Here’s what went down today on G&A
* The Suns are officially on a losing streak following last night’s Boston Massacre in Beantown. Ash wonders if the Suns are complaining too much to the refs and if that’s serving as a distraction from their main focus on the court-the other team. Gambo thinks the Suns are getting less calls with Shaq on the floor because the refs don’t know how to call a game with The Diesel in the paint. Both agree the Suns are now viewed as “less likeable” around the country following the trade for The Daddy. The current winless road trip continues tomorrow in Philly against the surging Sixers.
* ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler
* Western Kentucky is in The Sweet 16. We were joined by former coach John Oldham
* Sports 620 KTAR reporter and all-around good guy Johnny V. checked in from US Airways Center moments before
* Some young kids are now choosing bare-knuckle fighting instead of traditional youth sports like soccer and baseball. Gambo thinks this is a little extreme for seven and eight year-olds. Ash is ok with it to a certain extent, but wouldn’t want his son doing it. We took calls and most were split on the issue.
* We were also joined by former ASU head football coach Bruce Snyder
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The story about young kids engaging in MMA matches makes my blood boil. I really have had it up to my ears with these folks who say MMA is not a “brutal human cockfighting” sport. Then what is it? I admit to being a boxing fan, but this business of two men in a cage, beating, kicking and striking each other with elbows and knees is too brutal. I am waiting patiently for the morning that I read the headlines that some MMA fighter is lying in a hospital somewhere after a pay-per-view MMA bout, in a coma from having repeated strikes to the head. I think each martial art has it’s place, but expecting someone to “master” each skill to the degree of using it in combination with other martial arts in a contest against someone “equally skilled” is a bit much to ask. I do not realistically believe any one human being can “master” every martial art out there and expect for their mind to react quick enough to know which move from which art to use on an opponent in a match. Glorifying MMA with movies geared to teens such as “Never Back Down” does not help matters. Teens and others who broadcast their “matches” on YouTube, etc. should be traced down and prosecuted for assault with intent to kill because that’s what MMA is about-trying to kill someone with your bare hands. Give me a good old fashioned stand up and “put up your dukes” boxing match. None of this kicking, elbowing, etc for me!