Freedom of speech...just watch what you say
I'm not going to use any "speech police" hyperbole, but it does seem like feathers are being over-ruffled by some comments in the sports world lately:
Okafor tells the kids what they wanna hearIn Emeka's case, all he was doing was getting kids excited. Does the Bobcats ownership really think that the kids are going to angrily come knocking on their door when Okafor retires without ever dunking on Shaq? He's hanging around kids and he just says something that gets them excited. Why in God's name would they possible even cringe about that?
Junior puts some pennies in the swear jar
Not that I pay much attention to NASCAR, but the case of Junior is a joke. A fine for swearing is fine. They could have fined him even more. But when a sports executive board messes with official sports results for something that happens outside the arena of play is a horrible new precedent. It'd even be somewhat understandable (if still excessive) if NASCAR didn't let Jr. into the next race, but to take away points that he already earned is outrageous.
I can't believe I just said I was outraged about NASCAR.
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I know. This morning I couldn't believe that the story about Jr. was the one that got me the most worked up. Poor Cory, she had to hear me bitch about it as well. But, that said, it is ridiculous - and I wouldn't get so worked up if they didn't take his points away - which is like taking points off the board from any other sport. Equally ridiculous though, is that this is NASCAR - what a bunch of prudes they've become! ah well.
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