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by David P. Greisman - Whether your sport of choice takes place on a diamond or gridiron, hardwood, ice or pitch, before the first day of the season you will know what you’ll get long before you know what you truly have.
That is, schedules are set. The Red Sox and the Yankees will face each other 18 times. The Cowboys and the Redskins will do one apiece in Dallas and D.C. Whether the teams are any good that season matters not – they’ll play either way.
As for the best teams, they soon rise to the top of the standings. Anticipation builds. If they are as good as their records indicate, then they’ll meet each other in the postseason to decide which of the two is better.
That isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to action inside the ropes. Often you know what you have long before you know what you’re truly going to get.
Getting the best fighters to face each other can become the negotiating equivalent to pulling teeth. So many factors can stand in the way: mandatory opponents, rematch clauses, different promoters, network contracts, greed or boxers just plain not wanting to face a certain somebody else. [details]
That is, schedules are set. The Red Sox and the Yankees will face each other 18 times. The Cowboys and the Redskins will do one apiece in Dallas and D.C. Whether the teams are any good that season matters not – they’ll play either way.
As for the best teams, they soon rise to the top of the standings. Anticipation builds. If they are as good as their records indicate, then they’ll meet each other in the postseason to decide which of the two is better.
That isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to action inside the ropes. Often you know what you have long before you know what you’re truly going to get.
Getting the best fighters to face each other can become the negotiating equivalent to pulling teeth. So many factors can stand in the way: mandatory opponents, rematch clauses, different promoters, network contracts, greed or boxers just plain not wanting to face a certain somebody else. [details]
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