What’s the buzz from the world of sports? Here are some items that will have people talking:
1
We don’t understand why Seattle basketball fans are upset with the NBA.
Wasn’t it just a few years ago when the fans were upset with how easy it was for a city to lose an NBA team? They were so furious, in fact, that they made a huge fuss about it. Pretty sure dozens and dozens of people complained. Then it became hundreds. Then thousands. Then every single citizen of the state of Washington! (OK, we exaggerated a bit. But you get the point.)
Clearly, all that passion did not fall on deaf ears at NBA headquarters.
Clearly, the NBA made some changes.
Clearly, it is now a lot more difficult for a city to lose an NBA franchise.
Seattle fans should rejoice! Look at what they have achieved.
They saved a city from losing an NBA franchise!
Sacramento fans proclaim: “Well done!”
2
Sen. John McCain, already an American hero for military service to our country, is trying to become a hero again.
This time, he’s fighting for our right to watch football, with a bill he introduced last week.
The Television Consumer Fairness Act of 2013 would prohibit local TV blackouts when a game is not sold out, if the home team is playing in a stadium constructed at least partially with public funds.
Actually, this bill does not affect those of us in Clark County. But if we’re ever traveling, to say, Jacksonville, and we want to watch the Jaguars, and the game is not sold out, well, it would be blacked out under today’s rules.
Don’t ask us why anybody would want to watch the Jaguars.
Still, we like the idea that the NFL, or any sports league, cannot demand public money to build stadiums, then deny the public from watching games at that stadium on TV.
Perhaps if enough people stayed home to watch the games, tickets would become cheaper. Or, at the very least, owners would find a way to pay for their stadiums with private funds.
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