Chan Lowe: The Miami Heat loss
If, like me, you don’t follow sports, then the recent crescendo surrounding the Miami Heat’s progress through the NBA finals is just part of the background noise of living in South Florida, like the wail of emergency vehicle sirens.
Some of my basketball-minded colleagues, however, have been expressing their despondency and⎯this being South Florida⎯their retributive anger toward their erstwhile heroes since last night’s fall from grace.
I think they have a right to be ticked off. Sports is a profession where excellence is rewarded not just handsomely, but obscenely when you think about the poverty that holds the rest of the world in its grip. It may be exceeded only by arms- or drug-dealing in terms of concentrating vast wealth into the hands of a few.
With that kind of payday, you’d expect somebody with a $100 million contract to either deliver, or at least pay some of it back to his fans if he failed.
It makes sense to me, at least. But when it comes to professional sports, my colleagues don’t listen to me…and as I said up front, I try not to listen to them.
CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
Comments
I'm so glad you pointed that out. I feel the same way, but nobody listens. Over rated and over paid. I've been saying that for years. Who among the 3 Kings would play for a teacher's salary? No signing bonus, no endorsement deals.
Posted by: Paul of Oakland Park | June 13, 2011 9:47 PM