The Women’s World Cup is starting this week. Just like previous tournaments, the U.S. women’s team is expected to go far in the tournament, or even win it all. But I’ll just be totally honest here, instigator athletes like Megan Rapinoe really, REALLY turn me off. So much so that I’m finding it hard to even hope the team succeeds. Like in some way if the team wins it validates her irritating and divisive personality. Thankfully there are lots of other women on the team, extremely talented, and not so divisive. It will be easy to cheer those women on. I guess this is a good example of how imperfect I am.
I want to love everyone. I want to be someone who’s kind, compassionate, generous. Someone who overlooks offenses and prays for his enemy’s. I’m not there yet. In fact, if the entire team were full of Megan Rapinoes, I’d be quietly rooting for whoever the opponent is. Kind of like I do with college football. Shhhhhhhhh, don’t tell my family! I went to Florida State but what they did in the mid-2010s, I just can’t forgive them for it. I revoked my loyalty, rejected my alliance, and for what it’s worth I did the same with Nike, too, as they were involved with the FSU stuff that ticked me off. Actually, it might be Nike that bears the majority of the blame. But, I’ll admit the movie Air is pretty great. I loved my Air Jordans in the early 90s. I loved the Seminoles from birth to their 2013 championship. But bridges have been burned, ships have sailed, bonds broken that will never be repaired.
Megan Rapinoe’s appearances (sports, interviews, etc) always leave a bad taste in my mouth, so it’s hard to be excited about anything she’s associated with… but I’m going to try. Let’s go, girls!
-Out of the Wilderness
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