Sportsmanship

I'd gladly risk my life to fuck a few cheerleaders but there's no way I'd die for the glory of a mediocre squad like the Tigers. Unfortunately, it looks like the MU football player who expired during practice didn't have a choice:

The Missouri football player who collapsed on the field and later died after a preseason workout wasn't immediately taken to the hospital across the street once he was unconscious but instead driven to the football team's offices, a university police report shows.

Part of going to college is learning that taking one for the team isn't a good idea. When you're old enough to watch football from the college stands, you're old enough to know that coaches aren't "leaders" they're just people who majored in P.E. and they shouldn't be respected. Fuck you coach, wherever you are . . . It's a tragedy that this kid died. However, the story might make a great paper that could deconstruct the meritocratic ideal enforced by the culture surrounding football. Yep, some pencil neck twerp who doesn't need a scholarship could really write a great essay if he set his mind to it.