how about those buckeyes?!
been too busy, but i am over the hill, for good,
i think i am , going to need a vacation, ..from retirement.
there are certain activities that helps people together. one is
music, another is sports. [ as you know, i sorta a fan of
college sports including football. ]
organized sports primary value is encouraging putting personal
differences aside for the team. if one study the dynamics,
it carries out to the conferences and then into society. then
it gives back to the players & their families. how great would
osu be without the wolverines pushing them? would the memories
be worth remembering? so while i love "hating" the team up north,
it is only a reference.
i have alot respect for the ncaa job. but they really need to have
staff members that can review & understand human dynamics.
recently there has been more & more problems that are de-
valuing many good points within the college system. they need
to listened before acting. scores and points should not be
the objective except setting up a system that treats every team,
every player with consideration that corrects mistakes &
promote personal growth.
ncaa should set limits on sports writers using their "positions" to
hurt the student athletes. one after a team lost, made intrusive
questions that made the player cried. he should be band for
years. remember s/p texas game? though the outcome was
not the players fault, the local paper blamed the players for
choking. the writer/paper should be band until they retracted
& addressed the facts.
..remember the girl that grabbed the other player's ponytail. [ many
nurses have been killed by that very action]. i aw the tape. she
sneaked behind , and almost killed that girl. later in life, that
will effect that girl's health. the person should have been placed
on probation, and required pysch testing + counseling.
speaking of? the so called fan that poisoned auburn trees, should
be band from bama's property, replaced the trees, pysch
testing [ obvious some real mental issues], and monitored hence
forth.
the orgeon's running back sp striking the byu player, was way too
excessive. it killed me, that the following tv game on the monday
after that, had another player assaulting a player on the sidelines,
& got by with it. [ except the tv audience saw it]. @ least he got
to play in the rose bowl against osu.
osu current problems with the ncaa are shocking to us @ work.
not saying rules should be broken but this is very grey area.
wow~ players are given gifts but can do anything with them?
strings attached, seem like an ethics violation in itself. this is crazy!
and with osu coach being a christian, makes me wonder if
this was a set up? if the ncca is going to have such a rule,
it should been written differently. required the schools to hold
in trust their gifts & then present them s/p they leave or
finished playing. also the first rule in setting a limit, is
chose something/anything you can enforce? [ if the truth
be known, every school has students trading their stuff.]
for the record, my work may not seem impressive to most but
the way i see it...our staff are in many critical roles, @ a time
when our patients are facing major life challenges. [ for ex.,
my first day back right after our 2 weeks disney trip, one
person stabbed himself in the heart, & the other was
dealing with the loss of a child, under very heart-
breaking circumstances. ] both hated god, & had strong
reasons to do so.
whenever, i assume my duties , i well aware of the stakes.
therefore, i rely on 2 major principles to help guide me. i
believe i am too work for those under my directions per
meeting their requests. except those "directions" are
limited by these 2 principles. first, by law. i do not extend
my authority over my license. but i am a pt. advocate so
if there is a "need" i will report it to the doctor with my
observations documented. but if the request is within
my authority , i still must refused it if it will caused the person
harm. that's called ethics.
i think the ncca would be better effective, & accomplished
more goals if "it" only listened to so some basic human
dynamics. why? because they are dealing with students
that are palying school sports but first, they are human
beings.
don't get me wrong..i love hating the wolverines. but they did
their recent coach wrong. way too impatient. they knew
what they were getting..& if they waited 3 more years,
i think they would have had something special. now they
are starting over.
i saw the fab five story..didn't know about taking the banners
away. that's about controlling dollars then ethics. [ they should
hang them back up]. darn It!!! if they focusing on this junk,
goes a long way....why they are missing the really important stuff.
what the ncaa also do, is correct some of the terrible injustices
players have suffered. again i love to hate them but the 79
football team did win the rose bowl, & deserved the rings &
recognition. wonder why they don't correct that ?!
how good can sports be? watch the big ten network. the most
impressive thing wasn't osu winning the big ten, but the players
& their stories--then the players getting together after wards,
sharing stories & congratulating each other. then watching
the michighan team pick in the gym. that was neat!
moo? what a class act- m. state was this year. things didn't go
their way, but they never gave up. they could have easily
thrown in the towel, but instead they never gave up. i think
what they accomplished this year was more special then
when they went to the final 4.
is the ncca going to investigate how osu was mistreated? how
did kentucky- sec champiopn rated below north c. , runnerup?
you think, they scheduled osu s/p a week off, & a "10pm"
stated time a fluke? how many games did osu played
that late this year? none. fyi, even the famous dicky v.
commented how unfair that was. it seem liked "strings attached"
is ok?
so how many charlie s. are running around in your world? [ hope
not to many but that just me.] in reality, every person can
have addictions, because physiologically - we are running on
chemical reactions. if he had addictions, they won't disappear
just by denying them. as for many of the "reality" shows are not
real. that's what society needs...shows encouraging dangerous,
harmful and/or negative attention seeking.
anyhoo! here's to keeping it real!
p.s Who is our deer friend Mo? Does Mo shout Ole?
TEN! How the heck did THAT happen? We hosted a sleepover for 4 of her friends last night. At her request, I made her a giant double-chocolate birthday cookie. We also did make-your-own-sundaes to kick off the party last night, followed by rousing games of Hullabaloo and Disney Scene It, followed by manicures and silly picture-taking. They finally collapsed in a giggly heap around 1am, only to wake before 7. She declared it her best birthday party EVER. 
We'll wrap up the weekend with her favorite dinner and the cake she loves. *sigh* Where did my baby go??
I shudder to think that we have less time between now and her high school graduation than we have had with her thus far. 
Hope your weekend was whatever you needed it to be.
Did you know that there was actually a wolverine found in mid-Michigan recently? A man in the Bay City area was tracking/watching it in the woods for several years, but it was found dead of apparently natural causes this past year. After they checked it over, they sent it to a taxidermist and created an educational display at the Bay City State Park. It's getting a lot of visitors.
Plus it's so humid you can't breathe. Hopefully it's just this week and nicer weather will be back. 
<-----sick with envy
