Professional Athlete's sex scandals

Early last week the news broke that Former NFL great Lawrence Taylor was accused of rape. The victim was a runaway sixteen year old girl who got in the wrong crowd and had become a call girl. Taylor is now being charged with rape in the third degree. Taylor got the girl through a middle man that forced the girl to go to the hotel room to have sex with Taylor. Taylor and his lawyer are claiming that they thought the victim was 19. Either way Taylor paid 300 dollars to have sex with the girl which is also illegal in the state of New York.

Also weeks earlier Ben Roethlisberger was accused of his third sexual assault in a year. This raises the question are women trying to take or exploit famous people for their money, by claiming that they were assaulted, or are famous people and athletes are doing whatever they please because they think they are famous and can do whatever they want.

For as long as the media has covered the entertainment industry and professional sports, there has been some kind of sex scandal going on. Most go away with a out of court settlement, or not enough evidence to prosecute, or the supposed victim decides not to press charges.

Professional athletes are in the spot light and are targeted because they have money and have a high social status and people try to exploit them to gain both. Usual the truth in those situations comes out in the end and the lies come out. Also there are situation where the star is in the wrong and because of his superstar status he walks free and gets out of it. Also there has many a situation where the accused will pay the victim off to drop it and or cover it up to keep the star’s name clean and out of the dirt.

The deal with famous people they needed to be put on the same leave as the common man, but that is impossible, because they are under a microscope and anything they do is through out for the public to see, so they can’t be held to the same standard as most. They are kids role models, so they should know better and act accordingly. But in the same respect they are human and are people screw up. In all not all professional athletes aren’t as innocent as one would think.

sources-http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Lawrence-Taylor-admits-paying-for-sex-050710

Tim Tebow Pro or Bust

This past weekend was the NFL drafts took place this past week and the best new talents come out of the college ranks and try to turn pro. There was one player that a bunch of the media attention was drawn to be Tim Tebow. This player had a highly decorated college carrier, but did not receive a high pro grade by NFL scouts. A player that has accomplished, so much in the game of football, but scouts seem to think his skill set at quarterback wont translate to the pro game for a number of reason.

The pro scouts dislike that Tim has a low and elongated release of the football that scouts think he will struggle with getting the ball off with the speed of the pro game. So before the draft Tim decided to change his delivery of the ball by tighten up his throughing mechanics to get the ball out faster.

Another knock on Tebow was that the offense he played in four years. They call it the spread and it is very passer friendly and the windows for completion were large so your passes didn’t have to be very accurate. Now in the pro game the windows for completion are small and passes had to be on time and accurate to make a completion.

Tim’s up side is that he is extremely motivated and a hard worker who will do whatever it takes to play quarterback in the NFL. He also brings to the table great leadership skills and great person for the community. But that doesn’t make you a great NFL quarter back and teams don’t want to take the risk and spend millions on a quarter back that would pan out.

At the draft a team took a chance on Tim Tebow in the first round of the NFL draft. With the 25^th pick the Denver Broncos took a chance on him. Only time will tell if Tim will prove his doubters wrong. Their head coach said they aren’t going to rush him onto the field, but develop him. The head coach at Denver has been known for developing quarterbacks. The last team he was with he took a quarter back that didn’t take a snap in college and made him a starter in the NFL. Denver took the chance on him in the first round with and are on the line for millions of dollars if he flops.

In all I guess it’s now a weighting game to see if he will become a NFL quarter back or be a bust.

References-

http://www.denverbroncos.com/

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/news/story?id=5134382

NFL Draft

This week I decided to do my blog on the NFL draft. The draft is less than 24 days away and teams are looking to add players from the college ranks. The draft has been going on for over 75 years and has progressively evolved from just picking the best college players to a study and a science of evaluation.

For Professional teams the draft process is year round. Depending on a teams win, lose record depends how high the team picks. There are 32 teams in the NFL and the draft is 7 rounds and 32 picks a round. Teams can trade pick to other teams at the price of players or draft picks, or both.

For teams the evaluation process is all year round and a lot of time and money is put into it. All through the college football season NFL teams send out scouts to watch college players live or on film and evaluate their skill in hopes of finding a player that will help their team win. These players get paid millions before they even set foot on a NFL field, so teams better do their homework to get a player and not a flop that could set their team back years and also cost the team money. Teams look for several things when looking at a player, which are football talent and knowledge, athleticism, and physical prowess. The player show these skills through their play on the field and at their personal pro days and at the NFL combine.

