Obama's First Faux Pax
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I went to a football school, I have to admit it. I remember traveling to watch our game with Florida at their homecoming and winning, 42 to 3. When we came out of the stadium, our car was covered with garbage. On top of the heap was a littering ticket. Those were the days.
This past weekend, my team lost 36 to 0 to our cross state rivals. That loss was the first one to that rival in six years. Fierce battle. Big bragging rights. Huge. One of the teams is battling for the national championship this year.
Into all this our president-elect Obama steps with an opinion: the BCS poll doesn't work.
We figured that out back when my team was undefeated against all comers a couple years ago and didn't make it into the final for the national championship.
Obama says a play-off is the way to go. He might be right.
But my advice?
Football is too divisive an issue for any president to have an opinion about.
Stick with the fumbling stock market, Mr. President-Elect. No one has an opinion on that.
Reference
Curtis, Bryan. Obama's First Fumble. New York Times. 22 November 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/opinion/22curtis.html?_r=1&ref=opinion