Keep one eye on Africa.

Little does anyone realize right now in this great country that a major sporting tournament is soon coming to a close. What is this rogue event that I speak of? Well, it's the African Cup of Nations, but of course. Now, I know what you may be thinking. Why Jesse,...? Why would I care about a soccer tournament in Africa? Well, I'll tell you why,......the African nations currently have some of the best homegrown talent in the world right now. (Prove it!). The English Premier League is by far the most popular sporting league in the world. The EPL fields 20 teams, and out of those 20 teams, 17 of them field at least one or more African players. 37 players in total have more than held their own against the best that Europe has to offer. Teams like Chelsea and Portsmouth have built their teams around these African players with 4 each featuring in the starting lineup. The final of this competition is being held in Ghana this Saturday between Cameroon and Egypt. The travesty here (and the point of all this) is that not one game of this important tournament is being televised here in the states. Now, I know at this point in time there is a load(!) of interesting stuff on TV, I mean come on, the show where people get their family together and go on TV to take a lie detector test to win money. That's Quality. (What's your point?). My point here is, shame on you ESPN, shame on you ABC, even shame on you satellite people, (we would have even paid to see this talent on display). The 2010 World Cup is being held in South Africa, African players now play professional football all over the world, and are really good. It's time we kept one eye on Africa. Stand up people!

Listening to right now: Everyone Gets A Star by Albert Hammond Jr.

Chula