What gave you the idea to do this book . What connection does it have with politics . Of a quirky paid hobby for 15 years. I have written a weekly football column for espn. Me tohers have asked write a book about football and i was flattered, but i thought, what could i add . There have been plenty of good books about teams and coaches and players. I realize the book that had not been written was a book assessing the role of football in american society. Young boys, teaching them how to be men, a lot of positives, public enthusiasm. There are a lot of negatives. Corrupting effect on publication education, public subsidies and so on. I wanted to seek an answer to the question, is football fundamentally good or bad for us . Secondarily, how should it be reform . Book, i noticed to get some strong personal opinions. I want to read one. This is in the middle of a paragraph. Today, most politicians are hacks what brought all that on in one paragraph . Wax congratulations for being able to p
Paragraph . Congratulations for being able to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority, knowing that word. That is in a section, a chapter where i ask whether football has become a cult. You see some evidence of this presented in the book. I am talking about coaches, coaches who have become revered figures in american life. In some cases, justifiably. For instance, if all men were like tony dungy, the world would be a better place. I think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. We dont believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy, intellectuals, etc. Coaches still seem like people who practice tough love. They seem like a good father would be. I think that has a lot to do with their high standing in society. You start out talking about a coach that you seem to like a lot. Who was that . Frank beamer of Virginia Tech. I knew that portions of this book would be very critical of football. I wanted to give a constructive example, too, a
Americans it used to be baseball. Baseball is still an entertaining sport but football now is the king of sports. What gave you the idea to do this book . What connection does it have with politics and washington and government . I have a quirky paid hobby. I write for espn mainly. And for those who read a book about football and like what could i have. Plenty of good books about coaches and teams and players. I realize the book that had not been written was assessing the role of football in the american society. The good young boys, teaching them how to be men. A lot of positives. The public enthusiasm, football causes. A lot of negatives. Public subsidies, and so on. I wanted to weigh the two and try to find answer the question, is football fundamentally good or bad for us . And secondarily, how should it be reformed which is when the book came about. It builds up to a chapter of reform agenda. Also, it gives strong personal opinions. I want to read one. This is in the middle of it a
Approved, the Commission Must grant conditional authorization allowing the formula retail use within this umu Zoning District. The department believes that it is a necessary or desirable project because it will not affect the concentration of formula retail uses existing within the contiguous umu Zoning District because it is replacing an existing formula retail use. Because the project will improve the pedestrian experience along bryant street, and because the project is consistent with the planning code and showplace square, potrero area plan, and the general plan overall. Therefore, the Department Recommends approval of the project with the inclusion of the following conditions in addition to those included in the draft motion, and this is whats listed on the handout that we presented. New condition number 1 would be Planning Department staff shall continue to work with the project sponsor on the design of both the bryant street facade and the facade facing the parking lot to assure
To meet the standard of our city rather than us conforming to whatever their Business Model is. Thats the reason i attended the preapplication meeting and thats why ive been in communication with project sponsors. Ever since then to try to assure that this had a greater street presence to what they originally proposed. Bear in mind those fancy architectural renderings youre looking at are only appropriate if youre in a helicopter hovering over the project site. The reality on the ground is blanch street is a oneway street going eastward towards the embarcadaro. And in general, what you will see on the ground is the backside of this project and the blanch street frontage. So, if you do approve this project, please ensure that bryant street gives back something to the community. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello, my name is rick carp, im the president of Cole Hardware here in San Francisco and im asking you to please reject this project based on the formula retail issues. Its bee