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Last week was Signing Day for college football.
This means that selected high school athletes will be treated like royalty for a day.
These “chosen ones” surround themselves with their entourage of family, friends and the girlfriend of the moment to play a little game with hats, while reporters record every pathetic moment, according to Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press.
“He finally picks a hat and crowns himself with it and -- ta-da! -- the news wires burn and the bloggers hyperventilate,” describes Albom.
“Never mind that many of these top 100 kids won't even be factors four years from now. Never mind that there is no such thing as a sure thing in college football.”
He questions how Notre Dame can justify sending a coach to Hawaii every week to recruit a lineback, when their tuition is so out of reach for most Americans.
I agree with Albom. Sports are wonderful but should be secondary to academics.
Instead, people starve while professional athletes are paid millions to play games.
It starts getting out of whack in high school. In most high schools, sports are only for a select few. Even those who make the teams often do not play. Those lucky ones with talent are worshipped.
By the time these athletes finish playing in high school and then college, they are often injured, burned out, spoiled rotten, or involved in corruption.
Albom believes that editors and writers should walk away and ignore this hype.
“Don't we realize how we're hurting these kids? With recruiting mania, we increase pressure, expectations, egos and temptations to cheat,” said Albom.
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