It’s official. LeBron James is going to South Beach. I suppose as a sports fan I am supposed to care.
I don’t. It just makes me sad. It took “King James” an hour in prime-time TV to tell the people of Cleveland where they could get off.
James was a hometown guy. He promised to bring an NBA title to their beleaguered part of the world. He did not.
Now he’s just another carpetbagger, heading off to Miami.
James actually took less money than was being offered by Cleveland. He feels the situation in Miami will give him a better opportunity to win a ring.
That would be the same ring they’ve been waiting for in Cleveland.
James certainly is not the first big-time athlete to bail on a city. He won’t be the last.
As fans we need to come to grips with the bottom line. We don’t really count in this equation.
We’re just pawns, who so often are left to cry in our beers when our heroes head off to greener pastures.
I don’t wish anything bad for LeBron James. If he wins a title with Dwayne Wade in Miami, it won’t make right what happened to the people of Cleveland. If he doesn’t, it might give them some small satisfaction, but not really.
Fans invest their hearts in their teams, only to have them broken again and again.
At some point we’ll learn. We really don’t count.
And until that translates to empty seats, and dwindling ratings, we will continue to not have a place at that table.
Fans have a voice. They can use it by not buying tickets. And not tuning in.
Anyone think that’s going to happen anytime soon?
Didn’t think so.
Enjoy Miami, LeBron.
And to the people of Cleveland, we feel your pain.
I don’t. It just makes me sad. It took “King James” an hour in prime-time TV to tell the people of Cleveland where they could get off.
James was a hometown guy. He promised to bring an NBA title to their beleaguered part of the world. He did not.
Now he’s just another carpetbagger, heading off to Miami.
James actually took less money than was being offered by Cleveland. He feels the situation in Miami will give him a better opportunity to win a ring.
That would be the same ring they’ve been waiting for in Cleveland.
James certainly is not the first big-time athlete to bail on a city. He won’t be the last.
As fans we need to come to grips with the bottom line. We don’t really count in this equation.
We’re just pawns, who so often are left to cry in our beers when our heroes head off to greener pastures.
I don’t wish anything bad for LeBron James. If he wins a title with Dwayne Wade in Miami, it won’t make right what happened to the people of Cleveland. If he doesn’t, it might give them some small satisfaction, but not really.
Fans invest their hearts in their teams, only to have them broken again and again.
At some point we’ll learn. We really don’t count.
And until that translates to empty seats, and dwindling ratings, we will continue to not have a place at that table.
Fans have a voice. They can use it by not buying tickets. And not tuning in.
Anyone think that’s going to happen anytime soon?
Didn’t think so.
Enjoy Miami, LeBron.
And to the people of Cleveland, we feel your pain.
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