Big 12..10... I mean 9 (In My Opinion)

  It appears that unless there is a unforeseen problem, Texas A&M is going to leave the BIG 12 conference for the Southeastern Conference this week. This move will mean that the BIG 12 which has only 10 schools now will have only 9 schools. Jokes aside the BIG 12 is in trouble. Last year the BIG 12 almost ended when the BIG 10 which has 11 teams took Nebraska. And the PAC 10 took Colorado. It almost took Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State. This would have reduced the BIG 12's then membership of 12 to 5. A NCAA conference must have at least 6 members. Things were bad, Missouri tried to get into the BIG 10. Even after the PAC 10 only got Colorado, Texas A&M and Oklahoma were talking to the SEC. All looked lost, then a deal was made. Texas was given a larger share of BIG 12 profits, which included money from a new TV with Fox. They were allowed to form there own TV network, The Longhorn Network. The BIG 12 also agreed to not try to expand to 12 teams again. Under NCAA rules a conference must have 12 schools playing football to have a football championship game. This game made alot of money & not having one cost the BIG 12 money & cost the other schools money. Texas agreed to stay. Though there has been speculation about Texas going independent like BYU did.

 Which leads us to now. A lot of the other schools were unhappy about the deal. Texas A&M is upset about the deal & is leaving. Texas A&M is trying to get into the SEC, and it looks like the SEC wants them. This deal would weakening the BIG 12 and might cost them some TV money, which is where most of the money used to appease Texas came from. It seems that the BIG 12 needs to find a new 10th member. Assuming that Texas lets them expand. And it is Texas' power & money that has driven Texas A&M to try and leave. So what should the BIG 12 do ?

  The BIG 12 needs to expel Texas or at least give them an ultimatum. Texas is the problem. Texas first held the BIG 12 hostage by threatening to leave & take half the conference with it. It then repaid both the schools who would have went and the schools that would have stayed by demanding more money and costing them money. They took a larger share of money. The Longhorn Network gives Texas even more money. Texas blocked the formation of a BIG 12 network costing the other schools money. Texas opposing new members, Texas doesn't want to share with new members. And a title game has also cost, Texas doesn't want a title game, has cost the other schools money. Finally the other schools are now jealous of Texas' money & power. If the BIG 12 doesn't expel Texas, it should at least force Texas to make concessions & allow new members. I know that Texas has a lot of money and power, but it is better to kick them out than it is for them to leave and go independent when they are ready. If the BIG 12 doesn't anything it will die. There is of more conference realignment and there is no reason for the other members to be loyal to the BIG 12. Except for the huge buyout. But schools will get around that.

  Besides expelling or force concessions from Texas, the BIG 12 needs to do a few other things. Here is a list.

1. The BIG 12 needs to end it's relationship with ESPN. ESPN is the backer of the Longhorn Network & has a deal with the SEC. ESPN seem have a interest in A&M going to the SEC. It woulds make the SEC more valuable & weaken the BIG 12 value. The BIG 12 main TV deal is with Fox.
2. Assuming Texas is gone decide if it is gone to try to expand. Once upon a time there was a BIG 8 conference before it merged with the old Southwestern conference and became the BIG 12.
3. If they decide to expand go the at least 12 schools. Remember Title games mean more money.
4. Form a TV network, but be smart. The Longhorn Network has almost no viewers and only a few TV systems are even showing it. Of course Texas has already received a lot of money but the BIG 12 doesn't want to end up as the Mountain West who has a network few people watch.

If the BIG 12 does these things I think that it will survive this round of conference turmoil. Here are links to  stories about Texas A&M to the SEC, and the Longhorn Network
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/08/27/texas.am.big12.sec.ap/index.html?eref=twitter_feed

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/08/the_longhorn_network_launches.php


 

 

This week's MWM Oz

Because CM Punk mentioned it & I have yet to post it, Oz. Proof that WCW has some bad gimmicks. This was also Kevin Nash's first match on TV.

The Chinese Basketball Association did what!! (In My Opinion)

  As many of you know there is a lockout in the NBA. A lockout is happening because the Collective Bargaining Agreement(CBA) between the NBA & NBAPA has expired & they have yet to make a new one. The CBA is what decides how much money & power each sides has. I also spells out rules for NBA contracts. Because there is a lockout NBA contract are not in effect. This means players can sigh with different teams not in the NBA. However when the lockout ends the NBA contract will be in effect again. Many players have begun signing deals in Eurpean basketball leagues. There was talk of some players including Kobe Bryant signing in China. Which leads me to the article below.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011-08-18/chinese-basketball-association-bans-out-clauses-in-contracts-with-nba-players

  The Chinese Basketball Association which is government run has decided to ban opt out clauses. This means that NBA players who have contracts with years still on it are banned, because they would need a opt out clause for if & when the lockout ended. The reason they are doing this is because they want to focus on growing the Chinese game, and feel the the NBA stars would have hurt that. There are several reasons I disagree with this.

