Commentary---athletics
I remember growing up as a child, I would always watch sports and be amazed at the athletic feats of stars in any sport that I'd watch. Baseball, basketball, and football were staples of mine that I'd watch over the years. I had favorite players in each of these sports, and would always root for them to win the championship, or set records, or whatever. At that time, as a
child growing up in 1990s USA, each sport had their day in the sun.
Baseball was the bees knees until 1994(THANKS A LOT, DONALD FEHR!), and then rebounded four years later with the Mcgwire/Sosa home run chase. Football was always consistently loved out here, despite being mostly unknown in most countries. Basketball went from down and out to a global phenomenon thanks in part to MJ and Shaq doing their thing. Maybe basketball got big
because fans needed something to lurch onto with baseball taking a dump because of the 1994 strike.
Now, for about a year or so, we have many past athletes being named as steroid users. On one hand, it's sad to see athletes that we grew up idolizing being exposed as steroid users, on the other hand, a lesson could be learned here about who we as people decide to put on pedestals.
It's so high maintenance to go forward with an athletic career. If you're not training for skill, you're strength training, running, stretching, or watching footage. If you ever get a chance, look up Mike Tyson's workout regimen from the 80s. No time for nothing else period.
Would it even be worth it though? Sure, you get paid a great amount only to play a game, fight, etc., but one can only assume that maybe the reason we have so many athletes having trouble is because in their constant quest for glory, some of them lost track of developing themselves as a total person. Perhaps the reinforcement of athletes making an insane amount of money versus people who choose other professions has merit to this?
You can't just max out on one thing, and forget about everything else. A person should be the sum of his/her well balanced parts. Watch Jason Kidd play basketball. That man does everything and has a well rounded game. He's a metaphor for life.
child growing up in 1990s USA, each sport had their day in the sun.
Baseball was the bees knees until 1994(THANKS A LOT, DONALD FEHR!), and then rebounded four years later with the Mcgwire/Sosa home run chase. Football was always consistently loved out here, despite being mostly unknown in most countries. Basketball went from down and out to a global phenomenon thanks in part to MJ and Shaq doing their thing. Maybe basketball got big
because fans needed something to lurch onto with baseball taking a dump because of the 1994 strike.
Now, for about a year or so, we have many past athletes being named as steroid users. On one hand, it's sad to see athletes that we grew up idolizing being exposed as steroid users, on the other hand, a lesson could be learned here about who we as people decide to put on pedestals.
It's so high maintenance to go forward with an athletic career. If you're not training for skill, you're strength training, running, stretching, or watching footage. If you ever get a chance, look up Mike Tyson's workout regimen from the 80s. No time for nothing else period.
Would it even be worth it though? Sure, you get paid a great amount only to play a game, fight, etc., but one can only assume that maybe the reason we have so many athletes having trouble is because in their constant quest for glory, some of them lost track of developing themselves as a total person. Perhaps the reinforcement of athletes making an insane amount of money versus people who choose other professions has merit to this?
You can't just max out on one thing, and forget about everything else. A person should be the sum of his/her well balanced parts. Watch Jason Kidd play basketball. That man does everything and has a well rounded game. He's a metaphor for life.