While channel surfing last night I came across the VS Network's Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Finals ABBI Bucking Bull Sale. Wow. The NFL and NBA draft for bulls!
Although far from an expert in bull auctions, I watched the team of announcers analyze each bull, their value, and their pedigree. Understandable, I guess you would want the biggest bad-ass bull to have little bad-ass bull babies. Everything you wanted to know was right there. There was a ticker line on the bottom announcing previous acquisitions and how much they went for, a profile box on the left of the screen showcasing the latest bull to be picked, and even guests talking about their latest picks.
Then completely unexpectedly one of the announcers started talking about bull semen. I was stupified. Uh, where did that come from?
Can you imagine the NFL Draft or the NBA Draft analysts discussing the intricacies of a pick's semen? Imagine them saying, "This player has tremendous upside. Although I had him going a little lower, you gotta like a guy who is long, can play the 3 or the 4, can shoot the jumper, get his own rebound, and has high quality semen."
Or "This is a horrible pick for the Broncos. This guy was a backup JUCO transfer two years ago, had a poor forty time at the combine, and his semen is just terrible. Bad, bad pick."
Little did I know this is an issue in bull acquisition. See here or here. They even have tanks to put the semen in. Amazing. It got me to thinking: how long until human athletes are drafted on their pedigree? Will we soon get bids on Nomar Garciaparra and Mia Hamm's unborn superstar? Or how about Andre Aggasi and Stefi Graf's future tennis champion?
You know it's a shame Wilt Chamberlain is dead, he could have made a fortune.
