Posted on 03/28/2002 9:55:33 AM PST by GeneD
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
These should be the best of times for men's college basketball, what with the Final Four upon us and once-great powers such as Indiana and Kansas back in the spotlight again.
I say these should be the best of times, stressing the word should, because I am finding it difficult to get into a celebratory mood about men's hoops, considering what's happening these days in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Then again, with them, the game wouldn't be what it is today. It might be worse.
Come on.
I've noticed the lack of fundamentals as the athletes become more and more gifted physically. It's rampant in football and basketball. Just take a gander at some film of the Green Bay Packers of the '60s and the Boston Celtics of the '60s and then watch an NFL game or an NBA game of today. You will see that the players 35 years ago knew how to play the game as it is supposed to be played. The game was played for the enjoyment of the fan who actually knew something about it. Now, sports, both college and pro, are just another form of escapist entertainment like the movies or professional rasslin'. Players seem to care more about doing something to call attention to themselves than helping their team win games, and this sort of player seems to be who gets paid the big bucks.........but that is the public's fault. That is what we value more than the honesty and intergrety of the game itself. Ultimately, this is just a reflection of where our culture is these days.
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