A Great Sports Week

The highlight of our sports week was IU beating Purdue, but there were definitely other events recently that were exciting as well.  Two others that stood out involved two sports figures that neither Cal nor I have ever liked.  Cameron and Doug have been a little less critical of them, but even Meg and Brett have stated that these two athletes were ones that they'd be ok rooting against.  The first news revolved around Novak Djokovic, my least favorite athlete of all time.  He was slated to play in the Australian Open this week.  The  professional tennis committee was willing to overlook his unvaccinated status and let him  play in the Grand Slam event, but the Australian government was not.  As an outspoken anti-vaxxer, they were afraid that if Novak played in the tournament that it would give a voice to the anti-vaccine movement.  They also stated that they thought that young fans of his would be more likely to follow his example if he was allowed to play.  Thus, instead of seeking his record breaking twenty-first Grand Slam victory, Djokovic instead was deported.  None of us were sad to hear that as it gave the Heinisch favorite, Rafael Nadal, a chance to beat the record instead.  

Today's Packers vs. 49ers game was another highlight of this jam packed sports week.  After all of the hype surrounding Aaron Rodgers this season and the non-stop talk about him on the sports talk shows, his #1 seeded Packers lost in their first playoff game of the season.  An anti-vaxxer, who actually lied about his vaccine status, was openly critical of others.  He blamed everyone, but himself, for all adversities that he met this year.  Before the game, he stated that he hoped that the special teams didn't lose this game for them.  Yet, he never threw a touchdown pass in the 13-10 loss.  As soon as the game ended, our family group chat blew up with messages of enthusiasm for the 49ers and relief of being done with Rodgers for another year.  Cameron said at the end of the game, that it was rare that all of his teams did well in the same week.  He even thought about buying a lottery ticket to see if his luck held out.  No one may have hit it big financially this week, but it sure felt like it in the sports world.