My work and family life is very tumultuous. I deal in dangerous situations that are at best anxiety ridden due to the constant possibility of violence, destruction and lawsuits. I found harbor in college sports. There, on the court, pitch, field or yard, turmoil, conflict, rivalry and dispute were settled for no other reason than to build strong bodies, strong resolve and school pride. In no more than 60 minutes, the good guys either won or lost and you moved on. Next play.
And when people would criticize it as corrupt or misplaced emotions, I could point to Penn State or Duke and say, "No. Not there. These are good guys." Well, not anymore.
Between Ky hiring greasy Calipaymi, the NCAA wanting to pay athletes and now the abomination and institutional abuse from Penn State, I feel like a kid who just found out there is no Santa Claus. And I'm having a hard time processing this. Is anyone else lost with me? Do you fear something like this could ever happen at Duke? IS it happening at Duke and they are just too smart to get caught?
I started a new thread because we have a place to debate the nuts and bolts of who knew what when and due process and the court of public opinion presided over by the lynch-media (kudos to the coiner of that one!) . I want to talk about how these things have changed your perception of sports, the institutions that allegedly govern them and how much enjoyment has been sucked from the diversion that is, or used to be, amateur athletics.