The Voice of Reason

I just stumbled upon the DUMBEST thing I have ever seen on T.V.   I was channel surfing and stopped at ESPN2, where I thought I was watching the beginning of one of those dumb car insurance commercials or something.  When I realized it was real, I was floored. 

There is an association called USARPS, which stands for "U.S. Association of Rock, Paper, Scissors."  There's a judge that stands in between 2 contestants, who slap their hand 5 times, making their "play" on the 5th slap.  You know the game; Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock.  To make it even dumber, there were spectators cheering wildly, and 2 commentators talked it up like this was some amazing skill that these folks have practiced every day for most of their lives, and their voices got all worked up as if this was a national obsession.  One of the commentators was Trey Wingo, a sports reporter who I actually had respect for up until now.  They showed pics of these guys behind the stage getting their "game faces" on, and they even came out of a commercial break with tips on "special" strategy moves.  Is ESPN really that desperate to fill air time?  First, it was Texas Hold 'Em, which I actually can watch when I'm in the right mood.  Then, they started showing competitive eating contests, which are stupid and disgusting IMO, and NOT athletic demonstrations in my book.  This, however, has got to be the worst.