Raw 1000

Last night was Raw's 1000 episode. It featured Brock Leasner saying yes to HHH thanks to Stephanie Mcmahon. Rock came back. Daniel Bryan was mocked & left at the altar. Cena cashed in Money & the Bank. CMPunk turned heel. But this post is not about last night. It is about the 10 best moment in RAW HISTORY.

My Reply to Michael Rosenberg's Why Death Penalty doesn't make sense for Penn St Football

 This is a reply to a opinion piece written by Michael Rosenberg on the Sports Illustrated website. In it he gives five reasons why giving Penn State the Death Penalty doesn't make sense. Here it is http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/michael_rosenberg/07/19/penn-state-death-penalty/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_T12_a2

I disagree with his point so I am writing this as a reply. The way I will do this is by giving a reply to each of his five points.

Point 1. There are only a few people directly responsible.

My Reply: The Freeh report makes it clear that more than four people knew about Sandusky abusing kids. Mike McQueary saw him & the report mentioned a Korean War vet to name a few. It is hard to believe that these stories weren't repeated to other people at some point. Others knew and told no one. While it is clear that the Penn State leadership started the coverup they had help. Yes, witnesses were scared but they still chose not to come forward.

Point 2 This is not the NCAA's job.

My Reply: Since when? The NCAA has always maintain that it's members & it's student-athletes are held to high standard. This is the worst scandal involving a NCAA member ever. The NCAA goes after student-athletes who take money, they have gone after family members of student-athletes. And for the argument that NCAA doesn't deal with crimes, what about it's rules against gambling. The NCAA also does drug testing. The NCAA, it's conference's & it's schools suspend players when that get in trouble with the law.

Point 3. It punishes the wrong people.

My Reply: That is what the NCAA does. Bowl bans, loss of Scholarships, TV bans & probation in general punishes the wrong people, yet the NCAA keeps doing it. USC players who were in middle school at the time, served a Bowl ban due the Reggie Bush penalties. In fact the penalties that it looks like the NCAA will impose on Penn St will affect people who had nothing to do with the Sandusky coverup.

Point 4. It will not accomplish what it is supposed to accomplish.

My Reply: That depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Pro death penalty supporters want to send a message. The worst offense should get the worst punishment. When it comes to rebuilding the culture if the Death penalty for a few years doesn't do it, nothing short of a permanent ban will do it. And when it comes to those angry Penn State fans, it is not fault of the NCAA or the pro death penalty people. It is the fault of the then Penn State leadership & Paterno for covering it up. If they choose to keep supporting Paterno, it is there choice.

Point 5. Precedent.

My Reply: This is worse than SMU. By not giving the death penalty the NCAA is saying that paying players is unacceptable. But covering for child rapist, not so much. What kind of precedent does that set?

If you agree or disagree please comment.

Penn St Football, What should be done?

 Last week the results of the Freeh report were announced. It confirmed what many of us feared. Joe Paterno knew what Sandusky was doing & covered it up.With this announcement several people have now called for Penn St to receive the death penalty. I agree with them. Yet, Penn St football keeps going on. The statue & buildings named after Paterno have kept there names. I still feel that Penn St needs to take Paterno's name off of everything. He should be like Chris Benoit in WWE, nobody can see anything with him in it & his name is not spoken.

MWM Week Final Day

This is movie day.

Superman vs Kane ENOUGH SAID!

MWM DAY 4

MWM Week Day 4 Bad ideas. Anonymous GM is revealed. WHY??

No Impart Wrestling

  Directv & Viacom have reached a impasse over money. Which means no Viacom channels like the MTVs, VH1, Nicks & no Spike TV. No Spike TV means no Impact Wrestling or TNA as I still call it, for me. This means no Eric Bischoff & his son on TV instead of wrestlers. No Dixie Carter & AJ Styles having an affair helping a young woman. No more watching to see if Jeff Hardy is sober. Seeing a 4 sided ring, & no watching Abyss' "brother" fighting Bully Ray. I like many others don't know what I shall do. However this impasse is important. Directv keep up the fight even if Viacom never gives up. It will be hard but it is necessary. So keep up the fight we will just have to learn to miss stuff like Garrett Bischoff getting to learn how to wrestle in major storyline. Miss Chris Daniel & Kaz imply stuff that is clearly fake. But we shall learn.

MWM Week Day 3

It Day 3 of MWM Week. Today it is Great betayals..

Shawn the next time you fire a 7 footer, do it over the phone.

MWM Day 2

Day 2 Great Title wins in Wrestling History.
Shawn Michael finally does it.

What the Grizzlies need to do

  Watching the Memphis Grizzlies can be annoying. That is why I am not a Grizz fan anymore. I like a lot of the players, Allen, Marc, & ZBO to name a few. They have the ability to win the title. Yet, they lost to the Clippers in the first round. Not blaming anyone or anything in particular cough bad coaching cough Rudy cough Conley   changes need to be made. I have made suggests in the past, none have been followed. I will blog & watch as I am proven right. The Grizz need to replace Coach Lionel Hollins, trade Rudy Gay & Mike Conley. I doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon so here is the list.

MWM week Day 1

It is Memorable Wrestling Moments weeks. Why, why not ? I am Memphis Sports Fan & Memphis loves Wrestling so here we go.

The greatest heel turn of all!

The Truth comes out, Penn State emails

  Last Friday, CNN ran a story about emails from February 2001 between then Penn St president Graham Spainer, AD Tim Curley & Senior VP Gary Schultz. The emails are the 3 men talking about how to deal with Jerry Sandusky. After learning what Mike McQueary told Joe Paterno. In the early emails it seems that the 3 men are going to report Sandusky. Then that changes. Curley sends Spainer & Schultz emails suggesting that they handle the McQueary report internally. Most disturbing part is that it seems that the cover up might have been Joe Paterno's idea. Curley instead suggests that they confront Sandusky tell him what they know, & force him to get professional help. Here is the story below.

www.cnn.com/2012/06/30/justice/penn-state-emails/index.html 

Tribute to Chris Vernon

 Last Friday was Chris Vernon last show on 730 yahoo. He wrote & sang this.

And this!

What the Lakers need to do.

FYI if Captain America show up, run because he has 20 guys backing him up.

  It is the NBA offseason & the Lakers aren't doing anything. Now I could wait & see what they do. The Lakers have a history of making good deals becoming title contenders fast. But wheres the fun in that. Here is the list.