Stupidity Nation

According to Bill Maher (hush conservatives), America is “this stupid country.” One may argue his word choice, but the statistics are indisputable. Fifty percent cannot name any branch of government. Fifty percent are unaware their state has two senators. Fifty percent cannot name their congress person.

If Americans cannot comprehend civics, what is their sports aptitude? The statistics are indisputable.

Following the 1994 World Cup, 70% of Americans thought soccer would succeed in this nation. Fifteen years later, Corona drinkers and Posh Spice fans still do.

At a recent city council meeting in Columbus, Ohio, a man stood up and demanded a professional sports franchise in his city.

This country is a college chick after three Washington apple shots… We can be talked into anything, such as soccer, and convinced of anything, such as the professional franchise we already have isn’t professional. Listen to these statistics…

A majority of Americans cannot name a single Tennessee Titans wide receiver or explain illegal defense…

Twenty-four percent cannot name the franchise known as the Black Sox…
More than two-thirds of Americans don’t know the conference their alma mater is in or what NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman does…

Some of this stuff you should be able to pick up simply by being alive… Like Florida residents, who know they must hate Georgia…

Nearly half of Americans don’t know that New Jersey has two football teams…

More than half can’t name their franchise’s starting goalie…
And Rick Pitino needed three attempts to name his wife…

People complain about their franchise’s spending… They have no idea what their franchise’s spend money on… The average sports fan thinks ticket sales are important… And then they argue the price of the ticket…
A third of Michigan fans think Jim Tressel illegally recruits and a third of Ohio State fans think Rich Rodriguez victories are fixed, which is an absurd sentence because it contains the words Rodriguez and victories…

Michael Vick has apologized to his fans, even though a Gallup poll says eighteen percent of them would have bet on his dogs… They’re not stupid… They’re animal rights mavericks…
And here is one more fun fact I will leave you with… Did you know only about half of Americans are aware that CBS Sports is older than Fox Sports? That’s right, half of America watches a network that employed Jack Buck and can’t figure out that they are older than a network that employs his son, Joe Buck.

Contributor: Platinum Smalls