A high school classmate of mine died a couple of months back. He was a decent enough student, probably top 20% of the class, and he was the shortstop on our high school baseball team and one of 2 quarterbacks [the short one] on the football team. When he died, his family put his senior picture in the obituary in the paper, because he wanted to be remembered for being the star jock from 40+ years ago.
I've thought about that a lot. He was a good husband, a good father to two wonderful young ladies, a hard worker in the construction business until back problems forced him to retire...and the important thing to him, according to his family, was that folks remember him for the standout athlete he was 40+ years ago.
I didn't play football in high school. The coach was mad as hell at me for not trying out for the team, but I had an afternoon paper route after school my freshman year and worked in the garage for my dad after school after I gave up the paper route. I had folks counting on me, and I was learning to make a dollar and save up to buy my first car...and then came money for gas, car parts, and Prom. Sports were pretty much off my radar unless I had a date [and the only place her parents would allow her to go was to the football or basketball game].
For me, school was about learning...or at least about learning how to get good enough grades to get into college. Sports were a diversion from that. My brother ran track and cross country, and he wanted to be a basketball player but just didn't have enough talent. He never worked at the garage, and he once told a friend he was ashamed that his dad had to get his hands dirty to make a living.
As far as illogical fan allegiance goes, I have a nephew who is a fan of the University of Kentucky sports programs. Funny, but he never set foot on the UK campus except as a sports spectator. He attended Indiana University and Purdue...but he's a member of "Big Blue Nation," and spends big bucks every year attending games and buying their merchandise. The logic of all that escapes me. But then, I suppose all that college logo gear he buys pays someone's wages somewhere.
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