This year, stadiums have been full again. Masks, for the most part, are off. And yet it is hard to deny the feeling that we are at an inflection point in sports.
. The explanations for the phenomenon are murky and manifold: a reflection of better opportunities for some and impossible burdens for others. It also seemed, in some cases, connected with a post-pandemic reconsideration of what matters.
Superstar athletes, of course, don’t quit quietly. They have little in common with the job-switching and labor-force exits experienced by the rest of us. Still, it seems right that they should inspire some kind of existential reflection.
Athletes are often élite at compartmentalizing. Single-minded, they think in terms of sacrifices, but sometimes selfishly. They all experience the grind of preparation, and are subject to fans’ gladiatorial demands. And yet, set against that, are the sports themselves: the display of skills, of physical and mental mastery, of the satisfactions of coöperation and competition, of joy, pure and simple. Luck, as Wickersham describes, couldn’t stay away from football.
Luck’s old coach, for his part, is looking forward to dropping his son off at college and having the chance to visit a few universities with his daughter as she decides where to apply. Shaw wants to be in the stands at his son’s track meets. Maybe he’ll write a book, or be an analyst, or return to coaching one day.
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