He wants Olympic-level drug testing, which would be slightly better than the current system, but I'm not sure how much of an issue that is now. It's not as if players aren't getting caught in the current system. I suppose any strengthening of the testing would be good, but it's not really a pressing matter.
He says that once a week, every player has to take ten minutes to sign autographs. A better plan would be to just open gates earlier, so players can sign before they get into their pregame preparations, but I won't disagree with Reilly here.
He wants to let umpires call rainouts instead of home teams, which, in the light of the Yankee Stadium debacle a few weeks ago, sounds decent. The rest are just bad. Balls that hit the foul pole are foul. The foul line is in fair territory. If you want, call it a fair pole, but a simple understanding of the rules of baseball would be nice in a column about—you know—baseball.
He goes back to the sorry standard of "games are too long" by demanding a pitch clock. I will never understand this. I love baseball, and I tend to want games to go as long as possible. I know that people who don't like baseball want games to be shorter, but to be perfectly honest, I see no reason to cater to people who have no interest in the game.
Ruining it for people who still won't watch is foolish. If you're 0-for-4, the crowd picks your at-bat music. Anyone who swims knows that it is incredibly hard, both mentally and physically.
For two hours every night I had to convince myself that breathing was not necessary, and that I was not going to drown. Every time we approached the building that housed the pool my stomach twisted into knots, and I felt sick.
When I told my mom that I wanted to quit, she was shocked. She had thought that I loved swimming, and I spent quite some time explaining that I hated it. She told me that I was free to stop, but I had to finish the season first. However, when the time came to quit, I decided not to. I swim on the high school team now. I work hard and do my best every practice, and it shows in my times. When I look back to those Blue Tide practices, I realize that the "hate" I felt was only half the story.
When I was young, this feeling crowded out the other half of the equation: the love that I had as well. Swimming is grueling, but also a lot of fun. I would never have discovered this if my mom had not signed me up when I was little. Children need to be pushed into things that they would not ordinarily try. This is how they discover what interests them and what does not. Even if they do not continue to pursue the activity as they grow up, they will still have given it a chance. These situations are often just trial and error, but they help shape the child into who they are in later life.
Rick Reilly writes this article today to prove to his professor that he made the right decision. Although his professor thought that he should be writing about some subject other than sports, he refused. Because he knew sports were for him. I think Rick was one of those people who found what he loved and wanted to do, so he did it. That being said, I think his audience is toward those people who think different of what others know they should do.
Rick's professor discouraged him against going into sports writing, but Rick knew it was for him. I think sometimes people's advice is not needed. Sometimes, people just need to go their own way and figure it out for themselves. Other people should respect their wishes and let them go their own way. If it works for them, great.
If not, then the others can say "I told you so. They could end up being like Rick Reilly and have a successful career that makes them proud.
Reilly goes on in the article to show why he is not better than sports, and why sports are not a demeaning subject to write about. He talks about all the redeeming qualities of sports, such as mercy, love, passion, and honor. When you look at sports like that, they don't seem so dumb to write about as his professor thought. He is telling the audience that there is so much more to sports than a ball and a score. My favorite example he gave was the one about honor. He right, how many volleyball teams would give up a championship game to go to the hospital with a teammate and comfort them when they are hurt?
Not many. You don't hear about the band doing that, or the dance team, or the chess club. Sports are a different ball game. They have different values than other activities do that make them unique.
To Reilly, those values are more interesting than, say, writing about current events. Sports have a different side to them that many fail to recognize. I myself am not very good at sports, but I am good at music. For the first time in awhile, I played soccer this year. I was not very good and sat the bench a lot, but still had fun. In terms of athletics, I'm probably better at volleyball than soccer.
But still, I got to experience some of the same qualities and emotions that Reilly experienced. He's right; you can't experience those emotions anywhere else.
Being apart of a team is a experience everyone should have. I think that sports would be interesting to write about. There is always something new, unlike people who write about crime. There is always going to crimes that are committed over and over again that you would get bored writing about At least for me!
So if Reilly knows he made the right decision writing about sports, then good for him! I think everyone should read this article with an open mind, and he is right, sometimes you are better than other's advice. Being on a sports team, is like another family you have. You do everything together. Encourage everyone to their best. Help them when they are at the worst. With me, being a cheerleader is something I love to do. I love supporting the boys in all the football games.
Sure when it's cold and raining, Friday night game every cheer leader was missable and freezing. We stated the whole game how we hated it. We hated the weather. Not the game. Sure we were getting our buts kicked, but we still cheered and clapped when our boys did something good! We showed pride for our team even though we lost! Win or lose we still believe in our team.
I consider the football team and the cheerleading team to be a team put together. Since we are all together a team, we are a family. We go to the games together. Encourage everyone to do their best. And cheer them on even at their worst. It's what a family does best. Reilly makes a compelling argument about following one's dreams. Reilly is a sportswriter, and his passion is sports. His love for sports is shown throughout the entire section, and shows some of the reasons he feels so strongly about them.
