I haven't written about the sporting world in a long time. My friend, DT, is going up to Montana with his father to fish in the Spring. It sounds like a cool thing to do, unless, of course, it entails camping out-of-doors.
In any event, that really isn't a sport, is it?
The National Hockey League season is in the dumper, unless they play a ten-game season to prepare for the play-offs ... that's what they should do every year, anyway. The players don't start playing real hockey until the play-offs. They mostly coast through the regular season at about three-quarter speed, then they jack it up to the highest level for the play-offs. Any hockey person will admit that. Why kid around?
At this point, however, why would the owners want a season when they get business interruption insurance money that is probably more than they would have made all year? And they don't have the press with which to deal if they don't make the play-offs. Plus, tax-wise, they will get to write off the depreciation of the players and not have to pay a dime to any government, Canadian or U.S. What a racket.
Speaking of paying, I need to pay my daughter-in-law to go on a vacation for a week. Then I can play an entire NHL season on the Nintendo with Matt. Now, that's a real sport.
Posted by Bill at February 11, 2005 06:35 PMHave you made that offer to her? I'd go if my father-in-law made that offer to me.
Posted by: jenorama at February 11, 2005 07:25 PMWhat really sucks is that the only highlights on SportsCenter are from basketball, now that football is over. It is just plain wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
So.....who usually wins, you or Matt?
Posted by: lucy at February 11, 2005 11:19 PMI'll send Olivier over, he'll give you a run for your money.
Posted by: Anji at February 13, 2005 03:06 AM*sniffles*
I think tomorrow is going to be a sad, sad day in Miss Lucy's home.
Posted by: lucy at February 15, 2005 01:43 PM