Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Arenas v. Tiger in the Dumbass-Off!

Possibly the most entertaining debate in the current sports world has to be:
"Who is the bigger dumbass.... Tiger Woods or Gilbert Arenas?"

I will argue for both and then come to my thrilling decision and winner of the coveted
2009/2010 Jon Gosselin Cup, which the winner proudly gets to display.

Gilbert Arenas: So you're a $100 million + professional athlete. You are known as a character and the NBA's Chad Ochocinco. You produce superstar numbers on a lousy team but still are the face of the franchise in a big NBA market. So how do you go from that to "I'm bringing more firearms into my workplace than Keeanu Reeves in The Matrix?" Im still not sure.
Allegedly, the incident in question was Arenas' misguided attempt at a hilarious joke called Watch Me Throw Away My Career.
As an aside, would that not be an amazing NBC primetime show? Watch as America votes for either Michael Richard's 'He's a N^%$#@' rant versus Governor Mark Sanford's 'My Argentinian lover is my soulmate, not my wife' press conference! Ok back to Arenas.
There is no place in this country short of a firing range and any job in Texas where you aren't fired on the spot for bringing a gun into the workplace. Joke or not, Arenas transports guns from Virginia to DC ( a federal offense), into a public gathering place (even worse...), where he works (game over.) This is one of the top players in the league!
Courtesy www.sitv.com
Apparently it was too boring to earn hundreds of millions in contract money and endorsements, so let's risk it all to scare the bejesus out of my teammates!!! Consider this one of the dumbest moves in sports history.

Tiger Woods: "And in this corner... 6'3 from Stanford University... Ladies and Gentlemen.. CONQUERING WAITRESSES FROM VEGAS TO PERKINS... THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION OF THE NIGHT.... TIIIIIIIGGGGGGGEEERRRRR " KISS MY MILLIONS AND SWEDISH WIFE GOODBYE" WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!!"
Oh, that didnt play in your head??? Just think of Bob Shepard of Yankee Stadium announcing that.... it doesn't get old.

When the New York Post can make a calendar of people you've cheated on your wife with, I don't know whether that is abhorrently disgusting or one of the most comedic episodes in modern history. Who has ever fallen this hard in two months? Maybe Kobe, but he was acquitted and much as it kills me, now spends his time winning non-stop. The worst part is no one can look at Tiger and not laugh. I flipped around channels and saw a Tiger Woods piece on advising golfer's on their swings. 2 months ago I would have watched with deep concentration, but now the first time he says " You've got to square up to drive it straight" I lose it. He has lost all credibility, at least for now.

Im sure there will be guys secretly cheering him on, but not vocally. If you doubt me, try to cheer him on and make jokes about his "transgressions" when you are around your wife,fiancee, girlfriend, mother, aunts, or even female acquaintances and watch the look you get. Most every woman will be passionately rooting for him to fail now, which interestingly adds a whole new dynamic to the PGA. Hecklers??? For Tiger???? Who knows but its not like he didnt do it to himself. AT&T, Accenture, Gatorade, and Tag Heuer are all gone. Hopefully his splurging (no pun intended) was worth the hundreds of millions and the family he's given up now.

Champion: Although Arenas has put this season in jeopardy, he will be back for next season and its not exactly like the Wizards are on a championship run. Tiger on the other hand is looking at Mount Everest to overcome to even win one major , let alone touch Nicklaus' record. Think about this, ever wiff on a golf shot because you're wondering where your hands are? Ya, now think where his have been and everything he will be faced with every shot, every round, every tournament when he comes back.
So the winner of the inaugural Jon Gosselin Cup: Tiger, Tiger Woods Ya'll!!

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