Chad Ochocinco has not attended the Bengals OTA's (organized team activities), and for some reason this is news. What's even more surprising is that people actually care. The same people in the Ohio Valley that are disgusted with Chad's antics, do nothing but talk about Chad's antics. Not that I'm going to start trying to understand Bengal fans, because I never will. I've lived in this area all my life and I can't seem to get a grip on their rationale. There are many in the Bengal Nation that believe they should trade Carson Palmer, if you listen to local talk radio. The fact of the matter is players have chosen to skip OTA's because they are not mandatory and have their own workout regimen, and it's been going on for decades. Chad knows he did not live up to his own high expectations last year, and it's highly likely he will show up in-shape and motivated to be the same receiver he was when he was among the NFL's elite. Yeah, he tried to get out of town but come on Cincinnati, if you were in the NFL would you wanna play there?
Brett Favre is running for Senator in Mississippi. Wait no he isn't. Hold on...yeah he's in. Wait...
The most crowded set in sports is adding two more members: Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison. Get ready for a lot of man-touching. Having a little experience in television, I can't comprehend the chaos of moving people in and out of camera view that goes on at the Rockefeller Center. It's like having ESPN airing SportsCenter, NFL Live, and Sunday NFL Countdown all at the same time. I'm also not sure if Tony Dungy is exactly television gold either, despite how revered he is throughout the league and the country. Harrison will probably be great, but his hire does pose an interesting point. I have to give credit to Colin Cowherd on this
point. He mentioned on his program today on ESPN Radio that Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens and others have been publicly defamed for their use of performance-enhancing drugs. McGwire himself has been held out of the Hall Of Fame for his speculated use. Yet the talk all around the NFL today has been Harrison's new job as NBC analyst and whether or not he is a HOF'er. Outside of The Herd, Harrison's past use of a banned substance has barely been mentioned. Interesting and a bit of a double standard if you ask me. In baseball you get destroyed, in football you get hired.
- I have no idea if John Calipari is telling the truth about Derrick Rose. I don't know the man. He comes off as a very nice, honest man who loves his kids. He also has been known to be so nice and open, that his programs have been infiltrated by some unsavory characters. There certainly are reasons to believe both sides. However, if it is brought to light that coach Cal and Memphis did not have any knowledge of tampering or illegal activity as they claim; or that Derrick Rose actually did take his own SAT
test, will national and/or local columnists and commentators (like this guy here) write or go on television and vindicate the Kentucky head coach in the same way they have vilified him? I'm gonna go with no. The media has gotten awfully cynical, and maybe rightfully so. But they sure were quick to condemn this guy after little was released on the issue.
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