I was actually trying to stay within the vein of humor, which for me needs to bear an element of truth in order to be funny.

Football was always one of my favorite sports to play and I was fortunate enough to grow up in a community with a large population of boys for a small town so we could always come up with a makeshift team for most sports.

Where I parted ways with team sports was in high school where the coaches had an attitude of “to hell with the students wellbeing, … we just need to WIN!”

Having kids graduate high school with bad backs, busted knees and multiple concussions in order to maintain a sports program is inexcusable. Giving failing kids passing grades just so they can keep playing on the team is also despicable.

Having this ridiculous agenda continue on to college so the kid can have a one in a million chance to make pro is something we should all be ashamed of. Having a sports agenda instead of an education agenda in schools is totally missing the mark.

Bob
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