Owners who try to do more than own.  Most of you made your money doing something else so sit in your suite sign the paychecks and shut the fuck up!  Except for Mark Cuban who I love. He can say and do what he wants because he would give up a limb for his team and he's my kind of competitor.  Pussy QBs who won’t stand in the pocket and take the hit to deliver the football.  Baseball pitchers who still need a pitch count – you wouldn’t last a minute in an NFL training camp.  The fan who doesn’t watch the game on Sunday and thinks we give a shit about their comment on Monday – watch or don’t comment!  How selfish the NBA is nobody cares if you have a season.  The coaching “old boys” network.  Head coaches quit hiring your friends and hire coaches who actually have a clue.  

Athletes who don’t take blame, I'm over the “I confess, he did it” guy.  Athletes who don’t sign autographs – Hey Guys…you’re not that important.  It takes more effort to be an asshole and not sign than to be kind and sign. So get over yourself, sign the autograph and give the fans the respect they deserve.  

I hate how bad the NHL marketing is. We need to know these stars, hockey deserves more respect.  I hate that current living Hall of Famers in any sport don’t have a Hall of Fame vote.  No way the Heisman Trophy should be voted on until the national title is over.  I’m sick of the political correctness about team nicknames i.e.. Redskins, Rebels, Devils etc.… get over it folks its part of the history.  If those nicknames bother you, you’ve got too much time on your hands!

I’m sick of the race issues…. white people complaining that they don’t get a break and black people complaining about the same thing. The only time color should be a factor is the other teams uniform when you are competing against them.  Its 2011 people, race issues in sports are pathetic!  Yes – white receivers can play. Yes – black QBs can play. Yes – white running backs can play and Yes – black coaches can coach.  Enough!  Let’s give credit to athletes where credit is due.

Sports announcers who kiss everybody’s ass and sit on the fence because they are afraid of hurting feelings. Networks who hire former athletes who can’t speak, don’t prepare, mispronounce names and really don’t know the game but get hired because they were great at their sport.

Fans and media who complain about athlete salaries.  If you were that good, you’d ask for it too.  You are worth what you can negotiate.  Fans who complain about ticket prices yet still pay for the tickets and bitch the whole time they are buying them.  You want to stop ticket prices from going up? Quit buying them!

Announcers who use the word “great” to describe every play, well every play is not great they get paid to make the normal play.  Athletes who celebrate when they are getting their ass kicked.  NFL rules committee and how soft they’ve become. A great hit doesn’t automatically mean a fine.  The over protection of quarterbacks.  College football and their lack of a playoff.  If basketball can do it, give these kids more credit. Until we have a national playoff, we don’t have a true champion.  The self-righteous who think that athletes owe them an apology when they make a mistake in their life.  Example: Tiger Woods owed nobody other than his wife and his sponsors an apology.  Who Tiger Woods bangs shouldn’t concern you – unless it’s YOUR wife.  You didn’t hire him as your marriage counselor.  You watch to see him hit a six iron from 205 yards to 2 feet out of a fairway bunker. Funny thing, we know his name but none of the girls he slept with.  Once again, he owes us no apology.

Athletes who give an apology from a script.  Whatever happened to a heartfelt emotional apology that wasn’t drafted.  Any athlete who speaks in the third person – major douche bag!

And all these are the same reason I love sports! Sean says…this blog is over!



Sean Salisbury, former NFL quarterback and NFL analyst for ESPN, covers sports for www.playerpress.com. Follow him on Twitter @SeanUnfiltered and Facebook.com/seansalisburyunfiltered.