Grindylow
02-06-2006, 16:45
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9310014/detail.html
Okay, I understand that they're meeting him because they won the Super Bowl, and that that's normal. But, can I say I don't get it? (I'm a Pittsburgh girl, born and bred, and have pictures of when I was a teeny tiny infant in black and gold for the four wins of the seventies - yes, I'm 30 :eek: - so, I love them. That's not the point.)
I really don't get why the President wastes time meeting with sports teams who win championships. (This goes for any President, not just this one who I happen to not like very much.) Doesn't he have more important things to do? :confused: I (would) get why he meets with the winner of the National Spelling Bee, or with high school and college students, why he meets with activists and such. But athletes? What have they done to deserve that honor? And, yes, I do consider getting to meet the President (even one I don't like) an honor.
Yes, they are at the top of their field. They are the best football team in the nation. Big Woop. That, in itself, doesn't warrant this honor. Now, some of the things they may do with their fame, might.
I'd rather see Dolphins player Jason Taylor, whose foundation gives millions of dollars to underprivileged children in Florida, and who recently donated a decent chunk of change to the high school whose team he played for, even though he was home-schooled, to be used in the renovation of the football stadium or however the athletic department deemed fit. (I only know this because I'm an alum of that school and remember watching him play football and basketball. I met him once or twice, back then, and remember thinking that he was a really good kid and I'm always tickled to see how far he's gone.) I know there are other athletes who have done things equally benevolent. Those people should be honored, not just the guys who did their job. Because, afterall, winning the Super Bowl is the job that each professional football player is trying to do. ;)
If we're going to honor athletes, at least honor our Olympians, our international athletes. Those that are, in some small way, ambassadors to the world.
Okay, I understand that they're meeting him because they won the Super Bowl, and that that's normal. But, can I say I don't get it? (I'm a Pittsburgh girl, born and bred, and have pictures of when I was a teeny tiny infant in black and gold for the four wins of the seventies - yes, I'm 30 :eek: - so, I love them. That's not the point.)
I really don't get why the President wastes time meeting with sports teams who win championships. (This goes for any President, not just this one who I happen to not like very much.) Doesn't he have more important things to do? :confused: I (would) get why he meets with the winner of the National Spelling Bee, or with high school and college students, why he meets with activists and such. But athletes? What have they done to deserve that honor? And, yes, I do consider getting to meet the President (even one I don't like) an honor.
Yes, they are at the top of their field. They are the best football team in the nation. Big Woop. That, in itself, doesn't warrant this honor. Now, some of the things they may do with their fame, might.
I'd rather see Dolphins player Jason Taylor, whose foundation gives millions of dollars to underprivileged children in Florida, and who recently donated a decent chunk of change to the high school whose team he played for, even though he was home-schooled, to be used in the renovation of the football stadium or however the athletic department deemed fit. (I only know this because I'm an alum of that school and remember watching him play football and basketball. I met him once or twice, back then, and remember thinking that he was a really good kid and I'm always tickled to see how far he's gone.) I know there are other athletes who have done things equally benevolent. Those people should be honored, not just the guys who did their job. Because, afterall, winning the Super Bowl is the job that each professional football player is trying to do. ;)
If we're going to honor athletes, at least honor our Olympians, our international athletes. Those that are, in some small way, ambassadors to the world.