The Off The Ball Podcast

                         Leadership is the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. In leading you have to be an inspiring figure in the work world. You must insure confidence and enthusiasm in your workers, help one another, and communicate with your staff or workers to accomplish your task at hand. As a leader you must have a plan. You must know what direction you are heading and making sure that the goal you set matches with the direction you are heading to.           An example of a great leader is NFL Linebacker Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens. Ray Lewis possesses great power an influence. He has the ability to get his other players on his team to be enthused about going to work and giving it they’re all on the football field. He doesn’t abuse his power even knowing that he is the best player and the leader of the football team that’s why his teammates have said that they would run threw a wall for Ray Lewis. His influence on other players is

                              NBA Age Limit     The NBA age limit was first in placed in 2006 requiring that a player must be in college for one year or at least a year away from high school. There’s been a great deal of discussion regarding the possibility of the NBA increasing the age minimum from 18 to 20 or 21 during their next collective bargaining session. Many people look to the success of the NFL policy where players must be 3 years out of high school. Critics counter that football is more of a man’s game; too bruising and tough for younger bodies. They’ll cite that Baseball and Hockey have no age restrictions. But most believe that the NFL is the best overall product in professional sports. Here are the pros and cons of raising the age requirement. The pros of raising the NBA age limit is, player’s get to experience all that comes with being a student athlete. College expands horizons, if even only for a year or two. The responsibility will mature the person so that they

My Starting 5 PG- Chris Paul- This guy has just a great feel for finding his teammates no matter where they are on the court. He flats out makes his teammates better and can play some defense and score the rock. He beats out D-Rose and Deron Williams cause i think he can pass the rock better then them and won't mind giving it up to the guys i picked in my starting 5. SG- Kobe Bryant- This was tough between the Black Mamba and Dwayne Wade but i still have to go with KOBE. He's a lost a step but you cant deny this guys will to be great and his jumper is still better then any one's in the league now.  SF- LeBron James- This guy is a specimen that we have never seen before in a perimeter player. He can play defense and go to whole better then any one EVER BUT..... he cant close games out but with my team i wont need him to do that because i have Kobe Bryant. AS some of you may know I'm not a LBJ fan but he's on my starting five right ahead of Melo. PF- Dirk Nowit

5 most disappointing players 1) Chris Johnson- On pace for less then 700 yards rushing and this is the guy that ran for 2,000 yards  just two years ago. He's lost his hunger for the game since he got paid. 2) Kevin Kolb- They gave up a 2nd round pick and gave him a huge contract and he's given them a 1-6 record and a abysmal 56.8 completion percentage and just 8 tds to 8 ints just not good enough for a so called "FRANCHISE" quarterback. 3) Peyton Hillis- Madden curse lives!!! What an unordinarily season for a guy who had a breakout 2010 season. First it was the contract situation then he caught strept throat and was advise not to play in a game but then said he wasn't what gives Peyton. He's been hurt or we think he has and is playing his way out of Cleveland. He just has 211 yards rushing this year and the magic of 2010 seems to be fading rapidly. 4) Josh Freeman- Last year he through only 6 interceptions, this year he has 10 already and it's just