Jerry Carino @NJHoopsHaven 3h3 hours agoKevin Willard got me thinking Sunday: Should college players shake hands after games? Column: http://on.app.com/1TCE5w8 via @AsburyParkPress
Should players shake hands after the game
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Jerry Carino @NJHoopsHaven 3h3 hours agoKevin Willard got me thinking Sunday: Should college players shake hands after games? Column: http://on.app.com/1TCE5w8 via @AsburyParkPress
I get JC's point but if u watch those lines it's often the coaches who exhibit poor sportsmanship with the drive by. Sportsmanship in general is at a low imho
It's a sign of the times when a handshake line is called into question. Then what is all the BS about scholar athlete and teaching sportsmanship? Frank
Agree Frank. It should not be a question at all. It's a sham I know but it's still college sports.
Did you ever notice that boxers shake hands and often embrace after a match?
There seems to be an understanding of how hard they each work. There's an empathy that few can understand.
On the other hand, too many top athletes in other sports are first-class a-holes who've been drilled by mommy and daddy to believe that they walk on water.
That's why some Little League baseball games are an embarrassment. The parents are such insufferable jerks that they're not allowed to sit near the infield.
That attitude can continue past college. I'm sure everybody here has seen one or two of these people in your workplace.
And I've noticed that if it's a boy raised only by a mom, it can be a lot worse. Perhaps because a mentality of "it's us against the world" develops early?
There seems to be an understanding of how hard they each work. There's an empathy that few can understand.
On the other hand, too many top athletes in other sports are first-class a-holes who've been drilled by mommy and daddy to believe that they walk on water.
That's why some Little League baseball games are an embarrassment. The parents are such insufferable jerks that they're not allowed to sit near the infield.
That attitude can continue past college. I'm sure everybody here has seen one or two of these people in your workplace.
And I've noticed that if it's a boy raised only by a mom, it can be a lot worse. Perhaps because a mentality of "it's us against the world" develops early?
I wonder when and how the hand shake line started. And once TV picked up on it, it became a formality. It's a fairly recent phenomenon. And not nearly always genuine.
Hmm. I would probably be indifferent if it was eliminated, but upon reflection I do think there are important lessons to be learned from it. Especially for college athletes.
Sportsmanship is important and is something I feel has been devalued and eroded over time. The sanctity of respecting the game becomes muddled with all the nonsense. It shouldn't be alright for college athletes to be so out of control that they cannot even shake hands after a game. It's a good life lesson.
Sportsmanship is important and is something I feel has been devalued and eroded over time. The sanctity of respecting the game becomes muddled with all the nonsense. It shouldn't be alright for college athletes to be so out of control that they cannot even shake hands after a game. It's a good life lesson.
ummm..in your clinically conducted research, surely there was no variance in your hypothesis by race? right?
Please delete.
Exactly. If we've reached the point where players and coaches can't navigate even this fundamental act of sportsmanship, then just blow up the whole thing. I don't want my university sponsoring it.
In the same vein as handshakes, when did the perfunctory handshake between foul shots come into vogue. It's been going on a while, but does it really help the shooter? I'm neural on it, but if I'm the shooter, I just want to focus on what I have to do, unless the other player is telling me we're gonna press or change defenses after a made shot. It's part of the fabric now but in most cases, I don't think it does much to help the shooter, unless he really needs encouragement and is in a slump. I'd be interested in others' thoughts. Maybe I'm mistaken.
It serves no purpose but it's the in thing so expect to see it for the foreseeable future.
I do not think the handshake line after games serves any purpose and is not needed. I also think the coaches handshakes at the end of NFL games is pointless.
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Sorry. I forgot that often on this board one must practice strict political correctness lest certain sensibilities be offended.
You disagree? Fine. Why ask for a deletion. That's pathetic.
Back in high school I went to England for 2 weeks to play soccer. There were some German, British and Australian teams there. You had instructors from all 4 countries. The biggest difference between American sports culture and European and Australian sports culture is that Americans just cannot remove what happens during a match from their life off the field, court, etc. Americans take the bad blood and anger with them when the whistle blows, Europeans and Australians can leave it out there on the field and then hit the pub together and have a few beers after. Same thing happens with this handshake line. Biggest problem is in a heated game like Sunday is that there is no time to calm down and both teams are pushed into this and every now and then this happens. But it also happens in other sports where there is no handshake line. Ironically soccer is a big one.
In what world is asking to delete a racist comment more pathetic than making a racist comment?
Let's eliminate all forms of contact and sportsmanship. While we're at it, lets do away with the games and just have athletes Instagram poses. It would be great if coaches could act like adults and teach by example...too much to ask?
Funny you should say that as the day you posted was the 31 year anniversary of this....
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201502/bobby-knights-epic-chair-throw
Not sure about college but in High School it is actually considered a delay of game and should be penalized as such.
I think both teams should face each other from opposite foul lines after the National Anthem then have everyone exchange handshakes BEFORE the contest starts. I hate seeing one team have to hang around (especially after a title game of some sort) while the team that won CELEBRATES (rightfully so) congratulates each other,coaches,etc. Let the team that LOST get off the court as quickly as possible and share their agony together in the locker room.
And I've noticed that if it's a boy raised only by a mom, it can be a lot worse. Perhaps because a mentality of "it's us against the world" develops early?
Following in that same vein. in hockey, play can be brutal and yet they have a handshake line. i think you can safely say hockey is dominated by Europeans, so maybe it's the culture that Europeans can separate competive juices from personal animosity. Frank
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