Things to look over while pondering why someone would invite me to a seminar that starts with the words 'Weight Mastery....' (as in, who the hell are you calling fat?):
Vince Young loves him some Vince Young...um, unless I missed something, his career completion percentage isn't exactly stellar. Other than that, yup, VY is great-if you like a QB who walks out on his team, gets a tattoo of his name & number on his back, and beats someone up at a strip club. Sounds like the guy I want to go into battle 16 weeks in a row with...yikes.
Now for something more serious....I don't understand certain types of behavior, nor will I pretend to. But I can say this-I think some ladies need a reality check, big time. College age ladies need to stop drinking to the point of blacking out with people they don't know. Granted, I've never been a college-aged woman nor do I know what it's like, despite my 'meh' looks, to have multiple ladies trying to get me drunk enough to take advantage of me. But this story about a former University of Iowa player gives me the creeps. Not just for the girl, but more for the guy. I want to ask him, "dude, did you really just tap your boy out of bed and get some secondary nasty in used sheets with a used girl?" Don't think me insensitive towards the girl, but if she woke up with a different guy than she went to bed with, how is she not supposed to freak out? Add to that this story about former Broncos LB Kevin Alexander, and I'm starting to wonder about the psyche's of these particular women, and the men involved. The DA thought they had sufficient evidence to move forward, but the woman wouldn't cooperate. Some may suggest she got paid off, others may say they are in love. I don't know, I don't care. I know this, ladies, if your man hits you once, he'll hit you again. No joking-get the hell out. Or else, you might get to meet this guy-sure, the headline is funny, but read the article, and even I'm kinda scared.
My point is this, either we've become so skewed to certain words and actions, or more stuff is starting to get out there in the view of the public. I fall on the side of 'petrified' when it comes to making any type of move on a woman, for general fear of being slapped with the term of pervert, pushy or any remote type of sexual aggression. Where's the line? I'm not saying any of the athletes mentioned above are right or wrong. Nor am I bringing Kobe Bryant's sexual assault charge here in Colorado up (oops, by stating that I think I just did). I have no idea what happens to any athlete, or actor or celebrity. None of us do, unless you've been them or seen what happens.
I can only tell you years ago I went to a club that a lot of pro football players frequented. I could not believe the way women would just throw themselves at these guys. I've seen it happen to pro basketball players. I haven't seen it happen to baseball players or guys that don skates for the admiration of pucksluts, but I can only imagine.
We can have an idea of what goes on, but celebrity and some small token of fame does weird things to people, those that have the talent and those that are enamored with the talented. Anyone that knows me knows whom I admire for their talents, but I ain't blowin' them in the bathroom stall because they can shoot a ball thru a hoop, chuck a football 60 yards, stop a 98 mph slapshot, hit towering homeruns or make me laugh (although if Whitney Cummings or Sarah Silverman show up at my door, I'm open to suggestion).
This whole idea of athletes pushing themselves on the ladies is an old one. But I can't help think that somewhere along the lines there is something terribly amiss here. And I don't know which side is right, which one is wrong, which one was at the wrong place at the wrong time and which one keeps putting themselves in a bad spot. Here the local U, Colorado, has yet more recent former players in trouble for sexual assault. All I can think is, "didn't we (in the state) just get done with this crap, like had what seemed like the first season without any of this embarassment? Lo and behold more of the bullshit!" It boils down to this-I want to sit in on the CU sexual harassment seminar, because there should be a 0.0% chance of anything like this garbage happening. I'd address them and tell them to think for 5 seconds with their brain before their dicks. Don't think this as a weak statement, what if one of these guys has the potential to go pro? Do they have any clue what a sexual assault charge looks like to the NFL right now? How about anywhere from a 2 round drop to not getting drafted at all, how's that grab ya?
