7/24/04                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Some comments on our professional sports of today and what they seem to be showing our young people how society works for some but not all.     

                         1. In all the professional leagues, it seems that signing a legal contract to perform a service for someone is meaningless. Athletes who sign these contracts expect the teams to abide and fulfill them. But when they (while under these contracts) decide it not enough they ignore them; one player this week didn't show up for work (even though he's being paid $14 million is contracted for one more year) What if you or I would try something similar at our place of employment? I guess this is something the powers that be want our young people to learn early on about the haves and have nots.    

                          2. And we have these sports pundants who are telling these young baseballers that after all the effort and sacrifice they put in to get to the major leagues (Pitchers) that a no hitter is no longer an important event. I'm sure growing up and dreaming of the big leagues and pitching a no hitter has to be forgotten. By the way (for all you pundants)  there have been only 323 no-hitters in the 376000 games played in major leagues. Seems to me that's pretty special.