Sports has long been the sanctuary for the hard working American. Sports are an escape from the grind of daily life—our jobs, our troubles, and the troubles of the world. They have stood as a sanctuary away from the real world.
In this past presidential election however, politics clamored into the sports arena with the greatest force seen since perhaps the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.
Candidates in the previous election recognized a massive voting bloc in this country that tends to go untapped. Whether it was the candidates on Monday Night Football or Sarah Palin dropping a puck at a hockey game, the political world was unabashed about its invasion of sports.
Players came out in support of candidates in record numbers; even pushing some teams, like the Cleveland Browns, to put a gag order on political discussion in the locker rooms.
Now that the election is over, I and many of my fellow sports fans were expecting to be rid of politics (at least for four years). Unfortunately, we were sadly mistaken.
In a recent 60 minutes interview, president-elect Barack Obama claimed that he would “throw his weight around a little bit” to get a college football playoff system enacted.
I, for one, am tired of politics in my sports, and thought that it would only be fair to turn the tables. If politics can intrude in sports, let’s take sports to politics and return the favor.
Since Obama is so interested in college football, why don’t we take a look at his potential cabinet… on the sole condition that he must pick from college football coaches.
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