12-10-2020, 12:44 PM
We don't entirely disagree, gailtate. Of course you play by the rules to win.
Legit competition is the best catalyst for learning, growth and improvement (IMO). But even though you strive to win, you can still learn, grow and improve through loss. I suppose it's different in the NFL since it's strictly a business. But I still hold on to the belief that college athletics is not entirely a business endeavor. So many college athletes will not play professionally after they leave Stanford, but the learning, growth and improvement that they experienced through the combination of academics and athletics on The Farm will help them in their non-athletic endeavors. And that's a point of pride for me.
Legit competition is the best catalyst for learning, growth and improvement (IMO). But even though you strive to win, you can still learn, grow and improve through loss. I suppose it's different in the NFL since it's strictly a business. But I still hold on to the belief that college athletics is not entirely a business endeavor. So many college athletes will not play professionally after they leave Stanford, but the learning, growth and improvement that they experienced through the combination of academics and athletics on The Farm will help them in their non-athletic endeavors. And that's a point of pride for me.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)