Sports in general have attained a position in our society that is just so odd to me.
When I was a kid growing up in SoCal the father of a good friend would take us to go watch the Dallas Cowboys practice at Cal Lutherun, where the Cowboys held their training camp.
This was the late 60's....I remember watching Staubach and Morton compete for the quarterback job, listening to Landry wear them both out.
There was no one there. My buddy and me walked around the practice like assistance coaches. I sat in the grass and watched Jordan and Lilly do Oklahoma drills, twenty feet away from where I sat.
Different time...now ESPN shows high school games.
Weird. And wrong.
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Originally Posted by nostatic
I think we only disagree about the percentage. I will back away from "responsible for much" but will maintain that the increasing professionalism of college athletics is a significant part of the problem. Whether it is a cause or a symptom is an interesting question - I would say it is both.
I would argue that broader cultural shifts are a big part of the problem. But inherent in that is the explosion of money into sports and "entertainment".
Everybody get off my lawn!
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