5 Things We Know On A Friday: 4/30/10

5 Things We Know On A Friday: 4/30/10

1.  Hey, Mark Cuban! You may not be proud of the NBA right now but it is only fair since not many of your fans are proud of the Dallas Mavericks after another flop in the play-offs. You’re a soft owner and you’ve got soft players both mentally and physically. Instead of whining about the officials, get tough and score more points. It is amazing that after more than a decade as an owner you’re still making the same mistakes. Maybe an internship in San Antonio this summer would help. There. I said it.

2. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m the only person out here that has no problem with Miami’s Jeff Ireland asking Dez Bryant “The Question”. If my job is on the line in making a choice on who to give millions of dollars to to represent my company and make plays for me, I’m going to ask them anything I damn well please. I think a G.M. not only has the right but the obligation to ask any question he thinks might lend insight into the person he’s investing in. Context is everything. I guess if he’d ask if Bryant’s mom was still doing crack and going to jail no one would care.

We get all over pro sports teams for having low-character guys or people that get into trouble but when they try and make sure the know exactly who they’re getting people get upset. You can’t have it both ways.

I’m also at a loss as to how this got out. Oh ya, it was Bryant who told the world and started the uproar. If he doesn’t say anything, no one is talking about this. The Cowboys made a mistake. Miami didn’t.

UPDATE:  S.I. just posted this story after I finished up 5 Things today. Now maybe people we begin to realize how wrong they were in going after Ireland…

3. Brett Favre will play for the Minnesota Vikings in 2010. No way he walks now being this close to a Super Bowl. The ankle surgery is just a little drama to keep ESPN’s Rachel Nichols employed.

4.  The Arizona Border Security bill recently passed is just, legal, needed and right. For those that actually want to know what it contains and why it will pass any constitutional challenge you can read Kris Kobach’s break-down of the law.

5.  Each day I grow more and more convinced that 2010 will be the last year Nebraska and Missouri play in the Big 12. Here’s hoping Texas Tech officials are being very aggressive in making plans for the future and hopefully looking west to possible Pac-10 expansion. Next time around, the Texas Legislature isn’t bailing anyone out. Texas Tech doesn’t have the same kind of juice down in Austin as it did 20 years ago during the break-up of the SWC. The politicos also know that it may be in the best interest of all not to partner up the four Texas Big 12 South schools, but to let them find their own place in the new landscape. That is how it should be. Get busy Tech.