THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I think I'm the best fighter ever. I respect Sugar and Sugar Ray Robinson. But as of now, I feel I'm the best."
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Fact: The original Roman Coliseum seated around 50,000 spectators. —Rutgers Law Review
THE MORNING BREW
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How much did Allen High School's football stadium cost?
Modern athletics still 'bloodsports'
I stood in the basement of a buddy's house on Saturday night watching the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero. It was standing room only; all of the guys crowded around the TV, the girls in the back wondered why no one was talking to them.
It was then that I realized how primitive the situation was. It was men enticed by a sport where one male exerts dominance upon the other. It was a return to the days of Circus Maximus and the Roman Coliseum, gladiators entertaining the masses through ruthless combat.
"Money" Mayweather won again, a unanimous 12-round decision sustaining his status as an unbeaten fighter. It wasn't the gruesome scene that one would expect from gladiatorial combat, nor a huge haymaker that would eerily drop a grown man to the floor. But, it was a reminder that what we call professional sports is really just modern-day bloodsport.
Take football as our study case. The
biggest, fastest and strongest athletes thrive in one of today's most physical sports. The collisions from these players have drawn enormous attention from the league as well as the public in recent months, highlighted by the brain-trauma induced suicide by former NFL star Junior Seau. In January, the Seau family sued the NFL over his death.
Modern arenas and stadiums resemble the early designs of the Roman Coliseum. The University of Southern California football stadium is even dubbed "The Coliseum". In the
same way that the Romans met and surpassed the challenges of engineering, owners of professional teams and universities around the country have pushed the limits of the venues.
No state represents this trend better than Texas. I'll leave the opinions to you, but I recommend feasting your eyes upon these Lone-Star football palaces: Allen High School, Texas A&M's Kyle Field renovation plans, and Cowboys Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Sports have become a game of survival of the fittest. The biggest and fastest players make money playing a game, and the smartest owners make the money off those players. Boxers such as Mayweather are the simplest representation. He made $32 million for beating up on Guerrero. He has proven himself a quick fighter, and his dancing around a multitude of Guerrero's punches supports this.
Many boxing critics say Mayweather is the pound-for-pound king of boxing. We may be watching one of the best boxes of a generation, maybe of all time.
But as we continue to watch man beat up man, using various types of equipment to distinguish how we title the sport, we subconsciously revert back to our primitive selves. Throngs of people find pleasure in watching others collide with one another, beating and bruising opponents. Hey, it's sports. We're just following our lineage.
- Edited by Brian Sisk
This week in athletics
Wednesday
Williams Education
Fund
Houston Football
Preview party with
Charlie Weis
7 p.m.
The Armadillo Palace
Thursday
Friday
Williams Education
Fund
Dallas Football
Preview Party with
Charlie Weis
6:30 p.m.
Dallas Market Center
Women's Golf
Central Regional
All Day
Norman, Okla.
Softball
lowa State
4 p.m.
Ames, Iowa
Baseball
Kansas State
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Saturday
Women's Golf
Central Regional
All Day
Norman, Okla.
Track
track Georgia Tech Invitational All Day Atlanta, Ga.
Softball
Iowa State
Noon
Ames, Iowa
Baseball Kansas State 2 p.m. Lawrence
Women's Golf Central Regional All Day Norman, Okla.
Sunday
Track
frack Georgia Tech Invitational All Day Atlanta, Ga.
Softball
lowa State
Noon
Ames, Iowa
Baseball
Kansas State
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Tennis
NCAA 1st/2nd round
TBA
TBA
Monday
Williams Education Fund
Football Season Ticket Select-A Seat All Day Memorial Stadium
Williams Education Fund
Football Season Ticket
Select A-Seat
All Day
Memorial Stadium
Tuesday
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