Re: Pitino Urged/Latest Trade Rumor... It's Time For Celtics Note s

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

I don't question an whether or not an athlete should maintain his body
during the offseason.  It's the comparison to Karl Malone, a notorious
workout beast, which I take issue with.  The fact that one doesn't live up
to those expectations is what I should have referred more closely to.

Cecil (working out like mad hasn't gotten the Mailman a ring yet)

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Meninno <Jim_Meninno@hotmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Pitino Urged/Latest Trade Rumor... It's Time For Celtics Note s


> ----- Original Message ----- From: Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> > When most everyone in the world is on vacation, they do whatever they
can
> >to  take their minds off of their job.  Athletes are not supposed to do
> that.
> > 365 days of the year, 24 hours a day, they are supposed to be the best
> > employee they can be.  And during the offseason, they should continue to
> > work like Karl Malone does.  Isn't that just a little bit of a double
> > standard?
>
> And all for, in the case of the NBA, a lousy three million dollars a year
on
> average, give or take.  I don't know, Cecil, but I think when you make
your
> living with your body (e.g. exotic dancers, models, basketball players),
you
> sort of need to take care of it 24/7.  It's an unfortunate consequence of
> your career choice.  It's not a uniform that you can take off when you get
> home from work and put back on again tomorrow.  What you do and what you
eat
> will affect how you can do your job, whenever you do/eat it.  I saw a show
> on TV about "body parts models".  You would not believe the lengths to
which
> these people go to keep their legs, hands, breasts, etc. looking lovely.
> How about a two hour nightly moisturizing routine.  How about not shaking
> hands with people.  "I never towel dry my skin after a shower, I let it
air
> dry".  Really, it made a professional athlete's regimen sound easy.  Have
> you ever read one of these "diaries" that players write on NBA.COM?  It
> reads like, "Got up around eleven, had breakfast, went to practice, came
> back, had a nap, went to the arena, got a massage, sat on the bench and
> didn't get into the game, came home, cashed my quarter million dollar
check
> for this month, played some video games...."  And, God bless them.  If
they
> can make that kind of a living doing what they do, more power to them.
But
> I'm certainly not going to feel sorry for expecting them to work out for a
> couple of  hours a day during their four month summer vacation.
>
> Jim
>