More coverage needed
5/14/2010

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Why do cross country and swimming get less coverage than football and basketball while they're equally entertaining and exciting, and the athletes work at least as hard? You could call me biased because I am a cross country runner and used to be a swimmer, but I think athletes and coaches deserve recognition. Cross country is a called a lonely sport because the course isn't packed with people like at a football game, while in reality there is the same amount of spectators, if not more, than at football games. Also cross country races are way more exciting than a football game. In swimming, the ecstasy of a win and the agony of a loss are similar. However, it is contained in a much smaller area and thus gets very loud, only building the suspense quicker. No race takes more than 10 minutes, and everyone cheers the whole time.
-Kurt Besemer, Endicott
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