Often, (to be honest, far too often), we as fans of the various collegiate sports will discuss events around the Auburn campus and in competition to which our teams are represented and include phrases like ‘free ride’, ‘full ride’, and ‘scholarship players’. We will then point to superficial aspects of team media events, what these individuals eat, where they live and how well or poorly they performed in competition while wearing burnt orange and navy blue. We express ‘disappointment’ and ‘disillusionment’ at losses and often are less than appreciative even in victory with phrases like ‘well, we SHOULD have won that one,…’
Yet amid the triumph and trials of any organized sport there are in addition to high achievement sometimes demoralizing disappointment.