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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, April 30, 2008 C3 HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE Glimpse of a simpler world :e tennis team snes Wasps a I by Casey Chbsstensem A Express Writer The NFL Draft is over and now we finally don't have to listen to these stupid mockdiaftson Sportscenter or any other sports show. I mean they've covered the Web sites and magazines for past months, it is all ridiculous. But it is over. I love watching football game at every level, but I think once the Super Bowl is over the sport should be dormant for the most part. It is not only football that does this, the NBA hypes up their draft and so does MLB. I find it all very annoying and I'm just glad it is over. My issues come from the fact that the draft means almost nothing. Last year's number one pick did almost nothing for the Raiders. It takes some players a few years to develop, others fall into the perfect system for them and do well. But neither of these things rely on their draft pick. A draft bust can happen to a number one pick just like the next Joe Montana can be found in the sixth round. The most surprising thing is how often this actually does take place. It is pure genius on the part of all these big business sporting organizations to create such a large amount of hype about the draft events. It equally, baffling, that we enjoy watching such a thing as a team pick a player. I think we should all just forget about the NBA, the NFL or the MLB as soon as their re spective sport is over and focus on the next sport about to happen. I mean if you want to make a big deal out of the draft wait until the start of the season, that way we don't have all these competing story lines. I don't have to watch 15 minutes of who the Bills need to find out who won the Braves game. I suppose sports aren't the only thing like this in the world. Computers have the same problem. If you buy one to be connected to the Internet and that's it, you end up paying for all that other stuff you never use anyway. When is the world going to be completely custom-made? When are we finally going to be able to say I want these 13 channels on cable and that is it? When are we going to be able to say I want my Sportscenter to tell me what is happening in the sporting world right now? Probably, when you can choose to buy a paper" without this column in it at all. Uintah tennis traveled to Wasatch Wa-satch on Tuesday and came away with a 3-2 win. Winners included first singles, Brock Gessell; second sec-ond singles, Taylor Peterson; and third singles, Lance Hansen. For the junior varsity, RJ Mills had a great tie-breaker win and Tate Shorthill won his first singles match. On Thursday, the Utes faced Park City at home. The toughest opponent may have been the wind, however the Utes took a 4-1 loss with the only win at ' third singles with Lance Hansen winning. At junior varsity, the doubles team of Dax Upton and Bridger Harftinger won, along with RJ Mills and Dallin Wright. "I felt we could have played better and won a couple of more matches, but the wind really affected us and the flight of the ball on Thursday," stated Coach JoJoGale. "Taylor Peterson had a really close match at second singles and the second doubles team of Nick Parrack and Tyson Simmons split sets with Park City." The Utes face Wastach on Tuesday and Waterford on Thursday at home. ;M - Taylor Peterson won his match against Wasatch, leading the Utes along with the other Singles members to a win. Peterson faced off in the third singles spot. Jeff Struthers awaits the arrival the ball during his doubles match against Wasatch. Although his doubles team didn't win the Utes did come away with a 3-2 victory. 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