No we did not die. We have been teaching 8th graders pre-algebra and coaching baseball. I served as the athletics director at an all-boys college prep school for 35 years and retired in 2008. Since then I have been teaching math and returned to coaching as an assistant for freshman football and baseball. I am having more fun working with these guys than I had working with all the adults, schedules, parents, etc that an AD has to do.
Many years ago I decided that college sports at the "big time" level was becoming more and more like professional sports. This is a concept that totally turns me off. I love to watch college football in the fall. I like the festival atmosphere associated with a big college game, but the decisions being made at most places are upsetting. As an example: Today we are seeing the formation of 16+ member super conferences that cover coast to coast. Ridiculous for travel and time missed from classes. This is happening for one reason- the money. Everything about college sports today is making money. It has little if nothing to do with educating talented athletes. It has everything to do with paying coaches, building facilities and killing colleagues to recruit the best athletes. Everything is about the money.
I'll be back to rave again.
