Pet Peeves in Sports

I love sports but there are a lot of things that bother me about it. Here are a list of my biggest sports related pet peeves. Feel free to add your own:

Inappropriate Jerseys

There is nothing more annoying then when someone wears a jersey to a sporting event in which the team on the jersey is not participating. For example if someone wears a Canadiens jersey to a Leafs/Senators game. Yeah I get it you are a Habs fan and you love hockey but they aren't fucking playing!

I was once chirped for wearing my David Ortiz jersey to a Jays/Red Sox game, by a guy in a Cristiano Ronaldo jersey. If you aren't going to wear a jersey of a team participating in the sporting event you are going to view then don't wear a jersey.

There are no exceptions to this rule. You cannot wear a Leaf jersey to a team Canada game. You look like an idiot.

Athletes Pointing to God

I don't understand why athletes always point to heaven every time they accomplish something in sports. Guy hits a homerun and he points to heaven, guy makes a tackle in football and he points to heaven, guy hits a big 3 pointer in the NBA where is he pointing? Heaven.

I hate to break it to these guys but God had nothing to do with what you just did. He wasn't watching your baseball game from up in heaven going "oh shit I bet on the Yankees better let Arod hit a home run here."

I am not trying to knock on religion or anything it just bothers me that EVERYONE does this all the time. Besides all these athletes doing this are dumb because God obviously cheers for the New Orleans Saints and the LA Angels so if you aren't on one of those teams you're wasting your time.

Celebrating When Losing

Is there anything worse than watching guys celebrate when they are losing? For instance Donnie Avery of the St. Louis Rams likes to dance and celebrate when he scores touchdowns. I am cool with that...except when your team is 0-7 and you are currently losing by 21 points. Don't dance idiot, play better.

Athletes these days seem more concerned about themselves and less concerned with the team so that is why this may be happening. Players just want to get their stats and don't care about winning and losing. It's sad because if they concentrated more on playing better and less on dancing they might win some games.

Tip: If you score a touchdown and are currently losing just give the ball to the ref and go to the sidelines.

Alexander Ovechkin

Could this guy be a bigger cunt? He has 228 career goals and yet every time he scores he acts like it has never happened before. Quit jumping into the boards and skating around like a moron just because you scored a goal. God forbid he show some class like Joe Sakic or Steve Yzerman.

It must also be noted that he is a dirty player. He loves to slewfoot and hit guys from behind and he gets away with it because of who he is. One day soon someone is going to take exception and just end him and I personally can't wait for that day.

Kevin Garnett

This man needs to calm down. He is always yelling and swearing and bumping his chest even if nothing is really happening. Last year in the playoffs he was on the bench and Rajon Rondo hit 2 free throws in the 1st quarter and KG ran onto the court and was going mental.

That alone might not be enough to hate on him but then you add "anything is possible!" and you just can't help but hate the guy. That clip is one of my most hated clips of all-time. I get that he was pumped but he played on the best team in the league and they won. It was expected.

Copious Ads During Football

I understand that the NFL has to make money and in order to make money they need to show commercials but it gets so annoying sometimes. Why is there a commercial before and after a kickoff that is no unnecessary.

To make matters worse when a play is being reviewed they don't go to commercials but instead show you the same play 50 times and make you watch the ref looking at the tape. During that time they should go to commercials and get a bunch out of the way so they don't need to cut to any later in the game.

The BCS debate

Get used to it. With teams like Boise State and Cincinnati threatening to go undefeated, U.S. college football could have another Utah on its hands. The Utes went 12-0 during last year's regular season and still didn't get invited to the national championship game between Florida and Oklahoma, even though both the Gators and Sooners had lost once. It's all about strength of schedule.

To illustrate, if Boise State goes a perfect 13-0, they'll have only beaten one ranked team (Oregon) along the way. Cincinnati's got a slightly tougher slate, but it's still a cupcake compared to what schools like similarly undefeated Florida and Alabama play. It's a problem with no real solution, which is what makes it so frustrating. Even President Barack Obama can't solve it. Late last year he called for an eight-team playoff to alleviate the controversy, but the Republicans blocked it or something.

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