If a given team is not a winner, well that's the fault of the local area being a "small market" location. I'd guess that 50% of all pro sports articles are coverage of contracts, arena deals and crime blotter/drug abuse.
And "Free Agency"? What a joke. Teams aren't loyal to the player and players aren't loyal to teams. When the Orlando Magic and the NBA allowed Shaq to leave the team and they got nothing for it, not a draft pick, not cash, not another player, that was it for me and pro sports. If that is how they want to run their business, fine. But I don't have to watch it anymore and I don't. I was a season ticket holder for nine years, with 4 seats. At least in the NFL it's mandated that teams are compensated.
Don't get me started on that loser Grant Hill.
The NBA, what is that? We’re talking the NFL here.
Hey, I understand completely how you feel. When Jerry Buss decided to keep Kobe “the rapist” over Shaq, that was it for me and the Lakers. Haven’t watched a single game since. And I am fairly certain that the Lakers haven’t won anything since, but Shaq has.
Buss must have been living in a closet (which he and Al Davis need to get out of) when he made that decision. Lets see, keep the guy whose won titles everywhere he’s gone or keep the young superstar whom NO ONE on your current team can stand. Not a single Laker defended Kobe on the rape charge. It was like they all knew he did it or was capable of doing it. It was surreal.