Monday; November 20
Have you ever wondered why they play the game? With all the analytics available to sports teams today, they can feed facts and figures into a computer and come up with the projected outcome. So, why do we spend all the time and money to gather a crowd, broadcast the competition and cheer on our team to victory (or defeat)? The answer is because games don’t always go as scripted. While statistics might give us probabilities, the reality of things isn’t decided until the completion of the actual event. Circumstances change … some teams play over their head and others underachieve … injury, illness, social conditions come and go. Sure, we can play out something given a set of criteria, but competition isn’t based on computer model. As I thought about sports, I was led to a similar conclusion about life. Have you ever limited your activities because you thought the odds were against you? Did you ever belittle someone else’s chances because you could see before they even started tha