It's "March Madness" again for college basketball. Fans will rise to hoops nirvana over the next three weekends, though the vast majority will soon slide into the slough of despond when their teams bite the dust. I enjoy watching college basketball, and I do have two or three favorite teams. But I'm not a bracketologist. That's a term applied to people (usually guys) who have achieved some level of expertise in predicting the outcomes of the 32 games that lead to the "national champion." They use a schematic of the teams in he tournament, bracketed down to the final two. All 64 are winners or they wouldn't be in the NCAA tournament, but these next few weeks are designed to eliminate all but one team.
It would be hard to overestimate the impact of sports (college and pro) on our society today. Surely they must represent a huge segment of the GNP. I'll probably be glued to the TV for the Final Four with millions of others. Yet I can't help wondering if there's not a way to channel at least some of this enthusiasm, talent and money toward addressing a few of the glaring social ills that plague us.
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