Collusion is alive and well in ................ Basketball?

With all the hype surrounding bosh and james (names in lower case for a reason) I have spent some time thinking about their collective behaviour. I really don't care much for the Raptors or basketball for that matter, but I wonder why it's illegal for teams to work together for the betterment of the league and legal for players to work together for their own pocketbooks. I do realize that the collusion in baseball was not necessarily for the betterment of the league, but for the owners, but I digress.

Now I am all for free markets, free agents and choice in most matters. However, this attempt to create a "dream team" has me questioning much about these players. Player is an apt definition for these guys. Their abject selfishness explains a lot about many of today's athletes and does little to define them as positive examples for any of today's youth. The message, clearly, is that by ganging up they can accomplish what they want, without regard for the rest of the players and teams. After all it is a team sport, isn't it? Can you imagine being one of the other two players on the court with these jokers?

Sports are clearly a business proposition to the management and players. The fans though, see it differently. The fans are the ones whose loyalty has been demolished by these "championship" seeking players. The fans buy the tickets and merchandise to support "their" team and develop a sense of hero worship with these players, only to see that these players are not worthy of any worship at all, because they worship at the altar of mammon. Nothing and no one comes before that.

Sad really when you think about the myopic selfishness displayed by these players. This is one sports fan who will cheer for anyone except these players, even Kobe, yikes!