Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fair Play and Sports

[LS (lashdeep]

BTW-previously, I was toasting Ken's thought, but in reality Hans is
correct.

The recruiting in the DC area for top high school athletes is ridiculous.
Typical moral standards don't apply when pro (now school) sports are
concerned. There is a local high school that went out of their way to
recruit a kid that was just arrested for armed robbery. They made a
statement that XXX school football considers him innocent until proven
guilty. His criminal record is already more interesting than his
transcript.

It's sad. Is there hope for athletics in modern society? Is there any
true, unfettered competitive sport remaining?

What ever happened to winning for the glory and surreal adrenaline rush?

If someone knows, please pass it along.

LS

--- "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

> Hmmm...
> 
> You haven't seen high school football around here.  The
> coaches routinely recruit out of the area, and supply
> room and board for the imported players.  There was
> recently a case where a family was given moving expenses
> so that their son could play at a particular school.  All
> of this done discreetly and in a way that (hopefully) won't
> spoil the so-called amateur status of the school and
> players.
> 
> And I won't even begin to mention referees.........
> 
> Hans.
> 
> On 9/11/06, Ken Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 11, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Mauricio Mesa wrote:
> >
> > > So what would make F1 any different, just trying to
> > > make the most bang for the buck.  It is the FIAs way
> > > of saying to Schumacher thanks for being the greatest
> > > F1 driver of all times.  Understandable when you
> > > realize that like every other sport where the big
> > > bucks flow, the show is more important than the
> > > sporting event.
> >
> > And that, boys and girls, is why I like high school football.
> >
> > -ken-
> >
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