I am a husband, father, grandfather, sport guy and consumer, if you please. Like many of my sort, I cannot help but notice 'stuff' of essence and the ceremonious artificial. I refer to these folkways of contrast as 'show' and 'go.' Let me share a few examples: There are 16-checkout lanes at our local Wal Mart Store, which is very 'showy' contrasted, if you please, to five open lanes, which consistitutes 'go.' At any given high school football contest one notices an ambulance parked near the end zone, which is most certainly 'show' given the fact that two-thirds of football injuries occur at practices where no ambulance is found!
I am good with bumper stickers espousing support of American Troops but the boast is only 'show' if not backed by financial aid securing the best fighting equipment and job-training availability for returning soldiers. With the birth of three children, I was delighted to 'show' excitement passing out those cigars; there is much less fanfare with the 2 A. M. 'go' time bottle feedings.
Today, the governing body of college athletics (NCAA) announced the santions against Penn State University for its failed leaderdship during the child sex abuse perpetrated by an assistant football coach. I am neither wise enough or informed sufficiently to advance strong opinions regarding the nature and/or properness of the outlined penalties. I am absolutely adamant about the 'showy' self-righteousness and pompous posturting of the flawed NCAA organization.
He is the rub! The spokesperson outlinning the Penn State sanctions referenced Penn State as misguided in its 'balance of culture' as if its own body (NCAA) followed some pure moral compass; this is hardly the case. The NCAA has stood by and watched with greed the constant dismantling of major conference as schools seek grearter pay days from television football contracts. The NCAA stands by and watches a free market corrupt their membership schools with outlandish financial packages for college football and basketball coaches, which dwarf pay days for university presidents and scholarly professors. The NCAA permits questionable recruiting of ill-prepared academic students, give them financial aid for tutition, books and fees while that same university holds the non-athletic student to higher admission standards. The NCAA is shameless as it ignores the escalating obnoxious celebratory demonstrations of athletes in contest. The NCAA speaks to the 'balance of culture' with 'showy' righteousness and hypocrisy.
The NCAA membership schools ALL benefit from big television contracts, post-season tournaments and bowl games.
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