NBA Lockout Rant

As I think about the nba lockout I get extremely irritated by the foolishness and greed of both sides. The arrogance and audacity of these people to prolong a labor dispute like they actually control what is going on. When I say this, I want people to listen and to actually for once take control of the situation.

The NBA is only what it is because of the fans. If the fans were finally to decide that we are sick and tired of paying outrageous prices to see some of the crap that we have had to deal with over the last several years and actually boycotted going to games, maybe, just maybe these idiots on both sides of this labor dispute would realize that they are not as important and powerful as they believe they are!

Why do we pay and continue to enable such spoiled and out of touch with reality pre-madonnas? NBA players play 82 games a year, which is half as much as MLB players, yet some of them get paid so much more for so much less production. The worst part is that these entitled players get paid more than most NFL players, who actually put much more on the line on a game to game basis than NBA players and NBA players have guaranteed contracts, how many in the NFL have guaranteed contracts?

And to hear someone like Carmelo Anthony cry about the physical abuse of having to bang down low with post players when he played with Denver is hilarious! Really, you are 6’8" maybe 220 or more? Try taking a hit from Ray Lewis who is considerably not much bigger than you, makes less money than you, and plays less games than you, yet you never hear him complain about physical abuse. Or how about a man named Karl Malone? Same size, same sport, better player, didn’t complain about physical play, and actually stayed his whole career in a small market city. I don’t remember, but didn’t he get paid quiet well? I am amazed at how much a group of men playing a game that they presumably love complain about what they are being paid, when there are millions of people working real, important jobs making so much less.

NBA players get a dose of reality and remember who really pays your salaries. It is not the owners you are fighting with that pay your salaries. It is Joe Fan! Lets review how this league has treated fans over the past several years.

Yes David Stern listen up, because you allowed this! First, the amount of criminal behavior that goes on throughout the league. Dope smoking, gun toting, gambling, whoring, fathering many children out of wedlock, fighting, violence, game fixing (sorry but if you watch a game and the refereeing it seems pretty clear), outrageous ticket prices, stars controlling their destinations and how a game is called, it all is insulting to a fan who actually might love the game of basketball. No player, yes you Lebron (I am not good enough on my own to win) James, yes you Carmelo (my hack wife controls me) Anthony, and You! Chris ( I am a spoiled little b@#$%^ that wines all the time) Paul should dictate anything like they have been allowed to the last few years!

You say you are doing it for the future of the league? Who do you guys think you are? All three of you are so willing to dump the hand that feeds you? How would you respond if people just quit watching and quit coming to games. There would be no revenue that you believe that you have the right to. Your owners would not be able to pay your bloated salaries! I remember when players played for one team and had some loyalty because they played the game for what it was and were grateful that the team’s fans held them in such high regard. They took the money offered them, which at that time was not as ridiculous, and stayed with their team because the fans loved them and put them on a pedestal. What if you actually had to work for a living, what would you do then?

And David Stern, quit trying to sell us the next Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Dr. J or whoever. I am not going to believe the hype, and I plead to the rest of the basketball fans around the world not to buy it either. Just play the damn game. Mr. Stern you have brought this on yourself as you keep trying to hype the next big thing. Now all of your players think they are bigger than the game and they are more worried about branding their name and product than winning a championship!

I am actually glad this has lockout has lasted this long and I actually hope it ends up cancelling the season. Maybe some fans will realize we are spending money on a scam and start to think about how we are really making these idiots (on both sides) rich, when they don’t even realize that that it is us who are funding their dream lives. Maybe this time the fans won’t come back and the revenue won’t be there to support their little meaningless games.