thread.
Sugar Bowl: TCU vs Florida. Once again, makes sense economically. they both have monster defenses, but who has the better offense? Honestly, I would not be surprised to see Florida come into this game let down after losing the SEC, and get stormed like Alabama did by Utah last year. And if not, I can dream, right?
Orange Bowl: Cincinnati vs GA Tech. Modern day spread vs conventional option. Hmmmmm......cincinnati wins.
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