I have been watching March Madness, MLB spring ball, NFL combine reruns – and loving most of it.
Many people have told me they don’t want to see the “Cinderella” teams winning in the tournament, Brett Favre retiring…or not, or any more athletes getting arrested for being dumb on a Friday night/Saturday morning. I tend to agree, but it could be worse. We could have Cheese Rolling be a highly attended and televised sport.
The video below piqued my interest so much I looked it up and according to Wikipedia (if it’s on Wikipedia you know it’s true), The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held at Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in the Cotswold region of England.
It was originally intended for people from the local village but now people from all over the world show up to bust their ass on this hill while chasing after a cheese wheel and getting tackled by rugby players at the bottom for good measure…Sounds like a f**kin’ blast to me!
So the next time you turn on the TV or listen to sports radio and you hear that another athlete was arrested for defecating on a stripper because he was ________, and you can’t press charges against the great ___________, just think we could have Cheese Rolling League on CBS and ESPN for five months a year, with off season coverage on the CRL Network.
For those of you looking to attend this event, the 2010 event has been cancelled due to safety concerns over the number of people visiting. Good luck in 2011!
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