Saturday, November 27, 2004

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SI Sportsman of the Year

There's is only one person who should be selected Sports illustrated's Sportsman of the Year:

People play sports for all of the wrong reasons. Little children play because their parents foolishly imagine themselves freed from paying for college because their little boy or girl will win a scholarship. Grown children play because they foolishly imagine themselves fabulously wealthy, hosting a televised tour of the their mansion. Even those who hit the sports lottery drain the joy from the games, playing only for fringe benefits. There's precious little joy in any of this.
Pat Tillman played football because he loved it with a child's passion. As a kid, he used to climb slender trees in windstorms and sway on the breeze. He played football the same way and when he found something more important, he moved on. That's a sportsman. That's my Sportsman of the Year. And he would probably hate that, too.


Gov here and vote.

Hat Tip: Blackfive

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