I watched some of Barry Bond’s press conference last night (I know I’m late, but, in my defense, I cannot stand baseball), and I could only think of two things:
Bud Selig, your douchebaggery has reached a new low. The man broke the home run record (or, if you believe all the allegations about steroid use, a half-man, half-horse hybrid) and you are the commissioner, and you were NOT in attendance? He was one away, you fucking tool; it’s not like he went on a seventeen-dinger streak that night. Selig continues to prove that the only thing he likes about baseball is the fan’s money. Regardless of what you think about Bonds, as the commissioner you should respect the sport and its history.
The second thing was, “Look a’ tha’ heed. It’s like Sputnik!”
Do you think Barry cried himself to sleep on his huuuge pilla that night?
-Zeepdoggie
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He probably didn't want to be there as protest or as protection for later being accused of being complicit in the whole horse human hybrid thing. He's just being a politician, nothing more, nothing less (is there less?)
That's the problem; a sports owner (as Bud Selig is) cannot be thinking of politics, or of profit, or of a personal reputation. Their job is a public service in a private form, and that is a public trust. As an owner and as commissioner, he has a responsibility to the sport that goes beyond agenda and ego. He has one responsibility; to present the sport to its fans worthy of their money and time spent being fans.
Of course, I am a lifetime Blackhawks fan, so I might be channeling some other feelings there.
And I don't think that there is less than an American politician. Except, maybe, for the people who tolerate their lying, and cheating, and power-mad hypocrisy.
-Z
In what way is his job a "public service"? His job is to promote baseball and make sure that the entertainment he helps provide stays interesting and widely purchased at ever higher prices. He's a businessman.
The view of him as public servant is because you want him to be concerned about your good. He's not, he's concerned about your money. Sports are essentially the same as movies, tv, and music, they are the entertainment industry. Sports does nothing but entertain, nothing else other than whatever baggage we heap on them.
Don't think they're going to have higher moral standards, unless of course it increases the value of their product.
I hate to agree with Josh, but he's right. Idealism has had no place in sports ever since the first million dollar contract. But there is at least one team out there who is publicly owned, the Packers. Maybe there is idealism there, but only because there's no one owner.
No one likes to agree with Josh. But the fact that a publicly-owned franchise can be as historically successful as the Packers have been does give me hope. Now if I only had the millions it would take to buy the Blackhawks and Bears, I could see if it would work here in Chicago.
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