Opinion Corner: Some good, bad this week
If you enjoy sports, like most of us do, this was an interesting week in Jamestown, North Dakota and nationally. Interesting doesn’t always mean good of course. Like when it was announced that the UND nickname saga would live on into its eighth year when enough signatures were gathered to force a statewide vote in June to require the school to keep the nickname.
If you enjoy sports, like most of us do, this was an interesting week in Jamestown, North Dakota and nationally.
Interesting doesn’t always mean good of course. Like when it was announced that the UND nickname saga would live on into its eighth year when enough signatures were gathered to force a statewide vote in June to require the school to keep the nickname. It was a win for 16,700 nickname zealots and a loss for the rest of us 660,000 who live here. So much for majority rule, or even 3 percent rule. The obnoxious and bored 2.5 percent won this fight, for now.
The week began with story after story about a boring-until-the-end, sloppily played Super Bowl with two teams from a pair of states full of ignorant, spoiled fans. Rarely have I watched a game where I so hoped both teams would lose. Of course by rule that was impossible, unfortunately.
Locally however, this was a pretty good week.
The Blue Jay girls’ hockey team went 2-0, giving them 10 wins in a season for the first time. The JHS boys’ skaters split and are playing better when it matters most.
The Jimmie basketball teams kept rolling along. Greg Ulland’s women and Matt Murken’s men are a combined 46-8, bolstered by a sweep at the bubble over chief rival Valley City State on Wednesday.
It wouldn’t be a Saturday in Jamestown if the local calendar wasn’t busting at the seams.
District 5 will crown a boys’ basketball champion at the Civic Center tonight, while every West Region team will be at the high school for a long day of wrestling.
It’s also the first weekend without any football since August.
I’ve already come across one broadcast and one print story about football withdrawal as if it was something clinical that could be diagnosed and treated.
I love football as much as anyone I know. Heck, Griz, Sav, Benny and I toss a ball around during our supper break from time to time. But withdrawal?
What’s next? A group of overly enthusiastic and under-employed band of diehards throwing together a petition for year-round football? Actually, that’s an idea I could get behind.
Tags: sports, hockey, football, basketball
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