So why does this stuff concern me? Easy, it affects my life in some way, shape or form. I've got friends that get harassed, and it pisses me off. Women, great women, smart, beautiful and fun to be around, have clowns who don't get it when someone tells them, politely, to back off. Instead, they get a probing email, or worse, a letter, or a new email handle trying to IM them. Fellas, leave it alone. Look, I can make the joke that all sexual harassment is is when you're being hit on by someone you don't find attractive. But it's more than that. Some people do really get harassed. I might not be making my point clearly, but for me, I can only say that jagoffs like these guys that are out there are making it a freakin' minefield for those of us who understand the art of flirting. Or in my case, used to. Now? Nope, not talking. I've taken myself out of that race for various reasons, but one of those reasons is that no one knows what bullshit game is going on. Don't believe me? Go to a bar on a Friday or Saturday night, sit back and watch. You'll learn a ton. Actually, you won't, you'll become more and more baffled. My married friends, some of them, think that being single is great. Really? Dump your significant other and watch the paralysis of overanalysis seep in, rendering me deaf & dumb. This is the truth. A guy who used to have a blast is now stunned into silence. Sure, I could just 'go out and have a good time', but I don't trust what I'm seeing anymore. And no, this has nothing to do with previous attempts at 'the Woo'-child please. This is from someone who accepted the terms & conditions laid out by a society that doesn't know what it wants. You want me to respect feminism but go too far in one hand yet still aspire to capture the bad boys in the other. Make up your mind, so I can make up mine. Otherwise, I sit at this keyboard and type, damn near afraid to make any type of connection to the world outside my window. Hell, I like to think I have something to offer, but wouldn't know it.
Now, for something less serious...Kobe says fans in Denver shouldn't boo the MeloDrama. Kobe, keep your mouth shut about something you know nothing about. Today after practice Carmelo didn't want to talk. And mad props to the Big Russian for telling his management team to quit chasing Anthony. This is tough for me to say, as a big Syracuse fan and being a huge Carmelo Anthony fan since November of 2002-this guy has either got to man the hell up and apologize to Denver as a whole or tell everyone that this is a business and move on. Anthony is trying to play all sides and it's not working. I loved Melo, but I'm done. He can't tell me his wife has no say in his career, does he think we're all that stupid? I got married friends, and believe me, the wife definitely has some say-so in the career decisions. If that woman is buying your drawers, you can best believe she's going to have some input into where you're living. Quit playing us for fools. Anthony then states he never got the chance to talk to New Jersey, or then it was he wasn't allowed. But he'd love to move closer to his Brooklyn roots...wait a minute, here. I thought Anthony was brought up in Baltimore, or was I mistaken by the 'WB' tattoo that reps West Baltimore, or that lame 'Stop Snitchin' video that he was in that took place in some street-cred-infested place in the 'more? Where the hell is this guy from? Why hasn't anyone called him out on this? Are people so invested in their own careers that they don't want to piss off the star? I'll piss him off, and I was one of his biggest supporters. He clearly has the dumbest management team around. "I want to win". Fine, do it here in Denver. It can be done. How does going to the Knicks help him closer to a championship? Follow my logic-the Celtics are built for this year and next, Miami has at least a 3 year window, Orlando and maybe even Atlanta the same. In the West, how much longer do you think Kobe can keep pushing those knees? Tim Duncan and the Spurs have maybe this year. Dallas? Come on. Portland is cursed or something, maybe the sports gods are still making them pay for the Jail Blazers days, who knows. The Clippers and the Thunder are the only 2 up and coming teams. So why not stay in Denver, get some of the riff-raff on this team off of it, stay and build something? Does Anthony really think that by going to the Knicks he gets closer to a ring? Because he won't. Funny thing about talent in the NBA-if you're good, the public knows. How else is Kevin Durant a stud in Oklahoma City, Chris Paul in New Orleans, Kevin Love in Minnesota, or Tim Duncan in San Antonio? I hate to quote a baseball movie in this case, but 'if you build it, they will come'. I wish Carmelo the best, but holding this great sports city of Denver hostage pulling the Favrelike will he/won't he dance is crap. Grow a set and lay it out for us. Kobe, shut up. You have no say in this discussion, this is between Carmelo and the fans in this city. He wants to take a giant dump on all the support this town has given him, that's his call. If he doesn't want to be here, then leave, but leave with some dignity for crying out loud. And with a new collective bargaining agreement coming soon in the NBA, the question has been asked, is Anthony really willing to leave some $80 million on the table to leave?
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