re: Post your unpopular sports opinions

New York Mythology Section:

1. A league does not "need" a good team in New York City in order to succeed, and it is not "good for (insert sport here)" when they do. Good for television? Absolutely. Does it make the sport "better?" No way no how.

2. The New York Knicks are not "one of the NBA's storied franchises." The Heat have more NBA titles. They have been around a long time. But hey, so have the Arizona Cardinals and they are not "storied."

3. If Rickey Jackson played for the Giants and Lawrence Taylor played for the Saints, Rickey Jackson would be the greatest outside linebacker to play the game.

4. Mickey Mantle was a good player and a tragic story, but he does not belong in the conversation with Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron.

5. I do not believe that Mickey Mantle hit a 600 foot home run.

6. The only New York athlete more overrated than Mickey Mantle was Joe Namath (but you already knew that).

7. The media cares A LOT MORE about what Rex Ryan says and the Jets in general than America does.