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But the manner in which they have conducted their business is all wrong. If the administration is truly concerned about how we feel, why don't they just ask? The dispensation of information is the best place to start; let us know exactly what the Trust is, what its goals...
And why not? Cashman's reaction was typical of the way sports people treat incursions by the real world into the sports community--an inevitable tendency to say that athletes' personal lives, or higher ideals, or commitments to virtues that aren't sports-related are forever more significant.
Ainge and Rivera, by contrast, are credited for their restraint, for sacrificing lucrative and successful careers in sports for the considerations of faith or family. But the irony in this distinction is that only athletes who have already achieved greatness can opt out with the laurels of commentators.
But sports needs people like Stephan Johnson. It depends for its persistence and appeal on athletes who are willing to sacrifice the real world--whether in the form of high school or college grades, family responsibilities or personal safety--for the sports world.
Stephan Johnson's death was senseless and preventable and tragic. But it was also symptomatic of a trope in the sports community: the only ones who can go out gracefully are the ones who don't need to stay.