re: Rahim Alem and Tremaine Johnson

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then no I would not react like that.

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Seriouly, we are presumably older and wiser, and have hopefully learned a bit over the years about self-restraint and the consequences lack thereof can have not just for ourselves, but others as a direct result of our actions as well.

Young student athletes are often still learning these lessons in the hard knocks of sports. You can preach and teach at young people all day long - you know this - and they mean well ... and then somebody pokes 'em in the eye and they react in a boneheaded manner in heartbeat.

That's the bane of youthfulness - you know, like the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Johnson learned a hard lesson I doubt he'll ever forget, especially because it is a lesson that most likely cost him and his teammates a win in the last game of the regular season.

Mine came to us a little later in life than most people get them, and they've come in all shapes and sizes with distinctly unique personalities. Why on earth they do some of the things they do and have throughout the years is something I have to reach far back to my own childhood and teen/early twenties to have an iota of understanding for.

Kids will be kids and young student athletes will be young student athletes at the most inopportune times, won't they?

It's life and it's painful sometimes. But isn't that what parents always say about sports? It teaches our children life lessons, how to win and lose? That sort of thing? He's not my kid, but Johnson learned a very hard lesson Friday ... he's had to face his teammates in the locker room, on the trip back to BR and he'll be facing his classmates and the public as he moves about campus in the coming weeks.

If nothing else comes of it, let us hope those two young men learned lessons they and their team will profit from in the future.