Thursday, July 01, 2004
As it turns out....
Life apparently is not fair. Despite Saddam's protestations that the court set to try him isn't valid, it appears his case will continue. This actually could be an interesting court case depending on how deep it goes. Because Saddams recieved a decent element of support from the United States during the war with Iran, I wonder how much information the government really wants disseminated.
Meanwhile, the NHL and their players seem to be edging closer to a lockout with each successive word that stumbles from their respective lips. The owners want "cost certainty", the players don't. What they should be doing is paying attention to the national uproar which sounds a great deal like crickets (or cicadas depending on where you are) and figure this out sooner rather than later. If they lockout, they'll never recover.
And speaking of minor leagues....How about that NBA draft? It was as bad as the NHL draft, with one difference, the NHL drafts youngsters and then puts them in developmental leagues so they get better and have time to grow up before they deal with the spotlight. The NBA has a huge crop of high schoolers and no one knows how many will actually pan out. The nice thing is the safety net that's set up. If you're drafted in the first round and don't make it in the first three years...I hope you invested wisely. If you were taken in the second round you can hope you have some technical or mechanical skills like fixing cars or maybe parking cars. Until the NBA get's a real developmental league (and the NBDL doesn't count)the youngsters who come out and don't succeed will suffer, the quality of the game will suffer (Oh look, another player with no jumpshot, but a pretty cross-over and he can't play defense, but he can dunk!) and interest in a league populated by players who don't know how to play will continue to wane.
Meanwhile, the NHL and their players seem to be edging closer to a lockout with each successive word that stumbles from their respective lips. The owners want "cost certainty", the players don't. What they should be doing is paying attention to the national uproar which sounds a great deal like crickets (or cicadas depending on where you are) and figure this out sooner rather than later. If they lockout, they'll never recover.
And speaking of minor leagues....How about that NBA draft? It was as bad as the NHL draft, with one difference, the NHL drafts youngsters and then puts them in developmental leagues so they get better and have time to grow up before they deal with the spotlight. The NBA has a huge crop of high schoolers and no one knows how many will actually pan out. The nice thing is the safety net that's set up. If you're drafted in the first round and don't make it in the first three years...I hope you invested wisely. If you were taken in the second round you can hope you have some technical or mechanical skills like fixing cars or maybe parking cars. Until the NBA get's a real developmental league (and the NBDL doesn't count)the youngsters who come out and don't succeed will suffer, the quality of the game will suffer (Oh look, another player with no jumpshot, but a pretty cross-over and he can't play defense, but he can dunk!) and interest in a league populated by players who don't know how to play will continue to wane.
