Ending with I have nothing to apologize for

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As journalist Matt Smith has written, Lebron James and his ego are completely out of line. During the last two seasons I've been a witness to more of Lebron's tom-foolery than his claim to the throne as the undisputed chosen one, King James.I shook my head through most of his antics during the past few years. During some points even felt embarrassed for him. I dont find it necessary to recap his displays of unprofessionalism and unsportsmanlike behavior as they have been heavily publicized.I watched last year as he and his followers made an ass out of themselves as they simulated photo sessions and showed off their numerous dancing routines, which reminded me more of my junior high's basketball team than a man's PROFESSIONAL sport. I've seen more clips than I would care to on Sportscenter, chronicling his battle with immaturity.What surprises me most are the actions of his minions. Forget for a moment my difficulty understanding why one man would behave the way he does at times, help me to understand how a group of grown, accomplished men follow him as he behaves like an idiot. In last nights game against the Chicago Bulls, I watched in amazement as he was shuckin and jiving on the sidelines. I watched rookie Danny Green, encourage this craziness by joining in on this circus side show. It doesnt take a genious to recognize that no one, (maybe with the exception of Bruce Bowen or Charles Barkley) has the guts to speak against his handling of himself. Most around him would rather remain silent or join in and encourage his displays of arrogance. I would like to see a team member or coach approach him and inform him that this is not the way a professional and so-called role model presents himself. I try to imagine Michael Jordan dancing on the sidelines during one of the many butt whoopings the Chicago Bulls handed out during their championship runs. I try to picture him putting on a sideshow as a rookie or second year player after one of his miraculous performances, but I fail there as well.James took offense to the Bulls Joakim Noah expressing his dissatisfaction with the Cavs' antics. He approached Noah as if he was actually about to do something. Which is a joke. We all know that Lebron is more Le'Baby than Le'King. He cries and throws tantrums more often than my two year old niece. Even once provided with the opportunity to downplay this incident and his teams behavior, he chose to criticize Noah's contributions to the game instead. Ending with "I have nothing to apologize for. My team and I did nothing wrong. We're just having fun". Funny, I didnt see them having fun or dancing much after the Orlando Magic sent them home for an early vacation last season.I look to take nothing away from his talent, his drive or his competitive spirit. What bothers me is that most wont comment on his unprofessionalism because of his level of talent. Its as if ignorance is excused if you're capable of dominating on the court.

Everyone follows along in order to keep the peace and to remain in King James' graces. No matter what he does or says, his team is content to just follow the idiot. There is a lot of constant complaining about the college football system and Ive seen my own share of ridiculous suggestions for fixing. What is so wrong with that That way traditions are kept alive and every team gets a chance to feel like the winner of something, which is what is so great about the bowl game tradition.I feel there has been too much belly-aching over the fairness of this system Its actually worked fairly well. In 2008, I definitely felt that Oklahoma deserved to go due to the fact it simply outplayed Texas by a lot down the stretch and was playing much better by the end of the year than it was at the beginning of the year when it lost to Texas.The only real gripe Ive had the past few years actually was that 2007 should have been an LSU vs. That was one match-up where most people, at least to me, seemed to concede that USC was better than OhioState.But major changes have to be made first, mainly consolidation of weak conferences.The first two major consolidations would have to be the merger of the Sun Belt and the Conference-USA, two little collections of South programs,. In addition, I would suggest that several southern WAC programs, like LA Tech, relocate to said conference as well.Then I would also merge the Mountain West and the rest of the WAC, (though Id just say that BSU might want to join the Pac-10 if it really wants to show its for real as a week in and week out national program).Im hardly done merging, however. I would merge the Big East and the ACC into one, large, unified Coastal Conference with more legitimacy.

Though I would shiftPittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville into the Big Ten, Notre Dame also needs to just enter the Big Ten too.Im unsure what to do with the MAC though. The best idea I feel would be to merge it in with the Sun Belt and C-USA as well and structure it to where its a large Northern Division versus a large Southern Division.Of course, it would be flawed to give these weak, under-manned conferences automatic playoff positions for their champions. Id first make them play a wild card game, so to speak, with the new Mountain West Conference and then give that winner a seed in the playoffs.I would start the college season earlier just so that the playoffs could be done and the bowl games can still be played with the BCS National Championship Game being the header in mid to late December around vacation and Christmastime. I hope this is the sort of positioning and system moved to in the next few years, because any thing else,simply would not cut it. While not creating a more straight-forward playoff system, would also be unfair. . Fans' Love of the Fruit to Result in One of the Largest Consumption Days of theYearIRVINE, Calif.(Business Wire)The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) today announced it anticipates that football fansacross the country will devour an estimated 46.3 million poundsof Hass avocadosduring the Big Game on February 1.