Few can dispute that the majority of professional athletes (with the exception of Olympians and male porn stars) are grossly overpaid.
That being said, most of these sports men/women often endure pain and suffering in order to somewhat justify their million dollar paycheques:
The football player that plays with a broken hand.
The hockey player that steps on the ice with a broken ankle.
The boxer that returns to the ring after his 12th concussion.
The gymnast that maintains a firm dismount after breaking multiple leg bones.
The Soccer player that takes a slide tackle to the jib jabs and presses on.
The basketball player that sits out 5 games with a bruised knee.
What??
Right off the bat, I’ll admit that I am biased in that I am a tremendous fan of hockey and football.
I enjoy watching basketball, and believe that they are some of the most talented athletes in the world.
But I find it utterly ridiculous how pussy assed most professional basketball players have become these days. It seems all too often that a marquee player is put on the IR for injuries that would make a golfer chuckle.
And if and when a fight does break out in a basketball game, the resulting ‘brawl’ often resembles a crowd of 10 year old girls btich slapping each other in the schoolyard.*
Take a look at this article, which further enhances my point:
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/164332
I’m interested to hear your thoughts.
*See recent Carmelo Anthony ‘fight’
 

Looks like Kramer is the most recent graduate of Mad Mel’s School of Bigotry.

This one is tough to watch:

http://www.tmz.com/

*******UPDATE******

Michael Richards appeared on Letterman last night to apologize for his actions…..although it seems like he’s not really taking much of the blame. He just keeps saying how there’s a stronger underlying problem with “society” that causes his “rage”. Judge for yourself:

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If you haven’t heard already, all week long nerds have been lining up in droves to get their hands on the new Playstation 3. Retailing for $8 gillion dollars, the new Playstation will surely not disappoint those that love “fragging” and “pwning” people and jerk off over terms like “rendering” and “polygon”.

I’m not going to bash people for liking these games; if that’s your thing that’s fine. I like video games myself, but I’m not one of these hardcores that will camp out in front of Best Buy. I don’t particularly care for the first person shooters, like Quake and Unreal Tournament. I like sports games, and the classics like Mario Bros and Zelda. And I realize this doesn’t make me better than you. I myself am extremely excited to get my hands on the new Nintendo Wii this Sunday. Extremely excited. But I have a tough time believing that people will be starting riots and getting shot while waiting in line to get a Wii like they were last night to get a Playstation. That is the difference. Playstation generally attracts the hard core games. REALLY hard core games.

The frenzy that the PS3 is attracting is way out of hand. I realize that the short supply will significantly increase its value on eBay. But come on people! Settle the fuck down! It’s a fucking video game!
I found this “Guide to Camping at Best Buy” online. I particularly like this tip:

Tip #4: Don’t be yourself; make yourself seem intriguing! Let’s face it; you’re standing in front of an EB games at 2AM on a Saturday night, you suck at life. However, those in line don’t know that yet. They think you’re just like them; dedicated fans that just by freak accident happened to have the weekend free for the 245th week in a row.

And if want to see what a crowd of nerds looks like when they get pissed off because they can’t get their video games, check out this clip:

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Everyone loves to play a little air guitar from time to time, but there’s a fine line between it being funny and extremely weak. A new invention out of Australia is able to “translate” your “skills” into “real” music. The shocking part is that it was apparently invented by a “Doctor” and not some nerd in a basement - not sure what kind of doctor though, but nevertheless this guy should be devoting his time and efforts to something a little less retarded.

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