Even when one of his professors tried to convince him to pursue another career, Reilly continued writing about what he loves. Reilly's story is truly inspiring. Because Reilly knew what he was passionate about, nothing could stop him from doing it. He loved his career, and knew that anything else would not compare to the joy he felt when he did what he loved.
Other people should apply this mindset to their own lives and their own jobs. If people pursued what they loved, their jobs would not seem routine or mundane. Their daily lives would be interesting and engaging, and they would do the absolute best that they could in order to succeed.
One part of the article that stood out was the small story about Reilly's old journalism professor. Reilly had been told by that professor that he was "better than sports.
However, he knew he loved sports, and did not allow his professor to change his mind about that. His professor did not understand the deep love and respect he had for sports, so he completely disregarded her advice. At the end of the selection, Reilly states that one thing he is better than is "advice from professors.
Reilly knew himself and what he wanted, so he disregarded advice that was given by someone experienced. Many times, a professor does not know the degree of a student's passions, and so cannot accurately give advice about a career. Reilly's message runs deeper than a simple explanation about the virtues of sports. Reilly's message is about passion, and doing what one loves. In today's world, love is often lost in the pursuit of money or fame.
When someone chooses a career, it should not be chosen because of these things. A career should be chosen based on passion and love. I completely agree with the notion that if others chose to pursue careers that truly intrigued them, work would not be so dreaded.
It is so important that one succeeds in disregarding the negative opinions of others, so as to pursue a career that they will truly enjoy. Ever since I was a child, I have loved to write, as well as to create other forms of art. While other children expressed interest in becoming a teacher, or perhaps a veterinarian, maybe a fireman, I persisted that I would be a writer and an artist.
However, as I have grown older, nearly everyone has been pressing on me that such an occupation is "impractical" or "unrealistic. I have always told myself that I do not want to pursue an occupation that I would not enjoy. I do not want to have to drag myself to work each morning, forever wishing that I had taken the risk to pursue my dream.
I want to enjoy the work that I do for the rest of my life, even if that means that I have to work harder to attain it. As I read each of the responses here, I am reminded of my best friend's situation in Kuwait. You have to understand that in Kuwait, music is not considered a viable career choice for anyone. Most students are pushed into engineering or medicine. Kuwait is all about "prestige" and it is important for Kuwaitis to send their children to good universities for what they consider "high end degrees".
So when my friend's son had decided on a music career, many of their friends were horrified that my friend Arwa and her husband Samir were going along with Rami's choice. Arwa herself is a medical doctor and Samir is an engineer.
They would have been happy if one of their children had chosen their careers but they never one time put pressure on them to do so. Rami end up coming to the states and majored in music production at Berklee School of Music in Boston. He has since moved to New York City where he is a successful music producer.
He has a contract with Universal and has started new artists - one such person is Kiesza, who is a new up and coming singer. Rami has produced music for Alicia Keyes, has remixed a song for Lady Gaga, and has been extremely busy as his music career has done so well.
If he and his family had listened to those Kuwaiti families who thought it was a disgrace to major in music, I wonder what hole Rami would be hiding in and how depressed he would be. His family is not Kuwait but still, living in Kuwait, there is a lot of pressure to do what the Kuwaitis do. I am so proud of my friend Rami for sticking to his love of music.
I just talked to him a few minutes ago as he is boarding a plane to Atlanta. He visits Akon but refuses to sign a contract with him. Rami is so sure of himself now that he won't allow any of these famous producers "buy" him. However, he and Akon still get together sometimes to discuss business options.
Thought I would share this with you. Follow your dreams everyone! It's sad to think that a piece of paper can control what we do with our lives, rather than choosing it upon passion. To wake up every single day with a smile on my and to be able to say, "I love what I do," would be absolutely incredible.
In a way though, it is hard to say that something we love now is what we will love in thirty years. My mom for example started to hate teaching, not because of the student as much as the people who were in charge of her.
As we grow older our minds become ever changing and it is difficult to stick to one passion, and it becomes more difficult when money starts to effect it.
I also hope that I can grow up to be an adult that is able to be happy to go to work everyday. Growing up, I have always said that my dream job is to play guitar for a living. I have been told numerous times that this is unrealistic and I realize this. Why does this have to be unrealistic? I believe that as long as an individual is happy, they should never be judged by their occupation. I would like to think that I will be able to have a job in which I am able to make a difference in other people's lives.
I believe that each student is capable of doing something great in their life if they would just set their minds to it. I find it saddening that many adults have to go everyday to a job that they hate. This just seems like such a waste to me. When I read this article, I knew within the first paragraph that I would be able to relate to it on a personal level. However, when I brought the idea up to my dad he told me I would not make it in sports broadcasting because I'm not going to beat out a guy who probably lives and breathes sport.
