Flawless Thoughts

If there is one day a year to watch auto racing, it has to be this Sunday. Even if NASCAR seems boring, or if the culture is just too.... complicated to wrap your head around, one thing that everyone can agree on is that NASCAR's origins are interesting, and the Daytona 500 is connected to these roots. During Prohibition, rum runners suped-up their cars with faster engines to evade authorities. Eventually these drivers would organize races, which became popular attractions. These outlaws would also participate in races on the sand at Daytona Beach, which are related to the modern Daytona 500. Besides, it's just another chance to go to a party, eat, drink, and be merry.

If the March CBA deadline rolled around and I was a billionaire, I'd attempt to make a deal with the NFLPA and start a new league, with the players being assigned to teams in similar locations, with the same rosters, according to the NFL teams that they had been on. It sounds ridiculous, but it might be the only chance investors interested in a new pro football league have of starting an organization that could be relevant alongside the NFL.

Further distancing itself from the "four majors" in sports, the PGA is fining it's most entertaining player for "spitting." That's right, there's no crying in baseball, no whining in basketball (as of this year), and no spitting in golf. Oh yeah, and no sexting in football.