Clay - 19 December 2011 03:25 PM
Jezuz_Alrighty - 19 December 2011 08:01 AM
I’m sorry. I think sports garners far more attention than it merits. Some can be fun to watch but the fans can seem a bit freakish. Whether they are painting their faces or booing the first lady. Ripping down goal posts or rioting in the streets after a loss. One dingbat does something stupid and the rest seem to follow like lemmings. Then add the star of the show, the winner. Put a microphone in his face. He is bound to utter some words of wisdom He must have some revelation that can deliver all mankind from its pathetic existence. Nope.
That’s unfair of me, I know. I expect to much. Some of them are fine examples of humility and have a real love for the game and what they do. They don’t get much air time though it seems. They don’t get the attention they deserve until they do something stupid.
http://youtu.be/WQ6vat1DIRI
I understand that. I was principally against the watching of organized sports for a time and I’ve really only started getting interested in it in the past year or so. This is snobbish of me, but I do think it primarily draws in the lower minds of society. And as you noted, a single doofus is relatively harmless, but a mob of them can be irritating at best and downright dangerous at worst. What attracts me, I think, is the strategy of the game - something I had taken for granted when considering football previously. I think one of the unique features of football is the example and necessity of leadership. The quarterback position is one of the most dominant and impacting positions in all of sports. You’ll even hear commentators talking about this in relation to Tebow. They note that he’s far from being the best looking quarterback in terms of skill and technique. But he makes up for it in sheer will and charisma. Other players play better around him and he knows how to drive them forward for the win.
Then after I feel the inspiration and excitement of the game, it’s over…and I realize that it was just a football game. Ah well…
It’s just a game. Kudos to that sentiment! Anyone who has lost even a game of checkers can struggle with that at times. True perspective is an elusive specter. Whether a participant or spectator, it’s easy to get carried away. Far to easy.
Sports seems to have as many facets as a diamond. It can bring people together or make them mortal enemies. In Iowa, our highest paid state employee is a collage football coach. A fact that irks me to no end. Priorities anyone?
Maybe sports is a good example of the human condition. We love and embrace conflict. We have a pedestal at the ready for the winner. The Olympics are a great chance for us all to come together and embrace what we have in common. The will to succeed. Respect for the triumphant. Good guys to cheer and bad guys to boo. One against the other. A spectacle as old as man. The attention goes to the winner and fades as fast as fast as the next game begins.
In 6 months. Tebow who?
