Ah, ceremonies! Gotta love ‘em …
Twenty people were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame today. Among them were Florida State coach Bobby Bowden and Dancing With the Stars winner - ahem- I mean, Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith (Go Gators!). My congratulations go out to this year’s inductees.
I love halls of fame, especially when the worthy are inducted. That means I don’t love the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, because there’s a lot of unworthy performers in it, but I digress.
I love weddings, too. Speaking of weddings, Boise State tailback Ian Johnson will be getting married on July 28th. IdahoStatesman.com ran a story on it, and boy, do I feel sorry for his fiancee.
How romantic that she got proposed to on national TV after her honey scored the game-winning two-point conversion in the Fiesta Bowl on January 1st. I don’t feel sorry for her because of that. I feel sorry for her because NCAA rules have invaded the wedding planning.
It’s hard enough to plan a wedding that happens without any hitches, so that it becomes the day you’ve always dreamed of. But then there are these NCAA rules about accepting free or discount services, and who you can and shouldn’t accept gifts from. People who knew the player before he was a player can give a gift, but boosters shouldn’t.
I give the girl credit for going through with it, given all the extra constraints. If it were me, I’d be saying hey, honey, are you sure you don’t want to wait until after we graduate to get married?
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