In My Mind's Eye

   This past week the National Football League granted a private workout for Colin Kaepernick.  The Atlanta Falcons opened their world class facility for this workout.  Hue Jackson, the former coach of the Cleveland Browns, was tapped to oversee this workout.  All 32 teams were invited and 25 showed up.  All 32 teams would have seen tape of the workout.  The time was set for 3:00 p.m.    At 2:30 p.m., Mr. Kaepernick announced he was changing the workout to a new location in the Atlanta area.  The time would now be set for 4 p.m.  The area in question was some 60 miles away.    After 3 years of whining, consistently, that he wasn't being given a chance, after suing the NFL for collusion and then settling for an undisclosed amount, after signing a multi-million dollar deal with Nike, the NFL gave Mr. Kaepernick what he wanted.  He was getting a chance to show his skills to 25 people from the most elite football organizations in the world.  Unsurprisingly, at least to a

And it's Le'veon Bell's fault. For two straight seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers put a franchise tag on the best running back in football. One could argue about Bell being the best, but when he plays with the Steelers: He averages 128.9 yards per game He's a premier pass blocker He's a No. 2 Receiver And the Steelers are undefeated when he carries the ball 25 times or more. He's that good.  So, when the Steelers and Bell couldn't negotiate a long term contract acceptable to Bell, the Steelers put a franchise tag on him.  An Exclusive Franchise Tag.   Le'Veon Bell was drafted in the second round in 2013.  Rookie contracts are 4 years long.  Bell has never played under a contract outside of his rookie contract, as both years that was possible he ended up tagged.   There are three different types of Franchise Tags in the NFL. Exclusive: 1 year, player is paid the average of the top 5 salaries at his position or 120% of his previous sala

Four young men who play Lacrosse at a prestigious university are accused of raping an exotic dancer.  They are white, they come from wealthy backgrounds, they are self-entitled male sports stars. They must have done it.  The media completely trashes them.  Fast forward.... the prosecutor in the case is disbarred, and it turns out, they didn't do it.  They didn't even do anything resembling the accusation.  Crickets. University of Virginia.  An entire frat more or less is accused of holding rape parties.  Big cover story in Rolling Stone Magazine.  Media piles on relentlessly.  Turns out the party in question never took place.  The person accused of rape never existed.  The whole story is a complete and total fabrication.  A independent investigation of Rolling Stone and it's writer come to the conclusion that no semblance of due diligence in reporting was even attempted.  Crickets. Brett Kavanaugh.  Accused of a violent rape when he was a teenager.  Accuser doe