Hockey, Soccer et al. but not much about Kenyon

[Reber, Steven Edwin (Steve)]

Man, the (college basketball) offseason is a pain, I guess I will make up my
4x5 (year by position) charts for CUSA and Big Ten in the next week.

> > I don't like hockey either. This isn't Canada, eh!!! ;) Icing makes zero
sense to me.

Shawn, think of it as lazy defense, in Basketball if you throw the ball out
of bounds fullcourt, the other team gets the ball where you started, in
hockey if you play cheap, lazy defense the refs bring the play back where it
belongs, and they jump center at the closest little dot.  If only they had
the posession arrow ;-) 

And the "encouraged fighting" in hockey makes it seem stupid.  Every time
they drop the gloves and the folks who go to NASCAR to see wrecks jump up, I
just feel too much like Ghandi in a steel cage match world. I mean the
fighting is stupid, but what is worse is that the suckers eat it up like
candy without any suspicion at all. 
 
Soccer would be a better game without offside and offside traps, and with
hockey-style substitution (any player can leave and be replaced anytime). As
it stands, they don't go full out for a ball most of the time to "stay
fresh".  

Both Hockey and Soccer would be better if they were lacrosse, I HIGHLY
recommend the college final four which is coming up in the next couple
weeks.  The scores end up like 12-10 (so there is scoring) there is a shot
clock, and you can whack the other players with your stick (but you can only
hold the stick in one hand when you swing it) How is that for controlled
aggression?  

As for Pro Hoops, I agree with your 5 points about why the NBA is
unwatchable, but I have my own addition.  There is a Taco Ball commercial
where Shaq is playing against a bunch of kids that says it all. 
He picks up the ball at halfcourt, takes 5 or 6 steps, spins, runs over a
couple of kids just standing there and dunks the ball. Traveling, charging
are things of the past.  The refs ARE the WWE element since they obviously
have been instructed to change the rules to make "Marketable celebrities" of
Shaq and the Lakers.  

They changed the rules to make it HARDER for Wilt Chamberlain to dominate
the league, now they change the rules to make Shaq more marketable.  Ruin
the game for the sake of money. 

less than 6 months until Oct 16th..

Steve in Columbus