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Ice Hockey
in Spring?!
The
Los Angeles Lakers and Indianapolis Pacers are playing in the NBA
Finals.
Finally.
Men's pro basketball starts in October and ends in June--the season
is almost as long as the school year. And, as you know, the school
year
takes forever.
Basketball is not the only professional sport with a long season.
Hockey's Stanley Cup Finals just ended. I thought hockey was a winter
sport. But when the New Jersey Devils faced off against the Dallas
Stars
in Dallas, it was 86 degrees.
Not exactly hockey weather.
Baseball--when you count spring training--stretches from
Valentine's Day to Halloween. A couple of rainouts and we will be
watching the World Series--the "October Classic"--in November.
Tennis does not have an off season--there is always a tournament
somewhere. Golf is the same way.
And if anyone can figure out when the professional soccer season
begins or ends, tell me. On second thought, I think I'll just wait
for
the next World Cup.
Okay. Maybe you're thinking: What's the big problem? If you like
a
sport, isn't more better? Don't longer seasons mean more games?
More
playoffs? More fun?
I am not so sure. Let me put it this way: My kids love to go
sledding in the winter. When the snow falls, they are the first
sledders
on the big hill behind the elementary school. If we had winter year
'round, they wouldn't be in such a hurry or so excited.
Same thing with sports--after a certain point you're just not as
enthusiastic. Men's pro basketball has almost 1,300 games in nine
months. That's too many for even the biggest hoop fanatic.
With so much basketball--or hockey, or soccer--most fans will start
to watch less. Or sadder still, start to care less.
So I am glad that the basketball season is almost over. Now we can
get down to the real business of the summer sports schedule: the
Redskins training camp!
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