After Cem, his friends and I had a heated argument last night over soccer once again, I wanted to share this blog post that I ran into on ESPN. I strongly advise people who are upset with LeBron James' move to read this short chat about the nature of sports.
I had to share the bottom line of the post in case there are people lazy enough to click on the link: "At one point he [Chuck Klosterman] just says: 'I feel kind of weird about being mad at LeBron for having a good life.' At another point, Bill Simmons says that James clearly doesn't understand "the life and death part" of sports. Klosterman's reply is: 'There is no life or death part, Bill. If you believe a sporting event is life or death, you might as well believe in unicorns.' And when Simmons points out some people believe in sports that way, Klosterman replies that some people believe in unicorns. It's a fun exchange, but it's also a point that cuts very deeply into how we think about sports. So, do you believe in unicorns?"
Source: Henry Abbott, True Hoop, ESPN Blog
I had to share the bottom line of the post in case there are people lazy enough to click on the link: "At one point he [Chuck Klosterman] just says: 'I feel kind of weird about being mad at LeBron for having a good life.' At another point, Bill Simmons says that James clearly doesn't understand "the life and death part" of sports. Klosterman's reply is: 'There is no life or death part, Bill. If you believe a sporting event is life or death, you might as well believe in unicorns.' And when Simmons points out some people believe in sports that way, Klosterman replies that some people believe in unicorns. It's a fun exchange, but it's also a point that cuts very deeply into how we think about sports. So, do you believe in unicorns?"
Source: Henry Abbott, True Hoop, ESPN Blog
I don't really get the point of the article or the reason you posted here. I'm not mad at Lebron, why would I be mad at someone who I don't know or care even a little? And its not about sports being a matter of life and death, obviously it's not. It's about having a good, respectable image for athletes and for me Lebron has lost that with this move.
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