tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666346838506239195.post2676864878526222699..comments2024-03-28T16:34:30.106-04:00Comments on The Grandstander: "The Shame of College Sports"Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09352116225030059080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666346838506239195.post-66540121743531210092013-02-08T20:00:51.778-05:002013-02-08T20:00:51.778-05:00Amidst my travels back in 2011 I paged through an ...Amidst my travels back in 2011 I paged through an issue of Atlantic Monthly at an airport somewhere and came across this article. I bought the magazine and devoured it. It provided great historical insight and caused me to develop another sports mantra of which I have many. You know that one of my mantras is as follows: "From professional athletes I seek neither wisdon nor virtue and because of this I am rarely disappointed." <br /><br />After reading this article I developed another mantra that goes as follows: "College sports is the singular vice in my life that I know is fairly indecent perhaps even immoral, but one that I feel powerless to change. I have neither the authority, sincere interest or the will to do so." There you have it. My genuine feelings about college sports. It's got an evil side, but I LOVE it.<br /><br />In the instance cited in the article, the now infamous Penn State President Graham Spanier, a holier than thou type if there ever was one asked a simple question. A similar one however could have come from me or any number of us. I could have asked "Why should I be interested in college sports when I know it is essentially a King without any clothes?" And Vaccaro could have responded in kind as he did with Spanier: "You shouldn't sir, but you've already sold your soul and you won't stop yourself from buying what the colleges are selling." Amen! I am guilty as charged and so are the vast majority of men in the US. At least I admit it. dlbonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891978982903865959noreply@blogger.com