Eat Bush

Ok, I rarely speak about professional football. It just isn't important enough to take up space usually. But this evening offers me an opportunity to rant a bit. And here it is:

This whole culture of personality, this "I, I, Me, Me, My" mentality is just killing the essence of team sport. Here' s a perfect example. The Saints, playing for a decimated city, playing to continue the season, playing for a place in the Superbowl are down by 8. At no point have they led. Then the momentum seems to be shifting. Reggie Bush--admittedly, an incredibly talented player--makes a great play and outruns the defense, including Uhrlacher, to score a TD. As he approaches the endzone, he points in Uhrlacher's face to taunt him, then does a showboat somersault into the endzone.

Forget that the TD did NOT give the Saints the lead nor bring them even. Forget that the Saints went on to get stomped by the Bears. Just focus on this "move." It speaks to everything that is wrong with professional team sports these days--specifically baseball, football, basketball. It seems like players have lost all sense of team and are only playing for themselves. They've no respect for coaches, no respect for senior players, no sense of paying their dues, no sense of playing only to better their organizations.

And, even worse, crowds and commentators seem to eat the theatrics and trash talking and victory dances well before victory up. Am I completely alone here? Did no one else want Bush to land on his head and paralyze himself?

Ok, forget the paralysis thing. Just give me a moment to send Reggie a note:
Dear Reggie: You lost, big time. You got your ass stomped. You looked like a stupid fag flipping through the air and dancing afterwards when your team is still down by 2 and playing for their lives. You're an ass and your season is done. Fuck you.