Jesus Did not Play Sports

The winds of change are always blowing. I remember back in the 70's and 80's, sports were not for the weak. My cousin played High School football and he was a big boy....6'-6" and about 280 lbs. He had a bad play and the coach who was much shorter, grabbed him by the face mask and shook him into attention and laid a few choice curse words on him. Flash forward to today and wow have times changed. There are still a few tough coaches out there but to a large degree, the winds have blown God and Jesus into every football stadium in the land. There are prayers on the field with both teams joining hands and kneeling on the field and players wearing bible verses on their eye shadows and entire pre game shows highlighting players relationship and faith in God...."Tim Tebow". The quote from Mr. Tebow was that when something goes well, then it is God's will. My concerns are many. How about when things go poorly? Is that the will of the Devil? Also, how can we make such a big deal about and highlight the beliefs of Tebow or any other "Christian" and not allow any other belief systems to be shown? What if the next star is a Muslim or an Atheist? I am not anti religion but rather, I know that God has no favorite teams or players. I am further concerned over how players can exhibit a horrible attitude on the field and then be in the prayer huddle afterwards. I have coached kids basketball for several years and have experienced some of the worst attitudes and non "Christlike" conduct in the land. I have been cursed by other coaches and fans and pastors and I have had to break up fights and I have seen coaches encourage their teams to punch and foul and mock the other team to the point of tears. There is usually a prayer at the end and when I go through one of these games and the teams thank God for the Christian attitudes shown, I always want to laugh out loud. Can we not let sports just be what they are and not make them into a religious event? Sports are mini wars and war can not be made religious. Church ball is typically for the kids that do not make the School teams or in the case of softball, for folks who have long since outlived the glory days of youth. Practice your faith and play hard but there are no lives that will be changed by seeing college football players in a prayer huddle after the game.