If I Lost Like That I Might Do More Than Cry

As I was reading sports betting messages boards after those amazing games alot of people wanted to laugh at Adam Morrison and JJ Redick for crying on national television after their team lost. Brilliant topics such as “CRYING FEST!!!! MORRISON AND REDDICK…WHICH IS MORE PATHETIC?!?” What’s pathetic is the person who started that thread. What’s wrong with crying in sports? Alot of athletes cry when they win. Tears of joy they say and it’s always perfectly okay. Cry when you lose and you’ll be called a baby. I have to completely disagree.

I felt for Adam Morrison. I know all he wants to do is win. Everyone saw the camera zoom in on his face once UCLA finally led in the game. Yeah he probably shouldn’t have started to cry even though there was still time left in the game. That move has everyone baffled. Maybe he just knew at that time. When the buzzer sounded, he sat on the court, covered his face, and fell over. That says it all about how shocking that finish was.

That guy plays with heart and gives everything he has. He talks alot of trash, looks goofy but he backs it up with serious game. I bet he’s still crying. He’s only human. When you put your heart and soul into something for years to only have it end like that is terrible. He hates losing that bad. You want a player who’s that competitive. To lose a game like that would make me speechless for days. I wouldn’t leave the house. I wouldn’t want to eat. At least we know he gives a shit and is not just thinking about the $$$ he’ll be making next season. It’s not a disgrace for crying on national television. It’s a disgrace when you see a Marcus Vick type stunt on national television.

With JJ, the same can be said for him. He’s just as competitive. His college basketball career just ended. JJ had a horrible game and maybe he cried also because he knew he didn’t leave it all out on the court. Let the man cry if he wants. It sucks to get so close and lose. That’s why teams play in the NCAA tournament. It’s to win a championship and if you’re a true competitor anything less breaks your heart.

Of course some athletes don’t cry. Doesn’t mean they don’t care as much. We’re all different. Adam, JJ, and surely more of their teammates just had too much emotion and had to let it out.

So take it easy on athletes that cry on national television. If those jokers can’t understand this most natural human emotion, then I can only assume they have never given their all to something very important and then to be incredibly disappointed. I’m happy their life has been so free of such difficulties. The whole world isn’t as nice to the majority of us.