Negotiations

Well, the sports world right now is dominated with negotiations.  NFL labor, Pujols, and the list goes on and on.One thing that remains the same is the highly annoying practice of playing the PR game.  The sad thing is this game has no winners.  It is the most futile game since a computer once asked "Shall we play a game?" and Matthew Broderick almost killed us all.

SO here, I will break it down for all parties:

Albert Pujols:  NOBODY cares Albert if you are the 8th or 1st highest paid player.  The numbers are all ridiculous.  The fans of whoever you play for will love you, the teams you play against will boo you, and if you leave StL, they will cheer for you 1 time then burn you in effigy.  Also, your contract will be held over you whether you are negotiating or not.  It will be a distraction, plain and simple.  Right now you have a ridiculously great reputation.  All that will go out the window if you leave StL.  Ask Mark Teixiera!

Cardinals:  Get him signed or StL fans will never forgive you.  Period,  Dont matter if you offered him 100 yrs $50 mill a  year.......sign him or prepare to be hated by your own fans.You could deal him to Boston for Adrian Gonzalez and John Lester and still your fans will be mad.  Stop talking in the press at all... NOONE cares.

NFL Owners:  You make big money.  If you play even 1 preseason game with scrubs or cancel 1 game........ fans will turn on you,  Noone wants to hear you cry.  So stop talking and get it done.

NFLPA:  You can cart out a bunch of crippled ex-players who are millions in debt due to football related medical problems and get some sympathy.  However, in the end.....if there is a work stoppage, prepare for noone to care about any of you

I just can never understand why people do what they do when in negotiations. In the end the fans want games to be played and players to stick around.  I dont blame them all for wanting to get the best deal possible BUT stop talking in the press and sit down and get the deal done.  Sometimes, it simply comes down to stop playing games and get it done so they CAN play games.

 A few random thoughts:

The Lakers will be fine.  A team with massive current success tends to play uninspired this time of year.  Notice what happened when they went into Boston..... they will be fine come playoffs.  No trade needed.

Who has retired the most number of times: Favre or Armstrong? 

The NHL should take this time to rid itself of the thugs.  More suspensions, more penalties, and lets get rid of all the violence which takes a very exciting sport and turns it into the WWE on skates.  PLayers with no skill but great at fighting need to go to UFC and put more players who can play onto the ice.  (maybe this will keep guys like Savard and Crosby ON THE ice)

It is sad that there is not a single ALL star game I care to watch.   NBA should be the best but it is the same joke the other sports are. I would rather see the NFL have the Pro Bowl be the worst NFL team vs the best players coming out of the draft with the same pro bowl rules to avoid injuries.  That might be worth watching.

Diana Taurasi is someone I want to believe but did she test positive or not?  WHo knows?!?

If you have kids around 7-10 years old, try watching Jeopardy with them.  If your name isnt Ken Jennings, I bet at some time you will feel mighty unintelligent.

In life it is always worth a few bucks to go to someone you trust.  I am blessed to have 2 mechanics, a doctor, and an eye doctor that I trust.  It is so very important.

Try saying thank you to someone who is "just doing their job".  We take for granted people who do their job very well because we think they should.  It is only when you run into someone who isnt as good, that you realize it and by then you missed your chance to thank the person who did it well.

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