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On Ohio State basketball
To Brian: Some might say that Ohio State basketball just quit. Losing isn’t good, but not wanting to even compete is worse. Wishing they could play in the NCAA or NIT but are too banged up to play in the Crown, which starts more than a week later, sounds like logic all too often used in politics. The coach is angry that they did not make the NCAA Tournament, but maybe he should be more concerned with losing 15 games and how many players will it be to the portal? These postseason tournaments have become like many bowl games in December that are meaningless, but there are teams who stumbled worse and are still willing to step into the arena. Trying and failing is not failure. Failing to try is.
Dennis Singleton, Dayton
To Dennis: To all who are trying to decide if it is a good idea to pass on postseason games, I recommend you watch Tom Crean’s spicy rant on ESPN about coaches who choose to turn down the games: “If a guy doesn’t want to play, go sit down. If a coach doesn’t want to coach, go recruit. But there’s got to be enough people to put five, six, seven people on the floor and go play. It makes absolutely zero sense to me.”
On politics in sports letters to the editor
To Brian: For the last two Sundays, your sports column has unfortunately turned into a political one. Many of us come here for sports, but when people jump on here to rant, these rants must be answered, not always from neutral editors but at times from readers. Last week, in discussing an article about the religious statements of our football Buckeyes, statements disrespected by few if anyone, of any faith or no faith, but words and beliefs which apparently brought the team together, Jim Parent implied that…
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