The Good, the Bad and the...Brilliant?...

Well just when you start to really think that nothing good come out of athletics these days, there is an athlete like Myron Rolle. He's a football player, a really good football player and he's also a Rhodes Scholar (look it up, it's good)! Now I know you are sitting on your chair all leaned back in a comfy sort of way...and you're saying to yourself, where is he going with this, sounds like a positive guy to have in the world of sports. 


Well this is where it all goes wrong...our new friend Myron is apparently too smart and this will likely hurt his NFL DRAFT STATUS!! Check this out...I hope for all of our sake that they are wrong...The thinking, according to ESPN, is that NFL teams want to draft guys who need to play football and want to study nothing more than a playbook -- not guys like Rolle, who wants to become a doctor and enjoys studying the latest developments in stem cell research. 


What has the world come to when a guy is too smart for the NFL. Maybe if they drafted more guys who are multi dimensional, they wouldn't have so many DUI and domestic violence cases floating in the news. Now don't get me wrong, I love the NFL and all of the troubled talent that plays in it, but there also has to be room for guys like Myron. If not, then why do we even tell our kids to try, because it doesn't even matter. (Not that I have or expect to have a kid any time within the decade). 


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3713931




AI: The Answer is the Right Question

Allen Iverson's time may be coming to an end. Anyone who follows basketball knows that he's one of the best small men ever to grace the hard court, but they also know that his reputation has often been blemished. 


This time however, nobody can hold his leaving the team against him...His daughter is apparently very sick and he is taking time off to be with her. For a guy that has had a selfish rep (which I don't personally agree with, but that's for another time), I commend him for taking care of the ones that matter. He's made his money, he's been an MVP and he may get released by the 76ers. But he likely doesn't care about that anymore at all.  


Good on Ya AI and I hope to see you on the court again. 

Vancouver 2010...well this is a topic that could easily do an entire blog...I will say this. Cancada had a great program called 'Own the Podium' which was and will be a great program for years to come. Have we owned the podium? NO, have we rented the podium out to the USA, IT APPEARS SO...I hope for a hefty sum as we are allowing them to win 90% of the events . 


We have 27 or so top 4 finishes and 9 medals, the USA has 31 or so top 4's, but in the range of 25 medals...that just means they close better and maybe that USA attitude really does help their athletes have blind faith in their abilities. I say that's not a bad thing. 


Women's hockey is a great sport, but right now it's a complete joke, anyone who wants to argue that...please check the box scores...Mens hockey is very even and competitive...There are 4 or 5 teams that have a legit shot at the Gold, it remains to be seen if the Canadian men are one of em :)!!!! I hope so, but Russia is tough. 


PS...what the heck is up with the mascots? Looks like they got a blind drunk guy to draw em...


JLS aka the Canadian Podium keeper, I'm bored....