Posted by JD Seller on October 04, 2015 at 09:38:59 from (208.126.198.123):
I see the post below about Nebraska's foot ball program brought out some strong opinions. I do not support organized sports of any form beyond grade school pickup games. Here is my reason for that. WASTED mental and financial resources!!! Just think of how much better off the world and man kind would be if the mental energy and money spent on GAMES was used doing positive research an development on the many issue that face man today. An example of this would be cures for many of the diseases that plague man, cancer or AIDs would be some of them.
These games, mainly football and basketball, elevate men that really have few endearing qualities other than they can PLAY a game well. Many of the players rap sheets are pages long without them getting much in the way of punishment because they are good players so they get a pass on having to behave normally. This "special" status starts when they are in grade schools in many places. Then it evolves further as they get older, bigger, faster, and more aggressive.
A good family friend has a very good job. He was offered a new position in Texas. This was only 4 years ago. HE basically doubled his salary. No problem with the job. His oldest daughter is a beautiful young woman and I do mean PRETTY an smart. They moved to a suburb of Austin. BIG high school football country. She was at the school just a few weeks when she was sexually assaulted right in the school hall way during classes. She was shoved up against a locker so hard she had bruises on her back. Then the fellow crabbed her breasts hard enough that she was bruised on them too. Who did it??? The varsity quarterback. What was done about it??? NOT A darn thing. The school and the local law enforcement would do nothing. They all said she was as much at fault as the PLAYER. WHAT??? She was wearing a dress and that excited the fellow. The dress came to her knees but that was the defensed used against charging the football player. My friend got a lawyer and tried to put up a fight but it went no where as the football team was winning games. He moved back to Iowa.
Let a science geek try that type of behavior on a cheerleader an see how fast he is expelled and arrested. The entire super athlete entitlement mentality is just plain wrong and allows/encourages outrageous behavior just because the player is good at sports.
I look at the high school here in Cascade. There is more money spent on the sports buildings then the class rooms. There is two LARGE gyms and a large football/track field. The classrooms are a little section off to the north. I think that if that same money and attention was spent on advancing learning that the WHOLE school body would be better off. Who cares if your the high school football GOD when your 35 years old looking for a JOB???? There are maybe 2-3 that get scholarships to college in each class. It is a very small percentage of the whole student body.
So right now is the football GLORY season. Many people spend their entire weekend on football of one kind or another. High school on Friday night. College football on Saturday. Then pro football on Sunday. Then how many wasted hours at their jobs during the following week talking about these same games????? What a waste of energy and money!!!!
I know I will get vilified for speaking against SPORTS. I wish that people would see that the diversion of sports and modern celebrities is just not really important in their everyday lives. IF your local/regional sports team wins or loses how does it help or hurt you in your life???? Unless your directly involved with that team its record has nothing to do with your life.
I also find it funny that people say we need more sports as we are getting FAT as a nation. So a very small percentage of the population playing sports while the majority of the supporters set on their butts drinking beer and eating food will help us slim down??? LOL
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