These Issues Were Enjoyable and Enjoyable is Good — Protagonist Soccer

Originally run Monday, February twenty third by Luke Martin from his Stormwatch912 platform – permission given by Luke Martin to re-run on ProtagonistSoccer.com

So that is arduous.

My North Star of this weblog, my guideline, is that sports activities are purported to be enjoyable. We can take them severely and whereas there’s lots I’ve discovered about how the world works by way of sports activities, we begin watching and we hold following sports activities primarily as a result of they’re pleasing. I like watching athletes do unbelievable issues and, I’m assuming that should you’re studying this, so do you.

On this weblog, I’ve ranked cities primarily based on the place I’d wish to trip, I’ve written preseason sport tales like I used to be writing for a newspaper in 1910 and I yearly rank the handsomeness of the USL League One Managers. It’s all (hopefully) in good enjoyable as a result of the entire purpose all of us hold doing it is because we get pleasure from it.

There’s a purpose I ask my oldest to attempt to guess the Tormenta beginning lineup and gave it the grandiose title of “America’s Favorite Game” even if actually just one individual within the nation performs it. It’s enjoyable.

As Dr. Seuss wrote, “these things are fun, and fun is good.” That’s all the time been the purpose right here and I am unable to say I’ve all the time succeeded, however I’ve tried.

But this, this isn’t enjoyable.

I’m not naive sufficient to assume that sports activities are all enjoyable and video games, however we are able to take issues severely with out being severe about them. 

But typically I simply can’t do it. As a lot as I need to make some dumb joke or quote 30 Rock, now’s not the time for that. Sometimes the best factor and the arduous factor are the identical factor. (Huh, I assume I may do it.)

Regularly I inform folks when I’m overlaying a sport, be it Tormenta or a highschool soccer sport or no matter, that my largest worry is that precise information will occur whereas I’m there. It could also be egocentric, however I simply need to watch a sport, write up the recap and head house. I get pleasure from doing it.

In the off probability you have not heard the information, South Georgia Tormenta and the USL announced the team is suspending operations simply two weeks earlier than the 2026 season was to kick off. I’ve bought a full story on that over on the Statesboro Herald and would clearly admire should you went over there and browse it. 

Clearly the plan was to play in 2026.

You do not exit and signal back-to-back goalkeeper of the 12 months Sean Lewis should you do not plan on enjoying in 2026. You do not convey again Yaniv Bazini and his double-digit objectives with Tormenta in 2025 should you’re not planning to play and compete. 

But regardless of the plans to discipline a staff, it simply did not occur.