No way Jose!

After Hershel Walker, the 47 year old former NFL football player, made his MMA debut Saturday night, Jose Canseco sent a message on twitter stating "I guess I may have to show Herschel Walker who the real bad boy of the Sports Industry is. If the powers that be are reading, I want in." This is the problem with letting people fight MMA just because they will make a lot of money. First it was Kimbo Slice being promoted by EliteXC, now Hershel Walker, as well James Toney. If this is a legitimate sport and is going to stay that way and not become professional wrestling, promoters need to stop putting on these fights. Make these fighters work their way up through the ranks and prove that they belong in the big leagues. When Michael Jordan decided he wanted to play baseball he didn't just get a starting position in the majors, he had to work out with a minor league team and it turns out he wasn't good enough and he went back to basketball. Michael Jordan who is thought of as one of the best athletes on the planet wasn't good enough for the majors in another sport, yet a 47 year old Hershel Walker was allowed to get into the cage as a co-main event fight, in a sport that has 100 times the possibility of serious injury as baseball, without as much as one fight to his name. As Canseco said "if the powers that be are reading", please stop putting on these fights and keep the SPORT of MMA a sport.