> gMoney wrote: > You watch Federer passionately bang forehand pass after forehand pass, with > a fist pump, and you say 'there's passion, there's skill!'. It's pretty > obvious to spot. >
Yeah, that's not it for me though. Frankly the skill I don't care so much about. What I've come to realize is that for me it's the opening of ABC's wide world of sports: "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat the human drama of athletic competition" For me there's a lot less drama when everybody's a millionaire. win, lose ... eh, still a millionaire. In team sports even the individual accomplishment is watered down since the team loses. In, say, tennis it's all the player. There's still drama in that. So for team sports I like elite level high school sports. There's some skill, but it's the passion - they're trying to grab the brass ring. The other side to that is dedication to the sport. How many pros would play if they had to do it for free? Play a game with THOSE guys and you'd HAVE. A. GAME. There's your team. Guys who'd play for nothing and go to work as meat packers after the game. I'll watch football occasionally and I'll start to like it, but then I always remember most of these guys could care less about the sport. You know how you know? How they treat the sport off the field. There are exceptions like Michael Jordan. And Favre would play for free. But there's not too man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300066 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
