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Grubb Young
Due to the advent of the 24/7 sports activities networks, reporter must find stories to fill all those hours when the games aren't being played. Enter the stories of athletes acting poorly. Different people have various definitions of what constitutes poor behavior. The definition might range from obviously poor actions where the athlete physically assaults someone to situations wherein the athlete has just behaved a bit goofy but in a way that some may call "inappropriate." Several elite athletes spend lengthy periods of time away from the house. No matter how cozy a mattress they might have back home, if they're traveling or otherwise away, they're most likely not going to get to sleep all that well each evening. Lengthy road trips mean they'll not have access to nice memory foam mattresses each evening. Depending on the sport, they may sleep on the smaller twin mattress size for a night, followed by an evening on the full mattress size, followed by a week on the twin mattress size again. So it's sometimes surprising that these elite, world-class athletes, regardless of sport, are able to perform at or near their peak when the circumstances work against them. Most individuals have the benefit of a great evening of rest on their own comfy mattresses to cope with the world. Yet the athletes are expected to be at their greatest whatsoever the occasion and in all circumstances. Some of them wind up acting a little goofy occasionally. They draw attention to themselves or make outrageous statements to the reporters who cover their sports activities. Or they take part in "team-building activities", for example hazing rituals. The hazing rituals are "traditions" in sports activities on many levels. In major league baseball the tradition on some clubs is for the rookies, at some point late within the season, to go around dressed in dresses. Pro football traditions include making the rookies carry (or wear) the shoulder pads for the veterans. Some clubs vary the rookie hazing. One time it may be shaving the rookies' heads. Then the next season it may be giving the rookies Mohawks and yet the third seasons the hazing may be to give the rookies a "Friar Tuck" style cut. The smart rookies are the ones who maintain their silence and go the game (as long as it isn't physically threatening). Given the travel and other adverse circumstances for athletes, it's a wonder they're as productive as they are. After all, they like to have their nights on the comfy mattress even during the worst of occasions.
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