From the Sidelines
Sports low on importance list
For most people who know me, they may find this next sentence hard to believe, but it's true.
There are more important things in life than sports.
No, really, there are.
This is coming from someone who plays sports, reads sports, watches sports, writes about sports, and even sometimes dreams about sports.
Seriously, there are more important things in life than sports.
Sometimes, it's obvious not everyone believes that to be true.
Take for example a rec basketball coach who tells her sixth grade girls' team they are "playing like crap."
When leading 9-0!
Not trailing 9-0, leading 9-0 and on the way to a 40-8 victory. Maybe the coach believes her little pep talk inspired them to the blowout victory. Maybe so, but it doesn't justify telling sixth grade girls they are playing like crap when leading by nine.
Talk about confusing.
Later in the day the coach received a technical foul for arguing, with her team leading by 15 points in the second half of a championship game. She argued some more and the girls thought it was funny.
Coach: There are more important things in life than sports.
Young girls look up to a female coach, and her actions on the court not only affect the way they play, but the way they act in life.
Monday, "SportsCenter" aired a segment on Philadelphia fans and their despair after the Eagles lost the Super Bowl. It had interviews with people crying, people sitting alone and emotionless, and saying flying home after the game "felt like flying to a friend's funeral."
Excuse me. A funeral. Philly fan have you gone mad?
Another fan was on tape saying the city needs a victory bad. No the city needs crime to drop. The city needs pollution rates to drop. The city doesn't need a Super Bowl, it just wants one really bad.
Philadelphia: There are more important things in life than sports.
Last year when "my" Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship it was unexpectedly melodramatic. Sure it was great, but the next morning came like it would have if they lost.
Maybe you need to be a resident of the city where your favorite team plays to become an obsessed fan. Still, it doesn't take away from one thing.
There are more important things in life than sports.
Instead of acting like a drill sergeant, a young girls' coach should be a mentor.
Instead of feeling like a friend just died, Philly fans should be excited for Terrell Owens and his healthy ankle next season.
Hey it could be worse, at least they aren't Washington Redskins fans.
