The end?
Happy 4th of July to each of you, this is the last edition of Words for the duration of the summer. I hope it's been informative and maybe sometimes funny. My plan was to provide you with a few thoughts, this was never an attempt by me to become the next great writer of our time. The game I loved as a youth has continued throughout my adult life. I hope I was able to share a portion of my passion for the game, thanks to you for becoming faithful readers.


Jerry Jones
All of us realize the billions of dollars expended in building Cowboys stadium. The largest event held to date has been the NBA All-Star game, the smallest probably the WBC (Woman's Bowling Conference) recently held inside Cowboys stadium. Bowling in a football stadium is quite a reach to gain revenue. Boxing fans contacted me pointing out the stadium has hosted boxing matches but that doesn't match the revenue soccer would bring in. If Jones needs to pay off the debt on the building why not consider soccer? In a metro area with the population of Dallas it would appear soccer games could rival the 100,000 plus the NBA All-Star game drew. On the other hand shouldn't Jones be smart enough to figure this out himself?


Billionaires versus Millionaires
I held out hope players and owners would come to an agreement. I hoped there would be no lockout but here were are in the middle of it. Speculation on a settlement date has varied, some scribes claim the season will be wiped out others say a few games. Stephen A. Smith claims no regular season games will be lost, I like Smith's view much better. In any event two facts. 1. The owners are not losing nearly as much money as they claim. 2. The players will eventually settle but will lose, they will lose salaries and benefits. Why must we always choose sides in this rich versus the richer disagreement?


The end of the world might be sooner than we think.
The Knicks are reported to be signing Kwame Brown as soon at the lockout is over. The same Kwame Brown that's failed to live up to the promise as the number one draft pick in the 2001 draft. Brown is now with team five and the Knicks would be number six clearly he has issues far beyond the space alloted this blog. I guess he might be superior to the Eddy Curry story, you remember Curry the player Isiah Thomas traded for and signed to a huge contract. The Knicks future while some what brighter might regress if the Brown signing becomes official. The Knicks might be in danger of losing their number one celebrity fan Spike Lee. Did you see the look on Spike's face when the Knicks draft pick was announced? It seemed to read who is this guy (Iman Shumpert) and why did we draft him? The Knicks chose Georgia Tech's Shumpert with the 17th pick in the first round. Are Chauney Billups days at the point numbered?


Bye-Bye
Finally the dust has settled and the Big 12 is now a 10 team conference. Nebraska and Colorado officially left the fold last week and I say good riddance to both. The conference should now remain at 10, stories have circulated about replacement schools for Nebraska and Colorado. Now if we can only do something about the gigantic hand print of the Texas schools. I'm really looking forward to the Longhorn Network, not!


Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Thomas Aquinas