{"id":164,"date":"2005-05-28T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-28T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-05-28T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-28T02:30:00","slug":"sporting-news-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/05\/28\/sporting-news-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting News Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy the Sporting News because each week I get straight sports talk without the crap that goes for sports in Sports Illustrated.  I could go on and on with a SN vs. SI rant, but I have done that in the past.  As it stands, SN gives me great NFL, NCAA Football, NASCAR, and MLB (yes, I am slowly, at long last, getting over the last labor dispute) coverage week after week.  I would love to see them cover soccer (at a minimum the MLS and US National team), but I could only dream.<\/p>\n<p>The May 27, 2005 issue had a couple of \u201cSpeed Reads\u201d that I wanted to tackle.  First, in the NFL coverage Dan Pompei said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhy are so many people up in arms because the NFL won\u2019t allow Mike Nolan to wear a suit on the sideline?  Don\u2019t these people have a baseball game to watch?  A barbecue to attend?  Personally, I do not see this as Armageddon.  And I understand completely that the NFL has to abide by its contract with Reebok and have all coaches wear Reebok attire.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I too understand contracts, but the NFL (and Reebok) should show some class and allow Mike Nolan some sort of exception.  A coat and tie would bring some much-needed class to the sideline \u2013 maybe I am too nostalgic, but there is something dignified about seeing a coach in a suit on the sidelines.  Sports are just too damned commercialized when a coach has to wear Reebok (or any other brand) of sporting apparel instead of a coat and tie.<\/p>\n<p>In the College Football \u201cSpeed Reads\u201d Matt Hayes said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSomeone please tell me what I\u2019m missing here.  Georgia defensive tackle Darrius Swain was sentenced to 45 days in jail \u2013 JAIL \u2013 after driving for a third time with a suspended license, and Bulldogs coach Mark Richt says Swain\u2019s punishment will be his time in lockup.  Here\u2019s a thought:  Any college athlete who spends time in jail never should be allowed to play again.  Period.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I admit that I am biased, being a Georgia football fan, but I do not agree with Hayes.  As far as I can tell, Richt runs a pretty tight ship, and the current administration is very willing to suspend players as deemed necessary.  I think I would throw in a couple of game suspensions on top of the jail time, as a deterrent to other players, but I would not kick a player off the time for driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy the Sporting News because each week I get straight sports talk without the crap that goes for sports in Sports Illustrated. I could go on and on with a SN vs. SI rant, but I have done that in the past. As it stands, SN gives me great NFL, NCAA Football, NASCAR, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/05\/28\/sporting-news-takes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sporting News Takes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}