1. NBA stars would help prestige. The CBA is not near as well known as the NBA or European league. This would increase known of it. 
2. Having NBA stars play against Chinese players would help Chinese players improve. The Chinese National team lost to Duke. Duke is good but they are still a college team.
3. The CBA would make more money. nuff said.
4. NBA players would remember the CBA kindness & who knows maybe when so are too old for NBA they will go be stars in China, instead of Europe.
5. This rule seems to be & there is no proof of this,the CBA is helping the NBA. Or at the least the CBA is scared of upsetting the NBA.
6. Finally, it looks like the CBA is trying to show its power. They might not want to do that. Yao Ming career ended early due to injury. Many people feel that one of the reasons that happened is because Chinese Basketball wanted Yao to play for the National team during the NBA off seasons. It might not be a good idea to look like control freaks. In My Opinion.

Wrestling Title Wins that didn't happen. But really did.

Owen Hart wins the WWF title (with help). The match was restarted & Owen never became a world champion.

The title was returned to Nick Bockwinkel & a rematch was ordered. Andy Kaufman & Jimmy Hart cost Lawler the rematch but of couse Lawler still wasn't champion. Lawler later won the title & after unifing it with the WCCW title was then stripped by the AWA for refusing to be just the AWA champion.

Note: the AWA also pulled this kinda stuff with Hulk Hogan which caused him to leave & go to the WWF.

HHH made referee reverse decision. Jercho later became first Unified WWF champion. He lost that title to HHH.

This week's MWM

This week's Memorable Wrestling Moment is Ready to Rumble. I would like this movie more if David Arquette had not become WCW champion.

MIAMI can't say I am shocked.

http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?slug=cr-renegade_miami_booster_details_illicit_benefits_081611

WOW I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER & GONE TO MIAMI!

 The link above is to a story by Yahoo Sports Reporter Charles Robinson. The story gives a list of current & former athletes & coaches who were named by convict Ponzi schemer & Miami booster Nevin Shapiro as either receiving illegal benefits or knowing about them. It is part of a large investigation done by Yahoo Sports into Miami. I can't do justice to it. You need to read it for yourself.

  But I can make jokes!!!

Official Sports Bucket list 21. Build time machine & find fountain of youth, go back in time become star athlete & GO TO MIAMI!!

Here is the next AD for Miami.

I also can't help but remember this. Guess there is going to be a sequel.

If there isn't a sequel to the U. There might be a sequel to this!

Anyway GOOD LUCK MIAMI!

The Official Memphis Sports Fan 'Sports' Bucket List.

This is a list of things in sports that I would like to see happen before I die. All of the things are stuff I can't control but I still hope will happen. Here it goes.

1. Memphis Tigers basketball wins the NCAA tournment. Every Tiger fan wants this.
2. Memphis Grizzlies win NBA title. This could happen soon if only the NBA lockout end.
3. St. Rams winning another Super Bowl.
4. Lakers passing the Celtics for most NBA titles.
5. The founding of a Memphis based wrestling company with a Unified World Heavyweight champion. Hopefully called the USWA. I miss the USWA & current wrestling is still weak.
6. True NCAA college football playoff.
7. Yankees crushing the Red Sox again. Just to shut Red Sox fans up.
8. A non BCS school winning the BCS title. Ruining the big conferences fun.
9. Tiger Woods being awesome again. I want to see the Tiger haters have meltdowns.
10. Memphis Redbirds win AAA title. They made it to the AAA Championship series once I just want them to win it.
11. Memphis womens basketball becoming a major power. I want them to be view the way the men's team is currently viewed.
12. Memphis football in a BCS game. I dream big, sue me.
13. Either Mark Henry, MVP, Shelton Benjamin or R-Truth as a Major World Champion.
14. USA men's soccer winning a World Cup. 
15. Memphis men's basketball with a winning record against Tennessee & Louisville. The fact that this still has not happens saddens me.
16. Memphis women's team beating a Pat Summet coached UT team.
17. Memphis football beating UT again. I just want to see UT fans cry again.
18. Marc Gasol being considered the better Gasol brother. It already true but I want other people to admit it.
19. AROD catching Bonds' home run record & setting it so high Pujols can't catch it. Go AROD GO!
20. Memphis Tigers basketball having local TV games. Because the C-USA TV deal is stupid.

There is more but chances are most this won't happen.



This isn't on my list but it would still be cool if they were used once.

Welcome Back NFL

  Last night preseason football returned. After a lockout & a summer of not knowing it returned. After lawsuits & verbal jabs from both sides it has returned. After the NFLPA decertified & the NFL tried to sneak something into the deal late IT HAS RETURNED!!!!! They deal a deal a few weeks ago but I wait til they payed a game before I posted the message. I am happy & can't wait.

This week's MMW

Because you aren't a true wrestling fan if you can't laugh.

I Say DON'T #GIVEWWEDIVASACHANCE (IN MY OPINION)

  I just read a petition called Give WWE Divas a chance. It said that WWE writers have disrespected the Divas division. This petition was started after Gail Kim & Melina, two of WWE's better women wrestlers were fired. I agree with what it says & almost signed it. The WWE writers have messed up the Divas division. 1 minute matches are stupid! However I still couldn't bring myself to sigh it. There are a couple of reasons why I didn't sign even though it is right.

