You gotta love the Hall of Fame
August 6, 2006 by James Edwards
Filed under Sports
Introducing the class of 2006 National Football League Hall of Fame
Troy Aikman
Harry Carson
John Madden
Rayfield Wright
Warren Moon
Reggie White
Every sport at all different levels has a Hall of Fame. My favorites are the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and the National Football League Hall of Fame. My love for the Hall started as a young boy, just reading about it and debating it with my Dad.
Once, on a special day, my Mom, yeah, my Mom, took me to the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Ok, Dad was there too. As we were strolling by the busts (that means statue heads, you know), my Mom stopped and laughed. “What is it, Mom?” “Oh nothing” Why is it always nothing with Moms when it is really something?
“Come on, Mom” “Well”, she said “That player sat behind me at IU and slept through all his classes and got A’s” :) Ahh, some things never change. If we can’t give preferential treatment to athletes (and then deny we did it), who can we give it to?
Anyway, as a boy your heroes are always larger than life. There are no recruiting scandals, contract holdouts, drug tests, etc. Each athlete seems to be better than just ordinary people, except maybe your Dad or Mom. It is not until you are older and jaded that you realize that they are just ordinary people with some extraordinary skills.
But for one day each year, we can suspend our judgment and just be a hero worshiper again. We can forget all the negatives and just concentrate on the positives. Let’s face it, football players can’t be our role models, it is not their job or what they are good at, but they can be our sports heroes.
If they are our sports heroes, then they can inspire us to set goals, and work hard at whatever we do. We can look at them as sports warriors and pretend we are just as good. Now that is fun. Now that is inspiring!
Fan Question Do you dream of being a Hall of Famer? What position would you play?
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