Something To Think About...

I happened to come across a link to an editorial on the Baltimore Sun website (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.steele09dec09,0,7135582.column) after reading a baseball blog on ESPN.com, and it definitely opened my eyes a little. David Steele posed a good point in the wake of the recent Sean Taylor slaying and the court cases of Barry Bonds and Michael Vick, among others. "Strange how a certain worldwide-leading sports network brings out its "legal analysts" when an athlete (Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, Adam "Pacman" Jones, Tank Johnson) is accused of a crime but not when an athlete (Sean Taylor) is the victim," he said. Before I read that, I never really paid attention to when the "legal analysts" showed up on said network programs, but now that he mentioned it, it's actually fairly true. Unless an athlete is somehow involved in some type of criminal activity, those "legal analysts" probably continue doing their real jobs, even when an athlete is the unfortunate victim. If I remember correctly, when Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was gunned down last New Year's Eve, said network sent reporters out to the Denver area to cover the story, but those "legal analysts" seemed to be nowhere to be found. It's amazing what a network will or won't do for ratings, even if they're branded as the "worldwide leader." This point won't stop me from watching said network, but it did persuade me to watch it a little bit differently now. Until next time...