North College Hill
been accused today by a few e-mailers of "player hating'' after the column this morning re NCH and Oak Hill. "Player hating'' is a buzz-phrase for "racist.''
Just stop it.
Trust me: I dont care if every kid at NCH and Oak Hill Academy is equal parts lime green and cherry red. IMHO, high school sports are about rivalries, longstanding friendships created among kids and families, and a pride in representing your school, among other things. This game is a money-making event between 2 teams of all stars. The biggest thing it has in common with high school sports is that everyone participating is of high school age. I'd write that if every kid playing were whiter than elbow macaroni.
Accusing me of "player hating'' is sadly reflective of a destructive wrong-headedness all too pervasive...
posted by Paul Daugherty at 4:04 PM
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Post a Comment*Nice...the reverse race card -- well played. P. Doofus.
hey, dogsrule, I recall wade and dunbar... i covered some of their games... wingate, williams, bogues etc.. the difference is, i think, that those guys lived in b-more, just as munozes lived in our metro area... nobody moved from 200 miles away or, in oak hill's case, more than that..it's a fine point, admittedly, but to me it makes the "crime'' less heinous...PD
Paul,
You are so right on the money with this one, and it's about time that somebody said it! I much prefer a so-so team of local kids who actually grow up in the town they're playing for. I know kids are recruited at a young age, but from out of state? No thanks!
Just give it another year or so and things will be back to normal.
I knew you'd get grief for you column, but I wanted to let you know that there are people like me out here who agree with you 100%.
JR
Player hating is not, repeat, is not a term for racist. What a twist on a causal term oft used to simply mean jealous. At the drop of a pin...how we go into a spin, but hey all of us good people don't see color, so we're okay, right?
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