Monday, September 21, 2009

Sport on the individual, small scale.

I read an article off sportsonmymind regarding President Myles Brand's death. Overall, I liked the site. I thought it was very well rounded and centered less on just sports but the individual contributions of the people that make sport what it is today. For example, this article of Myles Brand's death showed how one man could influence sport as a whole on such a great level and care less about winning championships and more about good morals, and fair play. This article gave an example of him as firing a coach that one 3 national championships for allegedly physically grabbing a player. This must have been a very difficult decision to make, but the right one. It showed not only the school and the players, but the nation how it's not always about winning but doing the right thing on every level... no matter how costly. By having an article about one man, a coach's death, it proves to the sporting world that there is more to sports than winning, steriods, race issues, athlete-murders, dui's, dog-fighting, or any other issues that may arise. The more important things usually come on a smaller, more individual level, and everyone can make a positive contribution in that respect.

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