{"id":1950,"date":"2012-09-01T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2012-09-01T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T18:44:01","slug":"are-sports-dead-or-just-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/09\/are-sports-dead-or-just-dying.html","title":{"rendered":"Are Sports Dead, Or Just Dying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, I know the headline above seems dramatic, or maybe overly-dramatic.<\/p>\n

But the thing is, when you look at sports today they just MAY be dying a slow death or perhaps worse.<\/p>\n

Start with major league baseball, as several players have been banned from the sport this season alone for use of performance-enhancers … including Melky Cabrera of the Giants.<\/p>\n

Cabrera is a BIG deal, as MLB’s leading hitter and All-Star Game MVP … it doesn’t look good for the sport, to put it mildly. And before him there was Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, all sports frauds in a way.<\/p>\n

Then take a look at professional football. I’m not sure whatever happened to risk-taking and being responsible for your own actions come in but some prominent names, like George Will, are talking about doing away with the sport due to concussions.<\/p>\n

While the problem is serious should we just quit on the No. 1 sport in America?<\/p>\n

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Joe Paterno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College football, too, seems to be rotting with the likes of Ohio State, Miami, North Carolina and Penn State involved in embarrassing, or worse, situations.<\/p>\n

Finishing, for now, with the NHL … the league may just finish itself off with yet another labor dispute.<\/p>\n

How dumb can they be? I am a BIG fan of the league and yet I keep forgiving it for these regular labor squabbles.<\/p>\n

But is hockey just one sport that’s dead, or dying?<\/p>\n

What’s your opinion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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