Recently free agents Dewayne Wade, Christopher Bosh, and Lebron James made history by signing free agent deals with the MIAMI HEAT setting the NBA on fire. Sports commentary has discussed this up and down and several owners in the league have cried foul. The fans and ownership in Cleveland has gone as far as to call Mr. James of all things……a trader and Benedict Arnold. Since they’ve given their opinion which they have the right to I’m going to give mine. In a league(NBA) where roughly the players are about 75-80% minorities why does this surprise some people. On draft day the nation witnesses a lot of minority players become millionaires and some say they don’t deserve it. The NBA has a history that started out one way and has become dominated by minorities as many other team sports. Yes race is rearing it’s head, shoulders and every other body part but it doesn’t shock me and shouldn’t shock you. This is the same country that has a Black president for the 1st time in 219 some odd years and he has received more death threats than any other president and I wonder why? Back to this free agent signing. What did these guys do wrong? They exercised their right under the free agency policy to try to win a championship and this is a bad thing? A bad thing for who….. the fans, owners, or the media? Let’s take the owners specifically the Cleveland ownership. Your team had the best record in the league the past 2 seasons and was put out both years. The trades you made didn’t work, the players you signed didn’t make a difference and the guy you called names was the NBA’s 2time MVP. He did his part and you came up short. If you didn’t like him why didn’t you trade him? There were free agents that could helped you this year but you did nothing to get them. To the fans……get over it. His loyalty isn’t to you. To cry tears and burn a jersey means your priorities are out of whack. You mean to tell me your happiness comes from an athlete who you don’t even know? Your kids look to him for guidance when you should have them looking at you. Get a life and stop acting like a 3rd grader. Take that passion for “LEBRON” and put it into the schools, shelters, and your fellow man. If you haven’t noticed life is difficult and you can’t worry about what you have ZERO control over. To the sports stations and reporters would say negative things about 3 non-black athletes exercising their right to play wherever they want? If NASCAR drivers Dale Earnhart Jr. or Jimmy Johnson changed teams to be a winner would we have all this backlash? Why worry about someone else just worry about yourself. Let’s look at it like this…..take your job doing whatever you do. Just say a company offers you a better deal for you and your family are you going to stay where you are making whatever you make or consider improving your life? Loyalty is to your family and not in professional sports or a job. You can be replaced at any time and whose the bad guy then? To me it’s about color all over again and it stinks! Don’t let the media influence what you should feel, think and say. Their job is to sell news and get you to buy it. Control your emotions and call them out. Controversy sells and feel good stories are just that. Wake up people and focus on yours and not everyone else. Just my opinion but what do I know. Your thoughts please.

As many of you are sports fans I’m really nuts over sports and really nuts when it comes to football. I was blessed to play some college football and still have a passion for the game. So when I watch football or broacast a football game I’m watching from a players point of view. I make my decisions and calls based on my football knowledge not my opinion. It’s easy to get caught up emotionally( Vick dog fighting) and usually when you do you put your foot in your mouth. That is your right but you lose credibility with people when you talk sports. To say Michael Vick will never play in the blood thirsty, money hungry, billion dollar grossing NFL is not based on football it’s based on personal feelings. I had a spirited conversation with my dad and older brothers who never played football I might add over this and they were on the other end along with the so called experts. What is the point? I’ll tell you…always think before you speak and let emotions be just that…emotions. Use them don’t let them use you unless you like the taste of your foot in your mouth. Oh yea Michael Vick signed a 2 year deal with Philly but remember he  was said to never play in the NFL again.