Why college athletics is so important
It teaches such important life lessons:
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When my high school football coach died a few years ago, I had a rush of funny memories like that. He had a way of transforming everyday events into educational opportunities (and decades worth of recycled stories about long-since graduated players peppered with homespun, folksy wisdom).
Thought about him for months afterward.
Posted by Panchopdx | September 14, 2011 9:33 PM
Since when did Yosemite Sam become a football coach?
Posted by ron | September 15, 2011 5:03 AM
Ron, that's not Yosemite Sam. He sounds a lot more like Boomhauer.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | September 15, 2011 7:37 AM
It isn't Sponge Bob that is the problem in our educational system...and this ignorant cracker proves it!
Posted by portland native | September 15, 2011 8:05 AM
I think college athletics is an amazing part of my college experience. As a college athlete, I represented my school outside of academics and it helped keep myself organized as far as keeping my schedule in order.
Posted by Furniture Stores Atlanta | September 15, 2011 8:45 AM
Time for a segway into a Harry Manx fave from the album "Dog My Cat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjk7DK5yb4
Posted by genop | September 15, 2011 9:36 AM
Renowned historian Taylor Branch offers a compelling piece, "The Shame of College Sports," in the current Atlantic:
“'I’M NOT HIDING,' Sonny Vaccaro told a closed hearing at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., in 2001. 'We want to put our materials on the bodies of your athletes, and the best way to do that is buy your school. Or buy your coach.'"
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/8643/
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | September 15, 2011 1:24 PM
Oh genop, did you have to go there? I will see that and raise it with "Walking My Cat Named Dog" (Norma Tenega)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZVrmJ2HH8
Posted by LucsAdvo | September 15, 2011 2:55 PM
Anyone know what this gentleman's annual salary is?
Posted by Pete Buick | September 15, 2011 10:21 PM
According to this link, $217,678.
Posted by tommyspoon | September 16, 2011 6:25 AM