Originally Posted by Mutt

if you're a sports fan last night was sickening beyond the microcosm of Lebron Jame's return to Cleveland. It's not just Lebron, it's all professional athletes now, they are loyal to nobody, if anybody they are loyal to their union brethren - the players they are supposed to compete with and in days gone by, HATE! it's nothing more than exhibition games now, players on opposing teams laughing and joking, hugs, pats on the bum,before the game, after the game and for fucks sake DURING the game. The NBA is the absolute worst but the other leagues are heading the same way.

To any of those fans last night in Cleveland you would have to be a complete idiot not to reflect upon yourself and your passion and support for pro sports after watching the Cavaliers welcome Lebron back like an old friend and play as if they wanted to help him have a triumphant return. It was disgusting.

It's why I now love the NFL so much more than any other sport - because there are no guaranteed contracts, careers are short, the union weak - plus the sheer brutality of the sport innoculates it to this point from turning into the mockery that is the NBA.