Many fan bases would have us think that they are perennial championship contenders year in and year out for decades on end. However, their perceptions are based upon antiquated successes of yesteryear, opportunistic media, overspending on athletes, and the forgotten reality that other teams are working to build their teams in the face of theseContinue reading “Big Time Fan Bases and the Media Must Lower the Bar”
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The Petri Dish of Professional Sports
Welcome to your first Biology 101 Petri dish experiment. The startup of the MLB, NBA, and the NHL seasons has provided a classic laboratory test with elite athletes as the test subjects! These three have provided us with examples of how to reopen, and how not to reopen professional sports. The NCAA will be makingContinue reading “The Petri Dish of Professional Sports”
Sports has an opportunity to reset
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity for a hard reset on sports. (As the computer techie would say – did you try just turning your computer off, then back on again to fix the problem?) Different managing entities in an array of sports are handling it well, and others are handling it in anContinue reading “Sports has an opportunity to reset”