When in Rome...

I was originally going to write about how badly the Yankees lost to the Indians this past weekend. (Which, I might add, I found hilarious!) 

Then I stumbled across this Norman Chad article and it got me thinking. 

Is America like the Roman Empire?

Rome wasn't build in a day, neither was America. 

Rome was the power of its era, America is the power of its. 

Rome loved sports, America loves sports. hmmm.

The newly opened Yankee Stadium, a cool 1.5 BILLION dollars to build, and the Mets new ballpark, Citi Field, $800 million to build, both opened the same weekend... during the second biggest recession our country has seen, ever!

Now I am as big a sports fan as anyone, I'll be the first to admit that. But at what cost do we as Americans lose ourselves in a game?

Both of those newly opened parks were mostly paid for by taxpayers. I think that taxpayers money should be used more wisely, say, for education. 

I do think that during a time like this, with the economy bad and joblessness reaching record numbers, that sports is a great escape from everyday worries and trouble. But what family can afford to take a trip to see the Yankees play when ticket prices are in the hundreds?

I think that education is the backbone of any good country, and our backbone is suffering from scoliousis. Our backbone appears to be sports. And so we cut school programs, under pay teachers and have our tax dollars pay for plush new stadiums and million dollar contracts. 

I think America needs to re-focus what is important, especially during times like these.

I love sports as much as anyone, but I don't want to have my future children growing up in an unintelligent, sports run world. 

I think sports should be an escape, entertainment and be played for fun. But not at the expense of future generations.