YuNa Kim: 5th Most Paid Female Athlete

Forbes.com has placed YuNa Kim as the 5th most paid female athlete in the world.

The 19 year old South Korean female Olympic skater, gold medalist and holder of the world renowned (and record) 228.56 combined total points in the 2010 Winter Olympics is reported to have earned 9.7 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS (That’s 9,700,000 U.S. Dollars, folks.) from sponsors such as Hyundai, Nike, Samsung Electronics and Kookmin Bank.

I wish her the best for now and for the upcoming events in the future.
Oh, and marry me?

The other highly paid athletes are:
No. 4: Danica Patrick (Age 28) Sport: Racing
Income: $12 million

No. 3: Venus Williams (Age 30) Sport: Tennis
Income: $15.4 million

No. 2: Serena Williams (Age 28) Sport: Tennis
Income: $20.2 million

No. 1: Maria Sharapova (Age 23) Sport: Tennis
Income: $24.5 million

WWE/WWF (Wrestling) Fake or Fake?

Today I want to talk about the most fake “sport” in the whole universe. It is called wrestling. Not the type that goes on in the Olympics, but what today calls World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly the World Wrestling Federation(WWF).

Now, wrestling belongs in the category of something I call, “The Power Rangers Effect.” People get older, they grow up, and eventually, they stop caring/watching/realizing that life is full of bulls**t.

Now back when I was five or six, I was a die hard fan of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I mean, who wasn’t? They were an international phenomenon. Now if you don’t know what the show, “The Power Rangers,” was about, you’ve clearly been living under a rock, under a bigger rock. I’ll sum it down for you: Five people manage to get their hands on watches (or “morphers”) and when evil attacks the world, they activate their morphers. When they activate these morphers, these tight nylon overall clothing comes rippling out of another dimension (+a helmet) and these Power Rangers are dressed within seconds. Power Rangers fight the bad guys, yada yada yada, fight for 10 minutes, gets in their robot, fights for another 5 minutes until they FINALLY DECIDE ON PULLING OUT THE SWORD.

Various types of Morphers. There are a lot more than these.

This sword of theirs has a special attribute: It kills any bad guy in ONE hit (IN EVERY EPISODE). Now, why in the world would they do that? The rangers need to build up suspense (as well as filling in the air time on TV) for the kids until they kill the bad guy in one hit. Power rangers were every boys’ role-model/hero. Of course, we grew up and stopped watching the show.

It’s the same mentality with wrestling.

These a-holes in tights are fighting, but for an older age group; the teens. And if you (still) think that wrestling is real, your mind is stuck in the mentality of the teens (In other words, you are as stupid as you can get).

In wrestling, the matches are all set up, what “moves” to use, when to end the fight-what sign or move would end the fight, EVERYTHING IS SET UP.

Ever notice when one guy hits another guy, he slams his foot down on the [soft] ground surface of the ring? It’s to make loud noises to make it seem like that punch or kick would actually hurt the other guy, when it doesn’t. Of course, these guys aren’t perfect, they’ll make mistakes- and those mistakes will cause injuries. Bleeding in fights isn’t a huge injury! I get nosebleeds from picking my nose all the time (Ewww you pick your nose!!! Sorry ladies, all men pick their nose from time to time. We never seem to grow up in that aspect…).

Just look at this! This as clear and blatent as the sun in the sky.

Anyways, my point is, wrestling is one of the most fake “sports” out there (if not THE most fake). I can’t believe it still has so many adult fans, and I apologize if you are one of those fans; not because I’ve offended you (and if I have, then … good), but because you are as dumb as a tree trunk. And that’s just what one Korean guy thinks, maybe others will think so too.

Steroids – Why are they banned in sports?

This guy would hit so much better with steroids.

As I flipped through YouTube, I came across a clip of a horse racing stadium with horses getting whipped to run as fast as they can. Then I thought of something genius-something that has been debated over for years; using steroids on athletes (and horses… and other things).

And even if you’re one of those PETA people, just hear me out. (And just ignore the fact that steroids are illegal)

What would you rather have? Horses getting whipped EVERY TIME THEY RACE (and don’t forget about practices) because the guy on top wants it to run faster, OR horses receiving medical help to ENHANCE (though temporary, for now) its physique, thus allowing the horses to run faster?

Now you could say, “but wouldn’t the guy on top whip the horses anyways to go faster??,” and the answer is, “No.”

Notice at the end of the race when everyone is sprinting for the finish, the riders sit low, aiming for the least amount of friction? That’s not the only reason. They’re hanging on pretty tight because they don’t want to fall while the horse is sprinting at 40 miles per hour (50+mph for quarter horses). Yes, 40 miles per hour ON A HORSE.

Stay with me here. Imagine, with the help of today’s medicine, and even tomorrow’s medicine, horses can run faster. Imagine if they could run 20mph faster, or 30, or more! The rider wouldn’t have the chance to whip anything.

Whaaat?! Horses can run faster with steroids?! Of course they can. As a matter of fact, I think the usage of steroids in sports would only help our medicinal technology. If the ban on steroids in sports were to be lifted, the need (or demand) of steroids would go up. And with that much demand, the medicinal market/industry would only work harder to develop better steroids. Maybe steroids that could help us humans live longer. I’m getting side tracked, lets get back on steroids and sports.

So. Why are steroids banned? People like to see stronger, faster, better records. I would much rather see a horse race where the horses can run 80mph than a horse race with horses at half that speed, a mere 40mph. Think of any kind of sports. Wouldn’t sports be MORE entertaining with BETTER athletes or is it just me with that thought?

Anyways, lets steer off on the side a bit. If the Olympics, for example, allowed the use of steroids, it would just make the world a better place.

Why? Look, every COUNTRY in the WORLD would try to make better steroid for their athletes. Why? They want their athletes to be number one. Why? So it shows that their country is the best in the world [in that field] and show off the size of them balls. And who wouldn’t want big balls? (Ironic?)

The development of new, better steroids could only lead to better medicine for tomorrow. Or is it? I don’t know, it’s just a thought by one Korean guy, so why would the rest of the world care?