  Reason 1: With Melina & Gail gone, the Divas division except 4 Beth & Neidhart is terrible. The reason why we have 1 minute matches is because most of the division isn't that good. Before the 1 minute matches, watching a Divas match was painful because you either got 2 bad wrestlers or 1 good wrestler trying make the match look good. I can remember watching a match a few years ago & seeing Natalya Neidhart trying not to completely outclass her opponent. This match happened before they let Mickie James another good women's wrestler go. Over the year WWE has let it's good women's wrestlers go. This has weakened the division. Fact is the best female heel or villainess is Vickie Guerrero & she is a manager.

  Reason 2: Is the fact that their even is a Divas division. Once upon a time there was the NWA Womens World Title. A belt with history. The women's champion The Fabulous Moolah who held the title off & on for about 30 years or 10,778. She bought the title to the then WWF where it remained until it was unified with the Divas title last year. The Divas title was invent in 2008, so that their would be a women belt on Smackdown. Back then Raw & Smackdown each had a belt for all the division. WWE deciding to replace the storied Women title which was held by Sensational Sherri, Lita, Chyna & other top women's wrestlers is a disgrace. Plus the Divas belt itself is ugly!

  Reason 3: The Divas division aren't the only victims of the WWE writing staff. The Tag Team division is all but dead. every time a tag team starts to get good it is broken up. The writers don't seem to like Tag Teams so they are use to introduce new future single wrestlers (see Hart Dynasty, Crimetime, & Priceless) or give 2 wresters something to do if they have no ideas of what to do with them.(see Santino & Kozloz, Big Show & Kane) The Tag division needs help & if anything should be fixed first it should be the Tag division. It should also be noted that the US & Intercontinental belts have also seen better days.

  Reason 4: The final reason is that the writers just don't care about it. TNA has the Knockout division which embarrass the WWE Divas division with it's ability. Many of WWE women wrestlers who left went to TNA. Gil Kim was the first TNA women's champion & Mickie James just lost the title to Winter another former WWE diva. The Knockout division is full of women who should be in the WWE fight for the WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE!!!! But they are not. Sad thing is I have heard & read that a lot of people in TNA don't like the Knockout division. But it's to popular to get rid of. In fact there is now a Knockout Tag Title.

So in closing the reason why I can't Give the Divas a chance is because the Divas division is weak, WWE doesn't care, TNA is better & the Tag Team division needs help more In My Opinion.

 

My Fave Sports Movie List Day 7. Sequels

This is the Final Day of My Fave Sports Movie List Week. I had fun & got a follower. Now for the list. Note: Sequels that I have already listed will not be on this list.

Rocky vs Drago, USA vs USSR This is how you make a good corny movie.

Rick Vaughn, Will Mays Hays & the rest of the Indians return to deal with legs things, spiritual things, mental things & a heart attack.

And Finally, the Bad News Bears in breaking training. Let them play.

My Fave Sports Movie List Day 6 Other.

Happy Gilmore is the story about a hockey player who plays golf to win money to save his aunt's house.

D2 The Mighty Ducks, Gordan Bombay & some of the duck join team USA & must face Team Iceland.

Talladega Nights the Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Ricky Bobby must overcome a car accident & a french dude.

My Fave Sports Movie List Day 5 Boxing.

Will Smith plays the Greatest of all-time. Muhammad Ali from the 1964 to 1974.

The Great White Hope starring Samuel Jackson as "the Sultan" a boxing promoter trying to get a major payday. So he has the Champion James Roper "Damon Wayans" fight Terry Conklin a white former boxing who once knock the champ out.

Rocky 3, Rocky vs Mr T. NUFF SAID!

MWM Kiss Demon vs Sting

The KISS Demon vs Sting. Because nobody should ever forget how bad WCW was!!

Open Letter to the NBA & the NBPA

 Dear NBA & NBPA:

     Is there anyway that you could skip these lawsuits & just make a deal so the season can take place. It would make things alot easier. And it might save you money. Also if you need money, just defund the WNBA.
                  
                                                                  from: MemphisSportFan
    

My Fave Sports Movie List Day 4 Baseball

In the Scout Albert Brooks goes to Mexico & finds Steve Nebraska (Brandon Fraiser) the Greatest Baseball player ever.

In Major League, Cleveland's owner bring in loser to finsh last so she could move the team but it backfires when they find out.

Bad News Bear. Nuff Said.

My Fave Sports Movie List Day 3 Football.

Goldie Hawn stars a recently divorced women who becomes a high school coach. And turns around a team of losers 

Burt Reynolds stars as a ex-football stars who must turn a team a convicts into a football team that will play against the guard's football team.

The Greatest Football movie ever.

My Fave Sports Week Day 2 Basketball

                           Nick Nolte pays a College basketball coach who feels forced to cheat.

A Documentary about teens trying to make it to the NBA.

A then retired Michael Jordan teams with Bugs Bunny & the rest of the Looney Tunes to take on a team of aliens.