Killing the Evergreens of Sports Talk Radio

Fans shouldn't be allowed to vote for the All-Star Game.

Baseball needs instant replay.

There should be a playoff in major college football.

These bubble teams (or the All-Star snubs) got screwed.

Pitchers and DHs shouldn't be voted MVP.

Game times need to be adjusted so people (media) in the Eastern Time Zone can see everything before they go to bed...people on the West Coast can deal.

Baseball needs a salary cap.

There are too many teams in the NHL/NBA playoffs.

The season (in whatever league) is too long.

The NFL Pre-Season is too long.

Traditional college powers shouldn't be allowed to schedule all these "cupcakes".

Blah, blah, blah. These are things you'll not (or hardly ever) hear from me on "Front & Center". They are known as "evergreens"...fallback topics on days where there's little else to talk about. So why not pound the topic into the ground for a day or two until people want to turn the knob?!!! It's so tiring to listen to and so lazy of hosts/producers at the same time.

What else do all of the evergreens have in common? They are all complaints. All the things that are wrong about sports in people's opinions. Forgive me, but don't we follow sports because we enjoy them? Why do we spend so much time wanting to fix them? Sports are meant as a recreation, pastime, diversion, escape, etc. Yet, we seem hellbent on spoiling the experience.

Here's a plan: sit back, enjoy the game, accept the outcome (like it or not), then repeat the next day.

Look, I'm not saying we shouldn't talk about the games, the players, the coaches, the big plays, and so forth. Analyzing/debating what we've seen; offering our opinions; rating who's the best/worst; playing the "what if" game;--all of these things are fun and make for interesting talk. But, please, let's not fall into the same, tired, evergreen topics. We're better than that.