I’ll put it this way: I wouldn’t turn down the scholarship money if he wanted to play ball in college.

Given what college costs these days you’d be a fool not to…

But that wouldn’t change my opinion about what is important in life or what he ought to be doing at school.

…but good to see you’re keeping it in perspective.

I do wonder though, if your attitude towards sports would change if one of your kids suddenly developed considerable athletic prowness…

Real talent for a sport can bring in a lot of free (to you) stuff…

I’ll put it this way: I wouldn’t turn down the scholarship money if he wanted to play ball in college.

But that wouldn’t change my opinion about what is important in life or what he ought to be doing at school.

Suffice it to say that this post would make me a rather unpopular fellow and derail my campaign for the school board before it even starts if the folks in my home town happen to read it.

And your home town is…?

However, with respect to the PETA crowd it’s hard to get overly worked up about the fate of a few dogs what with Iraq, Afghanistan, and all going on

It may not be Iraq or Afghanistan, but you don’t have to be a PETA member to find this disturbing….

I think Murray Sperber has written about the effect that sports has on education, at least at the college level. College sports are so expensive that even popular programs lose money. Of course, I don’t think any universities are going to go the University of Chicago route and largely eliminate college sports…

I do wonder though, if your attitude towards sports would change if one of your kids suddenly developed considerable athletic prowness…