The Missing Brain

Is it possible for a person to be as ignorant as Skip Bayless?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bayless/050915&num=0

I have never seen a sportswriter so impervious to intelligence. What scares me the most about Bayless is his schtick is a thinly veiled cover of what he truly is, an overzealous fan with a soapbox.

My response:

Mr. Bayless,

It sickens me that you can endorse the 'win at all costs' approach highlighted in your most recent piece. While I don't prescribe to the Pollyanna mentality that all athletes equally weigh athletics and academics, the mercenary approach to athletics you laud would polarize University communities and be serve only overzealous fans like yourself. Intuitively, you dismiss the underage drinking and assualt antics of OU players, choosing a self-centered approach without considering college atheletes do not operate in a vaccuum, and their actions/misdeeds influence others. I doubt you would take such a lenient approach if it was you our your son/daughter who was assaulted by an OU player, who was back on the sidelines thereafter.

Your depiction of athletes as being responsible to deliver a school wins degrades the hard work and dedication of true student athletes who sacrifice both in the classroom and on the field to be successful, and whose idea of success isn't a 10 win season, but a degree.

Sadly, your piece keeps with the tomes you have established, opting for sensational journalism over researched fact, and I made the mistake of reading/responding, at the cost of five minutes of my life. Thankfully, I will never make that mistake again.