Coffee is For Closers - and You, NCAA Chickball League, Get No Coffee
I'm not dead, I've just been spending time gaining weight for the upcoming winter. I think I'm finally at the point where I shouldn't need to wear a jacket the entire season - the combo of my blubber and body hair should protect me on all but the coldest nights. And on those nights, I've always got my buddy Jimmy Beam.
Anywho...
I'm watching some random football/basketball game in late November, and I see on the ESPN ticker something that captured my eye. The Woman's Basketball #12 AZ State/#18 Rutgers game was canceled.
My interest was heightened? What happened? Was there a Cholera breakout in the Virgin Islands (where the game was to be played)? A plane crash? Did the NCAA finally install a minimum attendance rule?
No. None of that. Instead, two Top 20 teams decided to call off the game because...(drum roll please)..a family member of one of the players died.
Now that's a very sad thing, and I'm not making light of the fact that it's a tragedy for the player involved. However, could you imagine a situation in which two top 20 men's teams IN ANY SPORT called off a game because a relative of one of the players died? Shit, the work-release football team from Miami had an honest to goodness STARTING PLAYER killed, and they ending up playing that week. And Miami sucks. And old man Paterno was coaching with a BONE STICKING OUT OF LEG. He's like 92 yrs old, so he's pretty damn wise. And what wisdom did he show by example that day: Sport is the most important thing on Earth.
If you want to be treated like a breadwinner sport, you best be prepared to shake it off, suck it up, and whatever it takes to put asses in the seats. One way to do that is to ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAMES WHEN SCHEDULED. To do elsewise is an admission of the obvious - your sport doesn't matter.
And Now..a new feature:
Links To Ruin Your Evening!
1) Dustin Diamond Is Finally Living Up To His Porn Name
The link is safe for work, but I didn't have the heart/sack/stomach to go to the direct source. Godspeed if you do.
Anywho...
I'm watching some random football/basketball game in late November, and I see on the ESPN ticker something that captured my eye. The Woman's Basketball #12 AZ State/#18 Rutgers game was canceled.
My interest was heightened? What happened? Was there a Cholera breakout in the Virgin Islands (where the game was to be played)? A plane crash? Did the NCAA finally install a minimum attendance rule?
No. None of that. Instead, two Top 20 teams decided to call off the game because...(drum roll please)..a family member of one of the players died.
Now that's a very sad thing, and I'm not making light of the fact that it's a tragedy for the player involved. However, could you imagine a situation in which two top 20 men's teams IN ANY SPORT called off a game because a relative of one of the players died? Shit, the work-release football team from Miami had an honest to goodness STARTING PLAYER killed, and they ending up playing that week. And Miami sucks. And old man Paterno was coaching with a BONE STICKING OUT OF LEG. He's like 92 yrs old, so he's pretty damn wise. And what wisdom did he show by example that day: Sport is the most important thing on Earth.
If you want to be treated like a breadwinner sport, you best be prepared to shake it off, suck it up, and whatever it takes to put asses in the seats. One way to do that is to ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAMES WHEN SCHEDULED. To do elsewise is an admission of the obvious - your sport doesn't matter.
And Now..a new feature:
Links To Ruin Your Evening!
1) Dustin Diamond Is Finally Living Up To His Porn Name
The link is safe for work, but I didn't have the heart/sack/stomach to go to the direct source. Godspeed if you do.
posted by Bryan at 3:53 PM
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