Ohio State vs. Michigan Game
When does a game become more than just a game? When there is hate for one another present.
I was talking to Tim today about the Ohio State vs. Michigan game that will take place later this afternoon. Actually, I guess it's going on right now. Anyway, there's been a bunch of hooplah about these two rivals and just how big and important this game really is. Tim and I watched one of those "specials" on t.v. last night about the history of these two schools' football teams and I picked up on the word "hate" a few times while listening to what previous coaches of both teams had to say as well as a few other important people. This really began to bother me because being a woman who could care less who wins and who loses in sports, I have the ability to see a game for what it really is. A game. Now my question is, at what point in our lives does it become ok to forget everything we were taught as children about how to live our lives as good and decent human beings and play a game for the sake of having fun and nothing more.
I have no issues with football. I have no issues with guys slamming their bodies into each other in order to stop them from getting the ball.....because that's what you do in football. I do, however, have a problem with people taking a game so seriously that they feel hate for the other team. Games are intended to cause people to have fun and relieve tension, not cause tension and create negative feelings toward others. Games are intended to bring people together in a non-threatening environment to possibly settle an argument or to settle a business deal....like on a golf course.
I like a good clean game. A game where the character of a person shines brightly and everyone comes away a better man.
Today, may the best team win.....even if it's Michigan.....hahahaha!
1 comment:
I hear you, but as a real college football fan, I think that the rivalries of tradition and respect are the best. Navy-Notre Dame is the first that comes to mind. They don't hate each other, but they have a great rivalry and the football game they play arrives every year with much anticipation.
I think the fans and observers perpetuate hate a lot more than most football players, coaches, or teams do (that isn't to say that many aren't guilty of it). Maybe it is just becaus there are more fans than there are players or people in the organization. I hate to see fans get in arguments because of their severe distaste for a team the other is rooting for. I also hate seeing cheap shots taken on the field. But at least we aren't as bad as European Soccer fans...
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