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The best basketball team in the country is preparing for the NCAA tournament the day before by not watching film, not resting up in their rooms, not having meetings, but getting a dose of reality. Coach Donovan took his team on a sobering trip through the damaged areas of New Orelans to prove a point. No matter how hard you think you have it, you are living in a fantasy world to some. The post-Katrina damage will effect that area for who knows how long. The point of this blog is not to discuss Katrina but instead to discuss the charitable efforts made by teams. Most teams in tournaments, all star games, etc. travel to a charitable event of some sort. Many times it is a childrens hospital. Many times there is a 2 minute "feel good" clip before their games about how the players went there and how nice they are blah blah blah.
I wish this was a bigger deal. I would imagine that some teams and players perform charitbale acts more than others. I wish the media in our country would put together a show of some sort that specifically targeted these players. I personally think that these players should get the recognition that they deserve. Im not talking about "NCAA Man of the Year" or soemthing to that effect. What happens to the hundreds of kids who didnt win the award? My feelings would be for a show like GatorZone TV to have a segment every single show about a Gator athlete and what they do for the community. Shoot, maybe this would persuade more players to get involved in other activities...Thoughts?
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Pick...I really enjoyed this post. As I was watching the game today, the commentators were talking about how the Gators took the time to go to the damaged areas. I most certainly think this humbbled the guys.
On the other note about the media not recognizing the good and charitable things athletes do, I couldn't agree more. But in some ways I see how the UAA acknowledges it and wonder if the guys/girls would want the media to recognize this. When one of our athletes goes to do something of that sort, the coach puts up the thank you notes, or a picture, or something to show the UAA staff members that our athletes are doing the right things. I think this has much more of an impact on these kids than some stupid article in the Gainesville Sun (which is a horrible newspaper to begin with). I think what the coach's do by showing off the athletes good doings to in-house people means more than some article by someone writer who knows nothing about the athletes.
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