Guess What!

32 Picks made last night in NFL Draft. Guess which one is on the cover of ESPN.COM?



Take a guess!



A Mile High Surprise!

Selling Tim Tebow

Essentially the NFL, ESPN, and everyone under the sun is "selling" us Tim Tebow, and have been for the longest time. Irrespective of the fact this guy will not be a great Quarterback in the NFL, it isn't relevant. Right now Tebow is a ratings grabber; essentially a media-created star.

Yes, he was successful in college, winning one national championship (as a starter), and one Heisman Trophy, but that doesn't make for a great QB in the NFL.

With that said, teams realize they can draft Tebow now, take a chance, knowing full well they're going to sell tons of merchandise in his image to recoup the costs for paying him. Add to it that Tebow is an outspoken Christian, already having done pro-life commercials, and quite possibly a future politician. Not only will you have fans of his new team buying merchandise, but goose-stepping religious fanatics who will hoist him onto their proverbial shoulders as well.

Even though Tebow does not have the skills to be a first round pick in tonight's NFL draft, I'm convinced he will be. If for no other reason than the NFL has invited him to the draft itself, and he is attending (as of now). If the NFL was not guaranteed by some team they will be picking him he'd not be invited. He's without question the least talented QB ever invited, so I highly doubt the NFL would embarrass someone so many have spent time heralding.

It would look bad for the NFL.

I do not know what team will take him (some have suggested Patriots), but part of me believes a team will trade up into the first round, sacrificing future picks, for his rights.

If that doesn't happen I see the Texans, Bengals, or maybe even the Colts, where they'll claim he'll be groomed by Peyton Manning. Wouldn't that be special? Tebow and Manning? With 2-3 years to groom him?

The NFL would love it. So would the media. 4 years of having to not prove this kid is a legit QB.

Me

People have been asking what it felt like to write a book with BJ.

This.

So...

BJ Penn: Why I Fight made the NYTIMES Best Seller list, right now at #22.

I am definitely not upset by this...

Letters

I saw this in an old NYTIMES sitting on my floor, which I had planned to read, but just did:

To the Editor:

Re ''Hedge Fund Pay Roars Back'' (Business Day, April 1):

It is immoral and un-American for the top 25 hedge fund managers to pull in a collective $25.3 billion in one year. That these billions are presumably not even treated as income for tax purposes but are counted as capital gains and taxed at lower rates is unconscionable.

Can we have true democracy and promise for the future when there is such outrageous wealth and desperate poverty side by side in a country that purports to be egalitarian?

Everyone knows that a billionaire has instant access to and influence on any elected official from the president on down to city council members. The poor have little power, especially now as they struggle with lost jobs and fewer public resources.

The United States needs tight regulation of the entire financial industry and a progressive income tax that hits hard at the rich. Ann Singer

Berkeley, Calif., April 4, 2010 >

Bingo.

Thought

I think OVERKILL by Men at Work is one of the most underrated songs of all time.

Just throwing that out there.


Not sure there's a song more fitting for my life right now.

What a Dick

I love how Rep. Boehner from Ohio is talking about the Democrats not "creating jobs", when no party, like this current Republican party, is more responsible for the loss of jobs in America.

Both parties pretty much blow, but one clearly blows more.

Radio Show

I'm going on the air today at 1460 - WIFI, in Florence, New Jersey. Small station just outside of Philadelphia.

You can listen online if you care to.

I'm trying to do things a little differently, so hopefully I can do a good job. It's been a while, and I am slightly nervous about it all.