Well it has been too long since I have posted. Not much to say I suppose, or maybe too much to say...
Watched the Colts dismantle the team today. I'm not a Colts fan, but would be a Manning fan, classy guy, great player. I know it's a business, but it's sad to me to see players treated as a commodity. Maybe I'm losing any love I had for pro sports. I have watched a lot of college sports over the last two years since Michael is at IU. Have to say it is hard to watch the pros play for money and be all about the money (not all I know, but too many). The college players play with a passion that is contagious. They give it all especially this time of year.
Watched IU lose to WI today. Have to say WI played an awesome game. Easy when you are passionate about a team, to try to find some reason why the other team cheated, blame the refs, etc. Senior today for WI averages 3 points a game, 3! And today in the Big Ten tourney he scored 30!! Good game by both teams, WI just played better. Haven't always been able to look at it that way. I got WAY to caught up in wins and losses with my favorite teams. Still do some especially against certain teams, but I'm working on it. Just not worth getting so wound up over things that I can't control, and in all reality mean nothing on the grand scheme of things....
Mary 2 of my kids play or played College sports Hank was recruited by Michigan State and plays at Wabash Kait was recruited by 50 schools and swam for Butler. I have four good friends that played for the Colts. I can tell you so many things that has nothing to do with the sport and everything to do with money all are heart breaking.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to imply sports have no value, I hope you didn't read it that way. What I meant to convey, is in the bigger picture, faith, family and friends mean the most. That when I get too wrapped up in the outcome of sporting events, those things can suffer. The human part of all the Colts dealings is what bothers me the most. I didn't see the press conference, and even though I am a Bears fan, I know I'd have cried at seeing Manning's pain. I know it's a business, but that doesn't mean that I have to like the cost.
ReplyDeleteNo I understood your point an completely agree I just know so many other ugly truths about the business side of it and not the love of sport. To a man each one of my friends that played professionally viewed it as a job and I always felt so empty about it after they would talk.
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