Oh, if only columnists would hold themselves and their industry to the same standard they require of football coaches, we may have an actually informative, investigative, accountable media that is worth reading.
I mean, could you imagine a world where AJC columnists, editors and reporters held the Atlanta Public Schools or candidates for Georgia governor to the same standards they hold Coach Mark Richt? Could you imagine a world where Louisiana and national reporters spent as much time discussing the tomfooleries of Senator David Vitter instead of Coach Les Miles?
< / rolling eyes >
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I told you Tennessee would find a way to lose. Geesh, we may lose to Vandy and Kentucky this year. KY hasn't beat us in over 25 years.
I think its the relative meaninglessness of sports that impels such passion. They're safe that way, yet they tap into a kind of nationalism--the team is me and I am the team. Teams win, teams lose, so there's that clarity as well. If the team loses, then that means I lose, too, so fire the freaking coach!
One could say there's clarity in David Vitter's paying for sex, or how he's a whore for the petrochemical industry, but journalists tend to frame these issues as "will it hurt him in his re-election," (i.e. the horserace--sports again!) rather than tunneling deeper into these and other sometimes murky stories.
Before anyone assumes I'm anti-sports, let me proclaim that I am, indeed, a sports fan. I even have a fantasy football team.
DADV: I'm still at a loss to understand how Tennessee's Athletic Director is still employed. Does Pat Summitt just not want the job?
DSB: You're right. I love sports, but I also fear that our nation is really beginning to tread down the path of bread and circuses.
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