Where Priorities Lie

So this week we saw two events happen in the NBA, the trade deadline and the first openly gay player played a game in the NBA. Now one of these events got a lot of attention while the other went by relatively unnoticed. The sad thing about this is that  the lack of movement at the deadline went relatively untalked about for the most part, while the Jason Collins isuue got lots of attention.

Now not to say that the first openly gay player in one of America's 4 major sports isn't news, but it didn't need the attention that it received. It got much discussion because it is perceived as a controversial topic, but the real truth is that it is a controversial topic in all of America, so my question then is why does this get so much air time on sports media outlets while real sports topics go in talked about? I don't see everyone talking about how many players do other things that betray the morals we hold to, but the second a controversial moral topic arises the media pounces on it. This is really a non - story other than the fact it is being media driven. If we are going to address moral issues on sports media, then let's discuss in as much depth all of the crimes committed by athletes, the sexual immorality, and the laundry list of other topics that could be addressed.

I know this will never happen, but since when did all of the sports media start thinking it was their responsibility to report on every controversial or even non - controversial human interest piece? I just find this frustrating when I want to turn on a sports station and hear them actually talk about sports. This is what happened to the NBA trade deadline, it got overshadowed by other human interest pieces and left us with relatively no in depth discussion as to why the trades that happened took place and why more movement didn't occur. 

Now on the topic of the NBA trade deadline, yet again there was a complete lack of movement at the deadline. Many teams that should have made moves didn't make, and most of the moves that did take place were very insignificant. The most notable trade that occurred was Evan Turner being traded from the 76ers to the Pacers for Danny Granger. This is a far cry from what the deadline used to offer us as fans. Now this isn't to say that teams should make trades just for the sake of making trades, but there were a lot more teams that should have been moving much bigger pieces. Names like Rondo,Gasol, Monroe, and Carmelo were floated out there as trade candidates and some as actual trade bait, but as fans we were disappointed to see no movement or real buzz on those fronts. 

Well, I guess there is always next year for the trade deadline, and the offseason. One thing is for sure, the sports media outlets need to make more fuss about actual sports stories like this as opposed to reporting the human interest pieces most true sports fans turn the channel from.

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