Brawlin' an' Rapin' YeeHaw!
T.O. and All Things Miami
By Bob “Grazianimal 52X” Graziano
So this football weekend saw 3 TD’s out of our favorite wide mouth and well over 3 felony assaults out of our most favorite work release program in Miami. Juan Uribe apparently shot a couple of dudes in the D.R., and Koren Robinson pleaded not guilty in this week’s NFL/DUI/DWI showcase. What this all means is that it is time again for sportswriters to pontificate on the State of Union or at least the state of Larry Coker’s job. Oh, I almost forgot, Fox Sports fired Lamar Thomas, Miami Alum, because during the brawl he said, among other things, that he wanted to take the elevator to the field and hop on in.
What does all this lunacy mean? On the one hand T.O. gets rewarded with playing time and redzone looks no matter what bizarre behavior he lets loose with and on the other Larry Coker can’t lose his job even though his football games look like extra scenes from Braveheart. Maybe that is on the same hand. This seeming Jock Crime Wave does not just include the big programs and guys we know by their initials. Just in today’s headlines two Albany Great Danes were facing rape charges. Jesus, I thought jocks got the girls willingly. They must have really wanted to go to Duke.
I don’t need to continue with the roll call. Anyone mildly interested in sports is aware that police blotter and the sports page are often one and the same. Indiana b-ballers, retired Dallas cowboys, anybody that calls their school “The U”. Didn’t they teach them the name of the place? I am no prude, or homebody. I understand that these guys lead high profile lives with any number of hangers-on and more paper then lotto winners. As they say, Feces Occurs, but shootings, rapes and drug arrests have become an all to common facet of the sports landscape.
We have to do better by our kids. Jocks are the most privileged of the lot, and the better they are the longer that we insulate them from the trials of everyday life. That may be why so often they end up on trial. These young men in Miami need to face some kind of real consequence. A week off in that party town is a favor not a punishment. They went apeshit wild for the second time this season. Show some of these dudes the door. Oh wait, then we have to deal with them. Never mind.
On second thought let these animals run wild, baby! I mean, I call myself the Grazianimal, don’t I? Is anybody really upset when the Hurricanes go nuts? The school doesn’t care. The suspensions handed down seemed the lightest imaginable. The University of Miami would not forgo one penny of revenue to show their students that Lunacy and Mass Rioting were not acceptable, so why should I feel any guilt for enjoying the same madness. If Duke students don’t have any shame asking that dancers incorporate broomsticks into their act then why do I feel bad about it? I could not get into Duke with a .38. If I tried the student body would probably return fire.
By Bob “Grazianimal 52X” Graziano
So this football weekend saw 3 TD’s out of our favorite wide mouth and well over 3 felony assaults out of our most favorite work release program in Miami. Juan Uribe apparently shot a couple of dudes in the D.R., and Koren Robinson pleaded not guilty in this week’s NFL/DUI/DWI showcase. What this all means is that it is time again for sportswriters to pontificate on the State of Union or at least the state of Larry Coker’s job. Oh, I almost forgot, Fox Sports fired Lamar Thomas, Miami Alum, because during the brawl he said, among other things, that he wanted to take the elevator to the field and hop on in.
What does all this lunacy mean? On the one hand T.O. gets rewarded with playing time and redzone looks no matter what bizarre behavior he lets loose with and on the other Larry Coker can’t lose his job even though his football games look like extra scenes from Braveheart. Maybe that is on the same hand. This seeming Jock Crime Wave does not just include the big programs and guys we know by their initials. Just in today’s headlines two Albany Great Danes were facing rape charges. Jesus, I thought jocks got the girls willingly. They must have really wanted to go to Duke.
I don’t need to continue with the roll call. Anyone mildly interested in sports is aware that police blotter and the sports page are often one and the same. Indiana b-ballers, retired Dallas cowboys, anybody that calls their school “The U”. Didn’t they teach them the name of the place? I am no prude, or homebody. I understand that these guys lead high profile lives with any number of hangers-on and more paper then lotto winners. As they say, Feces Occurs, but shootings, rapes and drug arrests have become an all to common facet of the sports landscape.
We have to do better by our kids. Jocks are the most privileged of the lot, and the better they are the longer that we insulate them from the trials of everyday life. That may be why so often they end up on trial. These young men in Miami need to face some kind of real consequence. A week off in that party town is a favor not a punishment. They went apeshit wild for the second time this season. Show some of these dudes the door. Oh wait, then we have to deal with them. Never mind.
On second thought let these animals run wild, baby! I mean, I call myself the Grazianimal, don’t I? Is anybody really upset when the Hurricanes go nuts? The school doesn’t care. The suspensions handed down seemed the lightest imaginable. The University of Miami would not forgo one penny of revenue to show their students that Lunacy and Mass Rioting were not acceptable, so why should I feel any guilt for enjoying the same madness. If Duke students don’t have any shame asking that dancers incorporate broomsticks into their act then why do I feel bad about it? I could not get into Duke with a .38. If I tried the student body would probably return fire.
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