Blame MLB and the NFL

The people who run MLB and the NFL are at fault. Yes Congress looks incredibly foolish by even holding hearings on the state of sports when we have so many better, more serious, things to "investigate" or hold hearings on.

For example: FEMA has finally had to admit that the trailers brought down to the Gulf Region hit by Katrina are basically infected with a fucking plague are are toxic to live in. Shocker! This, is one of the problems that should have those hearings. Focus on the shit that has happened, is happening in these types of problems.

But, by MLB, and Bud "Dickwad" Selig (The Commissioner of Baseball) not having the balls to stand up to the Player's Association back when this steroid shit started, and then refusing to do anything when the problem became SO blatant, they were asking for Congress to stick their nose in the business of the MLB. It took a serious threat of Congressional action, and the action therein, to force these fuckers (MLB) to even attempt to clean the sport up. MLB more than asked for it, and they are getting it in the form of some of their biggest stars going down in flames.

Be warned, NFL. The NFL Commish, Goodell, is in serious danger of falling into the same trap with the spying on games. "Who cares if games are spied on? It's just a game!," you say??? Sure, that's true. But when you have gambling in Vegas on those games, there's a high potentiality for fraud and point shaving.

Speaking of point shaving, the Goodell can take a page from the David Stern (Commish of the NBA) PR-playbook. Eight months ago a scandal was a brewing where an NBA referee was busted in a point shaving scandal, and who admitted taking steps to throw a playoff series. After the ref was busted and "taken care of," the NBA quietly announced that MOST of their refs had been gambling legally. But, then...it was all silent. Not a word has been said since, and Congress never even flinched. Stern is a master PR man, and he has swindled the public on this one.

So, blame Congress for taking such things perhaps too seriously. But, more importantly, blame the "leadership" of MLB to let it get this far to begin with. As noted previously in this blog, Alan Specter is a colossal douchebag. But, blame MLB and the NFL for giving that grand-standing jackass the opportunity to play his little game.