To comment on the writing and the presentation of the argument: that is an awesome op-ed, and it's exactly what I would like to see more of in sports writing. It's interesting that it comes from Joe Nocera, a prolific and excellent business commentator. I would never have guessed he would become a sports commentator at the Times. Another Joe, Posnanski, is my favorite sports writer. This article was better than any argument I've ever read by JoePo. Joe Nocera's article is the antithesis of anything ever written by Jason Whitlock, my least-favorite sports writer..
Now to comment on the argument: Joe is spot-on. But as much as I love to follow the ever-changing fortunes of college basketball, I'm beginning to learn that the sport is just like everything else in life. It's not fair. We follow stats as if they are some sort of empirical proof of who is more deserving of a trophy. We favor certain personalities as if the "good guys" are more deserving of the price than the (edit:
"encephalods" "cephalopods" LOL.) But like everything in life, the fates are not tied to virtue. The distribution of awards and punishments is arbitrary and capricious. We are all entitled to our opinion, but if we don't accept the the capricousness of life, we will be mired in frustration and sadness when things don't go as we would prefer.
Celebrate when things go well. Observe but move on when they don't. Strive for the good, but don't dwell on the bad. Congrats to UConn in 2011. But that was last season, and now it's over. The race to the 2012 Championship has already begun.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2011 12:22PM by jaygirl.
