Brown Motion

It is true that complete health includes mind and body nourishment. To that extent staying active is a positive contributor to mental agility. That said the US education model of tagging excellence in marketable sports as a qualification criteria to the elite centers of learning aka universities has been a source of mystery to me. I guess saying source of mystery is rather nebulous when I know exactly why its done. To boost ratings and in turn drive more people (non atheltic kind) to spend more money at these institutions. The players in turn have a shot at going pro after college thereby earning unheard of monies. But it takes away the focus of imparting world class education and then securing a professional career - to building better bridges, better medicine, better foods. Instead you get a country that has the most Olympic medals ever. Is that a benchmark to pursue? For someone with an academic bent but lacking in the physical attributes then becomes a handicap since playi...