From the Heart

For any rabid sports fan whose fantasy is to someday own a professional team, let me tell you that it isn’t all fun and excitement. Yes, a lot of it IS fun and excitement — I don’t want to be a spoil-sport. It is definitely thrilling to watch your team take the court or the ice or the field – the team that you have spent months building and worried over for months (sometimes years!).
Watching the players come together in a winning game is a real high. Getting into the playoffs is even more thrilling. And, of course, a championship is beyond words.
But, there are the games that also tear your heart out (well, that is a bit strong). There are definitely the games that you need to win that will make a difference toward the end of the season; the ones you need to get into the playoffs and the ones that position you in the playoffs. By this time, you are dreaming of going the “whole way.”
And, no matter how realistic you try to be, your mind is taking you there. And the media and league are beginning to pay attention and put you on national television, even on a Sunday afternoon. This is big!
So now you are past worrying about the injuries and downtimes – all you want to do is win, win big and win with flair. You want to show the world how great you are!
And then…what? After forty-six years in this business, I can still say “what?” Who knows what will happen? Of course, all the experts will seek answers but there are so many variables, so many possibilities, and so many theories. And which is the right one?
Now, I’ve told you the reason so many people love sports world wide. It is the fact of not knowing; not being able to predict the result. It’s the surprise that gives it the thrills.
What fun would it be to know the result before you start? It’s the anticipation at the beginning of each game and the surprise ending that makes sports forever exciting.
However, there is a price.
And that can be a miserable, gut-wrenching loss. And as an owner, you never get over it.
Ouch!