A blog post during Monday Night Football? Yup…

So, I don’t very often blog about sports, but now that it’s officially football season you’ll have to bare with me. I’ve been focusing on the NFL because I’m in two different fantasy football leagues, and so I’ve been watching quite a few pre-season games. Guess what two words I’ve heard a billion times? Two words that I am sick to death of hearing. What do you think they are? I’ll tell you. They are: Michael Vick.

I’m so sick about hearing about this guy. It’s reminiscent of how the media latches on to a subject and won’t let it go. (Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole anyone?) Now we can’t even sit down, enjoy a beverage, and watch a ball game without being assaulted with the same sort of sensationalized media madness. Is it a big story? Yes it is. Did this guy do something bad? Absolutely. Does he deserve the attention in light of all this? No, I think we’re paying way too much attention to Michael Vick. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not positive attention, but it’s still attention.

The guy tortured and killed dogs. That’s pretty disgusting stuff. I don’t really want to hear about it though. I’d rather hear about what’s going on with the 1500-plus players who aren’t doing this kind of stuff. Oh and by the way, if we’re going to hold Michael Vick accountable for animal abuse and gambling, why don’t we hold guys who are accused of domestic violence, guys who do drugs, guys who have multiple DUI tickets, accountable too?

I just hope once he gets sentenced and heads to jail and the NFL levies a suspension on him and the Atlanta Falcons cut ties with him, maybe just maybe we won’t have to hear his name every other sentence during all football coverage. Speaking of NFL coverage, the Monday Night Football crew on ESPN featuring Mike Tirico, Tony Kornheiser, and Ron Jaworski is awful. Jaws is the only one that makes it bearable. The crew doesn’t focus on the game action, but instead gets carried away in talking about celebrity gossip, and other pop culture. In contrast Al Michaels and John Madden keep it pretty focused on the game and even though they’re not my favorite either, they’re a heck of a lot better than this Monday Night crew.

OK, back to the game now, I just had to take a moment to vent!