That, combined with the fact that a Psychology degree qualifies me to be essentially nothing has amounted a a large gap between posts. I guess I'll have to go back to school before I can work in a warehouse or be a janitor.
Anyway, I'm back and I'm pretty behind. Let's talk about a few things.
LeBron James
I've heard a lot of things since the initial backlash to what he did. A lot of people who carry a card that says "intellectual sports viewer" have given him a pass or even praise for doing what he wants to do, making a big splash, not wanting to be "the man," etc.
That's fine. If LeBron James is a sports nihilist and is concerned with nothing but number of rings, weather, and easy situations, that's very interesting. The problem is that he had always and continues to preach about leadership and loyalty. Whether or not you care about the city of Cleveland or being loyal to anything, LeBron is at the very least extremely disingenuous. I will not discuss this guy anymore until he starts playing again.
Terrell Owens
There are a lot of different ways you can get a bad reputation in professional sports. They all end up being pretty similar if you're the guy with the rep looking for a contract but in the douchebag directory written in the heart and mind of yours truly the reasons for your reputation matter a lot.
To make a long story short, what T.O. has done throughout his career is on the short list of things that I have never really been conflicted about disliking. He truly is an all time great wide receiver and has crazy longevity (which is ironically probably due to the fact that he DOESN'T drink or do drugs or get in trouble off the field) but he is such an annoying subversive asshole in the locker room that only the Bengals want him.
And that's really the thing. He's not dumb. If he was just a belligerent moron, he could just be tuned out by his teammates. It's harder to ignore a locker room cancer that is one of your best players and also has some intelligence and charisma. It's doubly frustrating that those tools he has aren't used for the good of the team.
So now, he's on my favorite team. And just like when one of your friends marries some horrible lady, you give her another chance just because you have to.
