Why are sports in schools?
Why the fuck is a guy who kicks balls giving a commencement address?
The whole Butker brouhaha begs a bigger question. I don’t give a fuck that he’s an idiot. Of course he’s an idiot. He only needs three brain cells to rub together to do his job. A freaking kangaroo could do his job, probably better than he. The true idiocy is giving him a microphone.
There is no connection between sports and education. None. Get all that shit out of schools entirely. If you want to set up a government funded town level league, great, but don’t pry the money out of the schools. And, PLEASE, stop pretending that the ability to hit a three point shot somehow qualifies one for a higher degree.
All sports should be forcibly divorced from all schools. If the sports teams fail, fuck ‘em. Useless garbage anyway. Pro sports in general are truly absurd. They’re shit circuses, minus the bread. Believe me, I tried to watch sports. I never had a tribe, and grew up outside Philly. I tried to be an Eagles fan for fifteen years and concluded football is ten seconds of action and five minutes of replay. I did like the Flyers a lot, way back when, but the NHL lost me when they got rid of ties.
You know what sport I like? Calcio Storico. Purely amateur, no pads or fancy equipment, and about three rules. It’s a good example of what sport can be. It’s what people want when they watch the pale, pale substitute of college ball.
As for sports in schools, one of the greatest thinkers across which I’ve come explained it better than I ever could.