Number 1, that's sexist, but that is an argument for another time. Number two, I know my sports. If you want to know how many goals Sidney Cosby has on the season or how many third down conversions Penn State had in their last game, I can tell you off the top of my head.
This causes people to look at me weird and often getting me compared to the little girl in Remember the Titans. I do not care though, because it is what I love and that's why I truly believe I would love sports broadcasting and journalism and I would be successful.
However, this article can apply to nearly anyone who likes their job. Personally, I want to be out doing something, being active, and associating with different people rather than sitting in a cubical all day. When you love what you do, time seems to stop, but in a good way. In a way that you want to be there forever. I want that, I want to be in love with what I do everyday and not regret the choice I made when it came to my career.
I feel as though people fall into jobs they don't like because they were forced to make their career choice at the age of sixteen, a time when we are still trying to figure out our interest and passions. When we are forced to make the choice of something that can impact our lives that dramatically, it takes a lot of thought.
One of my biggest fears is that when I grow up I am going to hate what I do. I always have a tendency to freak out about going to college and choosing my major because the ideas in my head of what I want to do are all over the place. I essentially have just decided one very important thing: it does not matter if I'm rich because there is always the option of marrying someone who is , I just want to be happy and successful in whatever I do.
It was obvious that Rick Reilly loves what he does, but he chose to go with his passion rather than what his professor thought that he should do. He states how you cannot fake sports and that is one of the reasons it is so special.
I truly agree on his point of that. The best things in life are those that are real and completely unexpected, like when one team has a major upset.
Even if you hate the team, you want the Cinderella story for them. Going back to my previous point of choosing what one what's to be when they are sixteen and how ridiculous it is. Rick Reilly had one of the success stories, though. To go fifty plus years doing the same thing everyday is incredible, but he said it best: Sports change every day and are never planned. Unlike politics that go through the same cycle over and over again. It takes a special kind of person to do the same thing over and over again without any regrets.
Jenna your point with having to chose our career at the age of 16 that is frightening to me. I can honestly saw I had this huge dream of becoming a vet. Once I told myself this I reader he'd colleges and places I wanted to live and work. I basically had everything planned out. I got to meet the man himself, Dr. He actually moved up the street from me with one house between us.
I then started babysitting his kids over the summer, helping out his wife ever hotter day. They had 3 kids at the time with one on the way. This made it hard for her to get anything done. So I watched the kids while she rested, ran errands, or cleaned the house.
Shirey said to me the one day, if I was really serious about taking up his occupation and I said I was. He then asked me if I wanted to have a family and see then grow up. I also said yes to this question. Then he stated that he is so busy he doesn't spend enough time with his children and he is just to busy. This automatically changed my mind. I was so great fun that he was so open to me about his job. He then helped me find other occupations that would be interesting to me.
I now have many ideas in what I want to be and it again is terrifying to make the wrong decision. Jenna, I agree with your statement on being happy. I personally do not want to have a career or job where I just go through the motion and be miserable. I want to peruse in a career which I have passion and desire to get up and go to work. Finding your passion is difficult when we are forced to choose a career at such a young age.
We have not even lived or experienced a quarter of the things that await us. I know as a junior I am becoming nervous because we are to decide our career paths. We have passions and we have desires, but finding a career dealing with these are extremely difficult. They are even more difficult when we have people shooting down our ideas. I feel as if people should pursue there own beliefs and do what they want not what others want.
Last month, Trump autographed Bibles while surveying tornado damage in Alabama. Reilly had quit sportswriting five years ago to the month. They expected Hillary Clinton to win. But Tirico finds his ball in a bunker 50 feet from the pin. In another story , Trump is playing with former Lakers coach Mike Dunleavy against two other players.
He wants to play by the rules. The Reilly style is still there—e. Do you like caging kids at the border? Do you like pulling out of the climate change [accord], which is going to end the planet? Do you like this? You can think of Commander in Cheat in two ways. Before Trump, Reilly could imagine writing a book about a president only if it was about presidential golf trivia.
Wokeness is the first chapter in the afterlife of Reilly. He talks like an advocate for early retirement. Reilly meditates. He paddleboards. He has learned to play Sinatra on the piano. He is learning to speak Italian. Reilly sits in California coffee shops hammering out screenplays and books. Reilly sounds like a guy who spent his 20s striving to be the guy, and now, at age 61, is finally getting around to experiencing his 20s.
Then there was a truckload of schadenfreude when Reilly got into a spat with his father-in-law over a Redskins column, or when he recycled conceits and even chunks of language from old columns. I always thought I should sue myself. The internet was teaching people to read sportswriting differently and to demand different things from it. Reilly was making a revanchist case for words of punning, big-tent, clean-running prose. But now darlings are just everywhere. Moreover, Reilly was just burned out on sportswriting.
When he traveled, he wished he was home with his wife, Cynthia, and his paddleboard.
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