Wow.......Just Wow.........What were they thinking....

     My blog post entitled What were they thinking? is back!!! It will cover an array of topics including everything from Sports, to Regular Topics and everything in between!! Some posts will only have a few topics on this, other times there will be many topics. If you have one you would like placed in an upcoming blog post, please send it to me at   twitter; @cupofjoeinthed   email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com    www.cupofjoeinthed.blogspot.com

Sports

•  Adidas pressures Refs in an AAU game to avoid calling technical fouls against Lavar Ball to stay in his good graces to land a sponsor deal with his son, Lonzo Ball
• Spain's court accepts larger fine from Messi instead of jail time for him and his father on tax invasion charges. Shows money talks and the rich once again get away with a crime that a poorer person would not and they would end up with jail time. 
•  SVG and the Pistons let Caldwell-Pope and Morris go to sign a rental player, Bradley for 1 yr and then tell us it is the major plan for rebuilding. 
• Sixers give up 1st round pick being fleeced by the Celtics in the NBA Draft.
• Critics jumping all over Lonzo Ball early, even though it is the NBA Summer League. 
•  Detroit Tigers players think by showing up to play and collect a paycheck is all they need to do?
•  Tigers choose to not play fundamental baseball anymore and try to win on hope and a prayer?
•  Tigers still thinking they have a chance to get a WC spot in AL Race, time to sell and rebuild!!
•  Red Wings think 3rd round draft picks will all pan out and be the core of the youth movement.
•  Red Wings name new arena, Little Caesars Arena? Why not Pizza Pizza Palladium? 
•  Detroit Pistons after 3 years under Stan VanGundy still haven't learned to play defense?
•  Calvin Johnson now comes out with the reason he states he retired from the Lions a year afterwards, he does a complete 180 and blames the Lions for everything. Could he still be mad that they made him pay back part of the signing bonus since he did not honor his contract. Megatron had no issues collecting the millions he made while on the Lions roster. 
• Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott allegedly involved in yet another incident as he faces potential suspension already by the NFL.
•  An NBA Player should be docked pay for not be able to make at least 65% of their Free Throws?
•  LA Clippers Blake Griffin sign huge max deal and says he planned to start and finish his career in LA, yet went and visited other teams first?
•  Lions still screwing around in regards to locking up QB Stafford knowing they have to make him the highest paid QB in the NFL at least for the time being.  
• Redskins franchise QB for 2nd straight year forcing all teams to pay QB's even more now. 
•  Penn State University still in denial about the damage caused by Sandusky and Paterno and now documented reports surface of payments all the way back to 1971? Really PSU, Really???
• It is evident by the soft cap luxury tax in the NBA and MLB that  teams with huge revenue streams or deep pockets and big market teams can and do go over the cap, time for a hard cap!
• NBA Star Players now force the hands of the Teams to trade them to the team they want to play on.
• NBA Owners throwing money around like it is monopoly money in paying star players an unfathomable 50M+ a year. James Harden will make more in the next 5 years then any NBA ever made in his whole career except for Dirk Nowitzki who played 20 seasons for one team.
• The NY Knicks sign Tim Hardaway Jr. to a huge contract and then no one form the Knicks shows up at his scheduled conference to announce the signing.
• NCAA taking its sweet time in reviewing the Baylor sex and assault scandal.
• Ole Miss slammed by NCAA for repeated violations tries to take down rival Mississippi State with them.
• Louisville Cardinals and Head Basketball Coach Rick Pitino going to fight NCAA ruling on sex scandal violations and drag this out as long as possible.
• NBA decides to sell ad space on the players jerseys, must need to make the Owners more money...
• NFL needs to step up along with NFLPA and deal with these players instead of pushing problem players issues under the rug!!
• Southern Mississippi hit with serious violations from the NCAA for academic fraud, lying and obstruction by the University?
• MLB wants to put more expansion teams in baseball, yet some teams cannot even fill their stadiums more then 50% of capacity and small markets cannot compete with larger markets anymore.
• Wolverines HC Harbaugh back to his old ways of promising recruits everything to get them to commit at Michigan just as He did at SDU and Stanford, then see some recruits decommit when they realized he lied to them and their families?
• a few Major Colleges paying their coaches more then some NFL teams and now it is more about wins and loses then actually teaching the student athletes and getting a degree
• Some College football coaches think they are bigger in life than NFL Coaches and expect to be paid more than the NFL Coaches?

Topics

• Pres. Trumps speeches on the Charlotteville protester clash trying to stay the line and blame both parties for the unrest?
• Steve Bannon  fired from White House is going to personally go after all who dislike Trump?
• President Trump decides Transgendered People are not allowed to serve in the Armed Services.
• Anyone who thinks that Trump wants to hear the truth is wrong, He wants to be surrounded by "Yes" people and told what He wants to hear. 
• Michigan Democrats and incumbent Debbie Stabenow not taking Kid Rock's talks about running against her in next years election.
• The GOP alternative to ObamaCare lines the pockets of the Health Care CEO's with millions while causing 25M+ to lose health insurance and those with pre-existing conditions will be forced to pay skyrocketing premiums. 
• The continued denial from Russia and Mr. Putin involved in the 2016 Presidential election and President Trumps believing their lies
• Why do People think they can stand at a store and sample the product over and over and not pay for it? Why do they think they are entitled to this?
• Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump camp have a meeting with Russian operative(s) and expect all to believe it was a harmless meeting?
• Will the DNC and GOP ever put the People in front of their own parties political agendas.
• Federal Government rejects Michigan's plea for help with WIC Resources to help Children with potential high levels in their bodies due to bad water in Flint, Michigan. Doesn't sound like they want to address how the EPA also failed the City of Flint and their residents as well!!
• Political candidates using the Flint Water Crisis to further their own political agendas instead of going to Flint and actually being part of the solution?
• Groups and others continue to complain about the smallest and most insignificant things to companies and businesses forcing them to change or face the wrath of social media.. In doing so, it usually drives the price of the products up.. We are becoming too soft and thin skinned as a Society........