Sports are Supposed to Be Fun

Recently, I just received my ESPN the Magazine that was pretty much purely dedicated to sports since 9/11. It was a really interesting issue. The biggest thing that I remember about sports after the 9/11 attacks are that athletes and coaches were saying "what we do is just entertainment" or "a distraction from the drudgery of everyday life" or "a way to unite as a country." That was one good thing that came after the attacks: it put sports into perspective and there was less talk about not getting paid enough, conference expansion, sports is a "business," etc. Why do I bring this up? Because, I feel like BYU football's biggest problem is that they are too tense and not just going out there and having fun. Being tense and stressed, I believe, caused so many of those silly turnovers. I'm hearing way too much talk about "statement" games and "must-win" games. One of my friends even had the audacity to mention Tim Tebow in a positive light when he said Heaps needs to lead like Tebow and pull that we're never going to lose again junk. Bronco, Doman, Heaps and the rest of the team needs to remember that football was created as an excuse to run into each other. Baseball was created as a way for boys to shirk their duties in the fields. Basketball was created as a way to get exercise. None of them were created for anything, in other words, but for an excuse to relax and enjoy a temporary distraction from the real world. Perhaps that's why it's fitting that this website is found by writing "sportexcuse.blogspot" while you are at work or supposed to be doing homework.