Agree 100% with ScoutB, JD and other commenters on sports. My 3 daughters and wife are all Big U of Michigan fans. I went there as well and enjoyed going to the games. Too busy now to bother with watching or attending. As for the comments about Alabama fans being rabid, I think Ohio State fans fall into the same category. Friend went to a game down there one year and got his car busted up all because he had Michigan license plates.
Troopers in Ohio love to pull over Michigan cars any time of year.
I like sports. I downhill ski. Will I watch skiing on TV? No. I play golf and used to play tennis. Will I watch them on TV? No. As for car racing: I can't see the enjoyment of sitting and watching cars go around and around on TV. In person? Yeah, I imagine it's exciting.
As for attending sporting events, I've been to a number of Detroit Red Wing or Detroit Piston games but never paid a nickel for any of it. Always went because I was taking customers or being taken by a supplier. Sat in the suites. Big deal. :roll: Was tired by the end of the night with a headache and still had to get up for work the next day. I just can't see wasting that kind of money and having nothing to show for it.
As for athletics in schools, I agree that we place way too much emphasis on them. When my youngest daughter (best athlete of the 3) went to HS years ago, coaches wanted her to play soccer and volleyball. She said no because she knew it would affect her academics. Graduated in the top 10 (of over 400).
I know a number of people who pushed their kids in sports because they were hoping for college scholarships. None of them were good enough to get offered one at a major college. Some got offers from smaller schools and none made the pros. The ones that got none didn't have the grades to get into a good school because they were focused on sports in HS. How'd that plan work for them?
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