NPR made me mad this morning. This rarely happens, but Frank Deford's editorial on the Driscoll Middle School's fake play was ludicrous! Saying that it was "child abuse" to have the kids run a fake play. He also said that adult athletes are only trying to outsmart the refs/umps, um hello? Puntrooskie, fumblerooskie, fake handoffs etc are all designed to trick the other team (not the ref's or umps). The offense is always trying to run plays in the hopes the defense has no clue what they are doing. That's a major component of the game.
Frank, you must not be a true sports fan or you would understand that! (And you have an awful hair cut!)
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/16/131358322/trickery-on-the-football-field-like-child-abuse
No comments:
Post a Comment