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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1715053" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>When we are kids, we are looking for heroes. It’s only natural to look for role models.</p><p></p><p>Yes, we have parents and other family members. But we want more. We look for things to get interested in and excited about.</p><p></p><p>We start to play sports on our own. And we look to those much older guys who are playing the sports much better than we can as kids. They become our heroes.</p><p></p><p>We don’t worry about player contracts and business plans and marketing rights and cost of parking. We just care about the games and the players.</p><p></p><p>But then we get older. We become the same age the players are. And we have adult worries like jobs and mortgages. Yet we still watch sports because it still interests us on some level — but we sense that things have changed.</p><p></p><p>And as adult fans, we begin to think about things like player contracts and business plans and marketing rights and cost of parking and salary caps and free-agency and... </p><p></p><p>And as we do, the game gets less mythologized. We begin to see it as just another form of business and making money for rich guys. And we see how our former heroes care more about chasing the dollar than playing for ‘our team’. As they say, we realize we are really rooting for laundry and a logo. The innocence we had is gone.</p><p></p><p>And some of us begin to fall away from the game and teams we loved. Not all of us, of course. We want to hold on to that sliver of youth that we remember from our past.</p><p></p><p>We hope to feel that excitement again about our game and about the game they play. But it can never be the same. The game changed. Our team changed. And WE changed, too.</p><p></p><p>What we can hope for is that it provides us with a couple hours of freedom from other cares and worries of the World. If it can still do that — we’ve still got something to love.</p><p></p><p>And we realize (if we didn’t already) that our real Team are our team members throughout Life that help us win the Life games we chose to play. Our true heroes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1715053, member: 748116"] When we are kids, we are looking for heroes. It’s only natural to look for role models. Yes, we have parents and other family members. But we want more. We look for things to get interested in and excited about. We start to play sports on our own. And we look to those much older guys who are playing the sports much better than we can as kids. They become our heroes. We don’t worry about player contracts and business plans and marketing rights and cost of parking. We just care about the games and the players. But then we get older. We become the same age the players are. And we have adult worries like jobs and mortgages. Yet we still watch sports because it still interests us on some level — but we sense that things have changed. And as adult fans, we begin to think about things like player contracts and business plans and marketing rights and cost of parking and salary caps and free-agency and... And as we do, the game gets less mythologized. We begin to see it as just another form of business and making money for rich guys. And we see how our former heroes care more about chasing the dollar than playing for ‘our team’. As they say, we realize we are really rooting for laundry and a logo. The innocence we had is gone. And some of us begin to fall away from the game and teams we loved. Not all of us, of course. We want to hold on to that sliver of youth that we remember from our past. We hope to feel that excitement again about our game and about the game they play. But it can never be the same. The game changed. Our team changed. And WE changed, too. What we can hope for is that it provides us with a couple hours of freedom from other cares and worries of the World. If it can still do that — we’ve still got something to love. And we realize (if we didn’t already) that our real Team are our team members throughout Life that help us win the Life games we chose to play. Our true heroes. [/QUOTE]
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