Barry Tompkins: A bit of rhyme for the New Year

It’s out with the old and in with the new

And like it or not, the bad news is true.

Our local sports heroes are way less than norm.

So I thought I’d address them in doggerel form.

It’s the first of the year and I’m thinking solutions.

How can we fix things with new resolutions?

There’s one thing I hope to point out in this verse

That things have to get better — they can’t get much worse.

Let’s start with the Niners who never held sway

Holdouts in July — no contract — no play.