Posted on Nov 24, 2016
How important was sports in your Company, Battalion or Brigade?
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MAJ David Vermillion
Most places that I was stationed at it was never a big deal until my final destination prior to retirement and there was this LTC that had sports on his plate 24/7. It became a negative thing with me.
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There are only a few teams that were prominant ont he ships......Alabama and Florida State. You had your few in between like UT (Hook em!!), Notre Dame, UCLA, Duke, etc. but hearing "roll tide" was enough to give me a headache.
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MAJ David Vermillion
I love sports a lot, but it's a game win or lose and the sun rises in the east the next day. I have known people that when their team lhas lost a game they wouldn't go to work the next day because they didn't want to hear about how they lost. It's very depressing to lose to some people. Their whole world changes based on a game. I see it as entertainment.
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To some people have done some drastic things based on their favorite team. I have faves myself but wouldn't bet with money because things can change so quickly.
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I wouldn't say it was important to the level that sports came before mission because the mission is always first. But we did have a bunch of competitive teams that we could play for whether it was soccer, basketball, football, golf. We have a baseball field, but I don't recall us having a baseball league. But sports was encouraged since it's great for PT and builds up camaraderie and unit cohesion.
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MAJ David Vermillion
Sounds like it was kept in its perspective. I once served in a unit that the commander seem to care more about sports trophies than the mission.
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