There is still a certain primal hormone, gene, DNA strand, or whatever you wish to call it in mankind – that’s the generic “mankind” for any woman who might have been insulted – that causes an animalistic, uncouth, violent reaction whenever ‘their’ particular athletic team wins a championship. This behavior is extremely difficult for the [...]
Archive for the ‘Athletics’ Category
Getting the royal screw
Posted in Athletics, Corruption, Demonstrations, Opinions on April 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How many athletes?
Posted in Athletics, Opinions, Sports officials on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I will grant you this: Collegiate football players have to learn a playbook and know what their responsibility is once the ball is snapped…offensively or defensively. They also have to be in excellent physical condition to get hit or to hit as many times as they do during a game. In addition, they must listen [...]
Muscling up
Posted in Addiction, Athletics, Changing yourself, Exercise, Goal setting, Opinions, Stupidity on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Had a comment on the blog the other day. It came from a 15-year old. “Can you tell me how to get ripped and have bigger biceps?” I wasn’t certain whether to laugh, cry, or just throw it in the SPAM folder. In addition, the article which prompted him to ask the question had nothing [...]
What happens when the game ends?
Posted in Accountability, Athletics, Corruption, Education, Greed, Honor, Opinions, Philanthropy on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Something has to change in Division 1 collegiate athletics. This has been the most horrific year that I can remember. Before the football season even began Ohio State asks their head coach, Jim Tressel, to step down for lying and covering up a scandal involving several of his players. Further investigation showed (a) that the [...]
Name one thing you wish you could go back and change about your education.
Posted in Athletics, Changing yourself, Choosing a college, Education, Family, Goal setting, Opinions, Values on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s an interesting topic and one that has been posed by WordPress. If you were to go back and change something about your education, wouldn’t you first have to return to your childhood and change something about yourself? “Oh, if I only knew then what I know now,” doesn’t really hold water, because how would [...]
Sex and money
Posted in Accountability, Athletics, Corruption, Greed, Opinions, Sex and money on November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Birds do it; bees do it; even educated fleas do it…” and I’m not talking about falling in love. It seems that now we can substitute, “Pols do it; coaches do it; public servants of all kinds do it…” and we’re still not talking about love. Sex has been around for a long, long time. [...]
In love with college athletics
Posted in Athletics, Honor, Integrity, Opinions, Philosophy, Racism, Stupidity on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a great fan of college athletics. Following the beauty of summer there are few things I look forward to more than Saturday football in the fall. Author and literary critic, Paul Fussell maintains that, “The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.” Egad, and here I was [...]
Too old to change?
Posted in Addiction, Athletics, Growing old, Health care, Integrity, Life, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy, Symbolism, Trust on September 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Old people don’t like change. In my youth, and even up until my early seventies, I thought that was just another urban myth; a fallacy that one could disregard as being propagated by the very young. When computers first came into our workplace, nearly everyone was excited about this new technology and how it would [...]
Go get ‘em Big Mel!
Posted in Athletics, Human behavior, Integrity, Life, Opinions, People, Values on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Team sure looked good in that opener last night, coach.” “It was a good win; sets the boys up for the rest of the season. We still got ta git better, though…and we will.” “I know it’s always good to get that first game under your belt coach. My question is, do you really think [...]
