As I will argue here until the metaphorical cows come home, football is a cultural embarrassment and a societal pathogen. In addition to that “giving players brain damage” thingy, both colleges and the pros allow their players to be felons and thugs if they are good enough. The King’s Pass reigns. Colleges now pay their football players, so they are truly fake students. The game (aka. business) advances the corruption of higher education. We once were told that a benefit of sports was that it conveyed the value of sportsmanship ( as in “ethics”) to rising generations. Riiiight, about that:
- A star on the #1 team in the nation, Texas’s Colin Simmons was flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after he simulated urinating after a record-setting sack of Tennessee’s quarterback.
- Another player, Raleek Brown celebrated a touchdown by rubbing his genitals, sniffing his hand, and pretending to pass out. The Texas running back was not flagged for that disgusting celebration, after all, that was funny!
Steve Sarkisian, the Texas coach, said about the penalty,“We took [Simmons] out. We addressed it, and put him back in. I’m not gonna give the guy the death penalty over an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. We’ve got to fix it, though. That can’t continue as we move forward.”
Why does “that” exist at all, Coach? It’s your job to manage the culture on the team. I guarantee that a Major League Baseball player who mimed urinating on the field would be suspended immediately, and for a very long time, if not released. Why did one of your players think such public vulgarity was appropriate? Yeah, yeah, upbringing, growing up with a bad crowd, Hip-Hop, yada yada. College once was where young idiots were supposed to learn how responsible adults get through life. Notice that the coach was concerned about the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, not the unsportsmanlike conduct.
They’re texas university Longhorns. You’re expecting too much.
Which rationalization is that?
They’re black guys.
I’m old enough to remember when there were no celebrations in sports, particularly professional sports.
Speaking of unprofessional celebrations, Wilson Contreras strolled around the bases after hitting his home run and came to a virtual stop before finally crossing the plate. Which was incredibly bush. Max Fried buzzed the next batter’s tower. Fried should have plunked the guy and there should have been a bench clearing brawl. Shameful. That homer was the first run scored by the pathetic Red Sox in almost thirty innings of post season play. What a jerk Contreras is.
And speaking of things going to hell, why do the baseball broadcasts feature two commercials for pubic hair trimmers that show people staring at guys who are trimming their pubic hair? Doesn’t MLB want young children watching baseball and then playing baseball? They run commercials to that effect. Manscaping lawn mowers? What are they thinking? Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.
I give him an ethics pass for that. 1) He was trying to stir up the team. At that point, it was 2-1, and a few days ago, he couldn’t swing a bat. 2) It’s the Yankees. The Red Sox doing anything to piss off the Yankees and their fans is fair based on their history. And Yankee Stadium is the only place in the majors where the home team broadcasts a “Nyah, nyah” sound effect after an opposing player strikes out. 3) He missed most of September with a leg issue. He has plausible deniability.
The Yankees suck.