We’re back on sports again. I recently watched an exciting march madness game (F. Dickinson) and was instantly renewed. I have a passion for the sports I watch on TV. It is more than the process of deciding you have allegiance to one team or another. I care less about teams than I do about people. I follow players more than I follow teams, so when Dickinson’s PG, Jhalil Jenkins absolutely went off in the 2nd half, I was hooked. It was enough to remember why people love sports.
I love the Giants. I love the players and the team in the way a fan loves a team and it’s players. I am supremely excited to see Barkley do his thing this year. I am deeply saddened and actually hurt by the departure of Bekham. Still, I get it. Football is a business and this was clearly a business decision. So now I am here in the last throws of combine fatigue trying to guess at who the G-men will pick. I hope they get some pieces to add to the puzzle of a flagging offense.
One thing I do know is that I am ready for football. We decided late late in the game to participate in the spring season. This is the last spring season for us it seems. Only one kid is able to play moving forward, and since he did this spring I want him to take time off next spring. It is more likely than not that we will be dialing back our sports participation and altering our lifestyle in some very basic ways that do not include me being involved in sports at nearly the level of attachment I have been thus far. Bittersweet.
Still, I am excited to watch those who continue playing grow and excited to see what is next for me.