As a Baylor alumnus and sports fan, I was pleased to
read a story on the Fox Sports website about men’s basketball coach Scott Drew’s
profoundly Christian priorities for his players. He actually said after a rough patch in the season,
"We may not win another game this year, and
I may be a horrible coach…but if any of these guys leave without knowing
Christ, that will be the real loss." The sincere Christian commitment of the coach
and the players is truly remarkable.
Truly disappointing, however, is the fact that Fox Sports
put on the very same webpage pictures of cheerleaders (not from Baylor) in
revealing outfits and immodest poses.
How sad that the network presents this story of faith in a way that is
contradictory to the faith itself. To
uphold Christian commitment while appealing to lust and objectifying women
reflects at the very least a serious misunderstanding of the sort of life to
which followers of Jesus Christ, such as Coach Drew and his players, commit
themselves.
Better not to
publish articles about a religion than to insult that religion by promoting it
in such a degraded way. Fox Sports should not denigrate the faith of Coach Drew
and his players by adorning their impressive story with inappropriate, contradictory
images. Whatever happened to simple decency?
http://msn.foxsports.com/southwest/story/baylor-s-extraordinary-season-has-left-lives-changed-031814
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