Why Do This...

Even though my playing days are long over, loooong over, I am an athlete. That was always the easy part, if you can count training, playing through pain, and dealing with loud mouth coaches as easy... Trying to make sense of what happens between the lines, as well as those that happen just outside of the world of sports, including the behavior of athletes, coaches, and the all-knowing governing organizations in control...now that's the hard part.

Following my natural curiosity to analyze almost any and everything and using my background in Sociology; I try to analyze, understand, and develop solutions to the many situations that athletes find themselves in, whether intentional or unintentional. Whether it is the role of coach, psychologist, sociologist, mentor, or mediator I try to be them all in understanding the how's, why's, and what for's.

Everyone has an opinion from local barbershops, to country clubs, to spas as to what the athlete did wrong, why they did it, who is at fault, and how to fix the situation...mostly misguided blame and solutions, if you ask me.

Race, gender, class, geographic region, educational institutions (yes, athletes receive an education...well sometimes.) and so much more play a huge role in how well prepared athletes will be for situations that are faced on the field of play and off. Athletes knowing how to handle themselves, their money, and their personal lives can often keep them on the Sports Page and off the Front Page. My goal is to dig deep into some of the pressing issues athletes are facing today, see why situations arise, how to solve them, and how to keep them from happening again.