To Bruce Arians: Screw You

I wanted to be polite in the headline, but I won't hold back from using vulgarities in the body of this post.

Let me get the harsh words out of the way first:

Fuck you, Bruce Arians.

Your ignorant comments, made public in a video you did with Peter King for The MMQB, called people who won't their kids play tackle football "fools."

I take offense to being called a "fool" for making a decision related to the long term health and safety of my son.

From the Washington Post article quoted above:

There Are No More Mid-Majors

There were several levels of madness on Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show. There was the fact that the bracket announcement dragged on longer than the final 45 minutes of the movie Titanic.

There was the absurd comedy of Charles Barkley mashing a touchscreen and failing miserably.

Charles Barkley with a touchscreen is your uncle trying a tablet for the first time pic.twitter.com/Q6pRbNLOho

— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) March 13, 2016

There was the fact that Turner Sports continues to shoehorn Barkley and Kenny Smith into the NCAA Tournament. I like Kenny and Charles, and think that they produce amusing, fun television on Inside the NBA. But that’s their lane; that’s where they are supposed to be experts. They don’t follow enough college basketball (or couldn’t possibly) know enough about college basketball because of their regular gig. Turner/CBS should just use CBB folks for the tournament studio coverage.

And who can forget the bracket leaking on Twitter. That person, well, as someone else tweeted on Sunday:

So there was a lot to mock and snark on. However, one of the major storylines that came out of the selection show is not something to laugh at.

It was the declaration by the selection committee that the gulf between the haves and have nots continues to grow.

Le “mid major” is dead. Vive le power school.

Bowing Out of Sports Media

Over the Christmas break, I made a decision.

I decided that when the new year started, I was going to reduce my consumption of sports media. It was just supposed to be an experiment. I had no real plan except to try and read less, listen less and watch less.

It's been a little over a month since I started this, and I have to say...well...this might move from an experiment into a permanent change.

I have more time on my hands to read and write.

I have more time to tend to things around the house.

I also feel...more at peace with the world.