For the players to declare for the draft they most have been in college for at least three years before declaring for the Draft. Once a player declares, most find representation or a agent to help promote their athlete and sell them to NFL teams. A agent basically takes care of the business side of it, so the player can just play and train. Players also go into training once they complete they college playing to train for their pro days and if they get invited to the NFL combine that also. Depending on what the teams want to see the player will perform in a number of position drills and drills that test physical ability.

In closing the NFL is a 5 billion dollar a year business that would not exist without putting out a good product which is their football that which is performed by its players.

USA hockey victory

On Sunday night I watch the underdog America’s take on the heavily favored Canadians on their home ice and win. Me being an American I was jacked to see the level and the effort team USA played at. Some sports analysts are calling this the biggest upset since the miracle on ice in 1980. Grant it that this game doesn’t take Canada out of the gold and doesn’t give USA the gold. But the path is easier now for America and they only have to win three more games to get gold and Canada has to win four straight and doesn’t get a bye like America. The impact of this game is great because I could not name one player on the USA roster and I could name quite a few Canadian players and for America to beat out a country that is known for hockey, that is a good deal.

This year America went with a whole new roster of players with very few carry over and with very few NHL all stars like team Canada. The head coach for USA targeted players with high character and ones that would sell out. The coach is also known for being able to pull a team to gather in a short amount of time and also getting them to believe in a common goal, which is to win it all in these 2010 winter games. Also this year maybe the last year were pro players will be allowed to play in the games because the NHL is not happy they are not getting any of the profits shutting down their season to let the league players go play in this tournament. Also by having the league stars play, they risk injury by playing in extra games. Either way I thing the hockey will still be good, which every way they decide to go.

In closing it was good to see the underdog USA come out and take it to the heavy favorites to win it all team Canada.

NFL lockout

I was on the internet and was at the NFL’s web site and I read an article about the great possibility of their being a lock out of the 2011 season and a none salary caped season in 2010. I figured this is just another story to get a person worked up, but nothing will ever come from it, but as I read on this is a very serious deal if you are a professional football fan. The big conflict is between the players and the owners and if they can’t agree on a deal there will be no football. I think it is crazy if the sides can’t come to terms and figure out the money deal because right now the NFL is living the high life. The NFL has the highest ratings on T.V and in a rescission they are clearing over 5 billion dollars in revenue and the clubs individually are clearing over 30 million profits a year. Yet they are still fighting over money, honestly both sides got a good deal going why bicker over who gets more money; last I checked both sides get paid very well.

Also for this next season don’t come to terms, there will be a salary cap less season which means any team that wants to fork up the money can sign any top free agent player. What this means is that pro football will turn into pro baseball where there is really no equal playing field and there are powerhouses and there is no equal playing field for teams. I hope this doesn’t happen the new America’s past time. But if the labor union and the owners can’t figure it out there will be no pro football in 2011 in America.

Source-

NFLPA head Smith believes team owners preparing for lockout (Associated Press, Trans.). (2010, February 3). Retrieved February 4, 2010, from Nfl.com. doi: http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81634978&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Avatar making people depressed?

I came across an article on CNN and they were reporting that people after seeing the movie avatar were becoming depressed and having suicidal thoughts. I find this pretty funny and kept asking myself this can’t be true, but as the article goes on it gives examples of people talking about the movie on blogs and social networks and also interviewed some of these people and the reports were true. So there for this week on my blog I am going to talk about why and what I think this movie is making people think these ways.

I have seen the movie and thought it was pretty good and the graphics and special effects were second to none and the 3d really helped bring the fictional planet and creates come to life. After seeing the movie I did not get down on life, I just thought it was a pretty good fictional movie. But after seeing the news reports and looking at super fans blogs, sites and reading this articles, some people took this movie to heart and started comparing it to their life’s. But of course our planet will never meet up to the standards of the fictional planet of Pandora and the avatar people were made out to be these great beings with strong purpose in their life. So I can see yourself getting down on life, but then again it’s a fictional movie and your life is what you make of it, you don’t like it you hold the power to change it.

In conclusion avatar is a very good movie, but it's nothing to compare your life. Its a fictional movie, not real so get your life together.

article link- http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html

movie trailer link-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeh2KILn7O4