Though I too love Oregon football, I just don't understand the intractable feelings some of its hardcore fans express whenever the program is justifiably criticized.
Clearly, many of them do not understand the role of the press in society (as an aside I'll point out that the press often abdicates its own role in society, but that is not the issue here). They honestly seem to believe that the function of the Guard ought to be to lead the cheers for the home town team. Rah, rah.
I believe the Football Psyops Center at Oregon is an embarrassment, as I've noted for the record.
Other than giving too much license to the one interviewee who couldn't express an idea without cloaking it in a deliberate cliche, and the reliance on a military man who attempts to smooth over the base nastiness of war (the mention of the sanctity of the Geneva Conventions in the context of America's recent wars, or modern warfare in general, is absurd), the article makes some good points.
Yeah sure, football would be better if it was run like the military. Given its sometimes mindlessness, I think they're already too close.
That is as offensive to me as the Psyops Center.
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