It’s Just a Game!

ByPastor Wynn

Well, it looks like the nation will pass the long months of Fall and Winter with no NBA.  The news headlines have announced the doom of the 2011-2012 season, due to the failed talks between the player’s union and the team owners.  As I read the headlines, I began to search for the “follow-up” stories on the media outlets.  Surely, there would be the prognosticators and talking heads announcing a massive financial collapse.  Surely, the impact of no NBA season will be felt far and wide.  However, no such stories have been forthcoming.  No warnings of doom or economic collapse.  No suggestions of a government “bail out” for the players.  Just a headline announcing the demise of the season.

Then I realized. . .The NBA does not impact the world.  What they promote is just a game, and nothing more.  Games do not build nations.  Games do not provide a lasting solution to the ills of mankind or the world.  It is just a game.  Basketball is not a lasting contribution to society.  Players play a game that will not matter in a few months.  There is no lasting value from what they do, and they make millions doing it.  So what, if the owners make more than the players. . It’s their business!  If the owners did not have the team for the players to play on, the players would still be playing in their local neighborhood…and broke.

Don’t get me wrong.  I will not disagree that the revenue generate by the NBA season is massive.  Yes, jobs are created by the industry such as contracts for the coliseums, vendors at the games, etc.  However, the point here is the chronic complaining by men whose mantra is “come pay to watch me play.”  At its best, it is still just a game.  Society is not better because of a game.  Does it take skill to play?  Yes.  Does it take teamwork to win?  Yes.  However, it is just a game.  While sports training can strengthen certain traits like teamwork, commitment, playing hurt, etc., it must be still remembered that it is…Just a game.

Sadly, the players have forgotten that life is not about them.  Their lives have become self-absorbed.  Yes, there are a few who display character and seem to have an understanding that life is not about themselves, but they are the few.  How can anyone justify whining about only making a million dollars a year?  Really?

A number of online comments have tried to compare the NBA players to corporate CEO’s.  However,  Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and others of their caliber, have introduced products into the world that have forever changed the way we do business.  On the other end of spectrum is the farmer, the school teacher, the policeman, etc., who contribute to society by the giving of themselves, and they expect little in return.  Those are the one’s whose final epitaph of life will read “They Made a Difference.”  I would hate for mine to read “I Played a Game.”

I’m glad that I have the opportunity to invest my life in that which will last for eternity.  The financial renumeration in this world may be little, but the retirement is out of this world!

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