Crazy About Football

Well my son's finally into sports. The only problem is that the sports he's interested in does not exist here. He wants to play football. No not soccer but the American football. We do have tag football here but that's not what he wants. He's says it's a lame game. He wants the full contact, bruising American brand. I just bought a ball and all we can do is do passes. I really don't know how he got interested. He just approached me one day and told me he wants to play football.

So now here's our dilemma, how on earth can he enjoy the sport when no one even plays it here. American football isn't popular here because Filipinos are small, physically. My son's getting frustrated. All he can do now is collect cards, watch the games on ESPN and play Madden whenever he can. I too am getting frustrated. I guess all we can do now is simply wait for the sport to reach our shores.

Keep Cool

I'm very competitive especially in sports. I play hard but play fair. I don't even complain about a bad call. I just take it in stride and tell myself it's all part of the game. I'm just an amateur what more for professionals. Serena Williams bowed out of the US Open because of an incident with an line umpire. Professional athletes should always act professionally. She could have taken her case to the umpire instead of shouting profanities.

This the problem with athletes, especially the stars. They're supposed to be role models for kids to emulate. So they're only human and they could be caught up in the moment, but it's still no excuse to flare up. This is why they are called professionals. It means they're a cut above the rest. I mere Joes can keep their cool, shouldn't these pros do a better job?

I suggest they do what I do, simply smile and keep my thoughts to myself. Referees are human too, they're bound to make a bad call anytime. Just think of what an ass you'll make of yourself by blowing your top in front of so many people. Let the spectators do the booing and let them be the ones to let the official know he made a bad call.