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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Sports fans are idiots
Have you ever listened to sports talk radio? Most of the callers have IQs in the teens.
Fan, of course, is short for fanatic. The basic fan operates illogically, thinking primarily with his/her heart, not the head. That is why just about every
I love this sentiment on the part of some Packer fans: I don’t care if we lose every game as long as we beat the Bears twice. Yeh, that’s real sharp thinking.
OK. I am a sports fan, but I’m, as a broadcaster I worked with for a short time, Steve “The Homer” True likes to say, not an idiot. So, if the telephone rings and the person on the other end of the line says:
“We’re doing a survey and we’d like to know who your favorite sports star is?”
I’m pretty sure I could come up with a decent answer that makes sense.
Think about how you would respond.
While you do that, let me toss out some replies I might give to the pollster.
Since we’re in the baseball season, I might say pitcher Jamie Moyer of the Philadelphia Phillies who is nearing the age of 50. I marvel at his accomplishments.
Sorry folks, but because I love watching him play and believe he’s very good for the game, Brett Favre would come to mind.
So would Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers, a truly inspiring athlete.
Any ballplayer that could be described as scummy would not make my list.
Apparently the vast majority of sport fans don’t think the way I do. How else do you explain that according to a Harris Interactive Survey, Tiger “The Pig” Woods still ranks as the most popular athlete. There is a caveat. Old Can’t Keep It In His Pants used to hold that honor exclusively. This year he shares it with LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant.
You would have to be Rip Van Winkle not to comprehend that Tiger Woods is the slime ball of the century. So why would you tell a pollster that Tiger out of the myriad of football, baseball, basketball, tennis players and golfers is your favorite athlete? Simple.
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This is yet another example of why our country is messed up morally, culturally, and ethically. If adults are worshipping toilet bowl film like Tiger Woods, what are kids to think?
Hey, Dad? Hey, Mom? Just one suggestion, even though I could give you many. Go to the Internet and Google Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and his charity work. Read up and then share with your children.
When it comes to role models and athletic favorites, forget Tiger Woods.
Disagree?
Fine.
Then you’re an idiot.
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