It's In The Game

Watching football yesterday, I heard another doozie of a quote.
After a commercial for a TV reality show, the football commenter Dan Dierdorf popped off with: "Sports is the ultimate reality". Well, not really.

Reality is reality. Football, or any sport, is not reality. They are artificial competitions that we allow to be played out for our amusement.

Sports are, however, great real-life parodies. We can draw stories, inspiration, and strength from the struggles, victories, and defeats. We can cheer for our heroes and teams when they win. We can be sad and throw things when they lose. I've been known to get emotionally charged before, during, and following a game, but when it's all said and done- Sports does nothing directly to change our lives. Sports is entertainment.

To the Athletes- it's reality. However, if no one came and paid to see the games there would be no reason to play and, in turn, there would be no sports.

This all reminded me of another quote I've heard before. This time from another football analysis Joe Theisman. He said, "Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein".

Now that's reality!