Racism In Football - The Solution

Last night we went to Lincoln to scrimmage a very fast and athletic inner-city team from a well respected, well established and well organized youth football organization. As many of you know I coach two teams this was my age 10-11 team, my younger team was on its own last night.

So the 2008 college football season comes to a close for the programs at the bottom. The off season will be filled with coaches looking for work and players looking for cheerleaders. No doubt the Detroit Lions coaching staff will be surveying the ranks of first worst schools scouring for players willing to continue their losing tradition.

With my Omaha program we have a process that seems to eliminate a number of the negatives. We have a select team, that plays in a league of other select teams. All other players not selected are put on teams that play in a league made up of players that were not chosen for their respective select teams. We have all the players from an age group practice together for a week. Then the coaches from the select team choose the team that they feel is appropriate for that players level of athleticism, maturity, size and aggressiveness.

In many places it might be possible to find merchandise of local Football Teams. But the sport doesn't follow such boundaries; you might not follow your local teams but probably one from a different continent. Same goes for a football star. Online retailers will deliver products from different parts of the world, no matter where you are for nominal fees.

At the professional level, teams that finish at the bottom refer to this time of year as the beginning of golf season. And given the paychecks of most players and coaches, they don't have to worry much about competing with retirees for tee times. The one disappointment in 2008 has been that in writing about the college game, the Sage can't slam the Detroit Lions. The pitiful old motor city franchise looks as it has finally blown all it's gaskets and not even the team ownership seems to care. At least Lions players get paid something for losing. Professional players have a paycheck coming in and a vacation to look forward to. At the college level though, players on losing teams are compelled to visit their respective Religious Studies Departments to seek inner peace. Their coaches seek employment.

I used this reasoning last Monday when the Eagles and Cowboys hooked up in Dallas for a pivotal NFC East match-up. All in Click Here all, it was an evenly matched game, with winning teams, aggressive defenses, good coaches, hot quarterbacks and the division title on the line. So why was Dallas a 7-point favorite? That's far from an even game in the eyes of oddsmakers.

The Scottish Premier League is different. There are 12 teams in the Scottish Premier League. The teams play each other 3 times to see who stays in the top half of teams. Another 5 games are played amongst the top half to decide who gets some European football action. Three places are allotted for European football. First and second placed teams go forth to play in the European Champions League and the third placed team is entered into the UEFA cup.