You're a moron.
No need to talk like a moron or to call people names. I think this whole "athletics builds character" crap is very highly overrated.
I acknowledge that the football player should take advantage of what he gets, but, on the other hand don't have JoPa or any other asshat coach tell me that sports builds character. I think they'd do far better learning in the classroom rather than preening and prancing on a football field.
I suspect that if the college sports didn't cater to some of these clowns and if the NFL didn't employ these crybabies as players, most of them would be in prison. Is the implication that if you're NOT an athlete, you're going to be a moral cripple?
You're a little bit hasty to call people names.
Sports does help build character. A good organization and a good bunch of adult coaches can have a lasting positive impact on kids. You sound downright hostile. Are you a clumsy oaf who doesn’t know what hand you throw with? Picked last when the kids were “choosing sides”? Your example of a football player being rewarded a compelete pass (by a referee) when the ball may actually have hit the turf was lame. For one thing, that kind of refereeing mistake is fairly rare, and for another thing video replay officiating has been in effect for years now and those mistakes are corrected.
I agree that these days sports at the college level is little more than big business, but Paterno has been coaching since the 1950s, and things were a lot more idealistic back then. Pro sports has nothing at all to do with “building character. But please don’t sell short the value of sports for youngsters.
FRegards,
LH