In the sports world of the San Francisco bay area, the Golden State Warriors have now set the standard of most wins for a regular basketball season with their 73rd victory while playing the Memphis Grizzlies. This, now, will be the untouchable winning number for some time…until the next set of mega players come along to up the level of winning games and seasons.
And now the fun begins…
Golden Gods...
The Golden Gods’ moves will be examined at every level, from the T-shirts and tube sox they wear to what they eat for breakfast. Steph Curry’s little daughters will be aped by little girls (and their parents) everywhere, and there are probably already those who hope to get into their garbage looking for souvenirs. Basketball coaches are reporting that their basketball kids are not interested in learning to dribble; they want to shoot three-pointers!
Political Correctness...
Now the magnificent players must learn to become even better at political correctness. When asked about North Carolina’s law aimed at codifying discrimination against LGBT people, Curry, a Christian Pentecostal, replied that “no one should be discriminated against.” Blasted by some for his “tepid” comments, it should be noted that Curry belongs to a Pentecostal church whose minister decries “the homosexual lifestyle.” In a tension between Pentecostals and sexual liberals, who is he going to offend the most…or the least?
Scrutinized, sanitized, criticized...
Which now begs the question…Whatever happened to simply winning for the sake of winning a good game? Is it not enough anymore to just be a group of superb athletes winning a fabulous record and then moving on to what’s next? Must every player, every coach, every detail be scrutinized, sanitized, criticized, legitimized and brutalized until all the joy of accomplishing a great victory is torn to pieces through discourse which ultimately destroys real meanings?
We can only hope for some return to sanity.
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The Golden Gods’ moves will be examined at every level, from the T-shirts and tube sox they wear to what they eat for breakfast. Steph Curry’s little daughters will be aped by little girls (and their parents) everywhere, and there are probably already those who hope to get into their garbage looking for souvenirs. Basketball coaches are reporting that their basketball kids are not interested in learning to dribble; they want to shoot three-pointers!
Political Correctness...
Now the magnificent players must learn to become even better at political correctness. When asked about North Carolina’s law aimed at codifying discrimination against LGBT people, Curry, a Christian Pentecostal, replied that “no one should be discriminated against.” Blasted by some for his “tepid” comments, it should be noted that Curry belongs to a Pentecostal church whose minister decries “the homosexual lifestyle.” In a tension between Pentecostals and sexual liberals, who is he going to offend the most…or the least?
Scrutinized, sanitized, criticized...
Which now begs the question…Whatever happened to simply winning for the sake of winning a good game? Is it not enough anymore to just be a group of superb athletes winning a fabulous record and then moving on to what’s next? Must every player, every coach, every detail be scrutinized, sanitized, criticized, legitimized and brutalized until all the joy of accomplishing a great victory is torn to pieces through discourse which ultimately destroys real meanings?
We can only hope for some return to sanity.
More Essays About Everything is now available on Amazon
http://tinyurl.com/kxsb47c
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