Ok, Dutch Fork and Clemson fans, listen up.

You may not like what you’re going to read, but you ought to read it anyway.

Our question: Is the continuing dominance of a few teams in all sports good or bad for sports in general?

I say yes to the latter, but don’t have the first clue about how to fix or change it.

The Silver Foxes under head coach Tom Knotts has dominated Class 4A and now 5A high school football for more than 5 years. The teams are made up mostly of the same caliber of talent available to other schools Dutch Fork’s size.

How is it that Dutch Fork runs over them, score a zillion points a game and shut out opponents.

The same is true for the Clemson and Alabama football teams. Coaches Dabo Swinney and Nick Saban have developed recruiting and coaching systems that mow opponents down.

Before this year’s national title game, it was so unthinkable that Alabama could lose that the bookies gave them the odds – but not by a wide margin.

To everyone’s surprise but Clemson’s coaches, fans and players, the Tigers not only won this year. They made Alabama look like high schoolers.

Alabama fans were disappointed, a few disgusted.

“Can’t anybody here play this game,” they asked.

It may be great for the fans of great teams, but is it bad for football?

I would like to feel that on any given day or night, a favored team can be upset.

3-Point Heaven

With March Madness weeks away, it looks like the Atlantic Coast Conference buzzsaw will rip through the rest of the pack again.

Virginia is number 1, but Duke and North Carolina are right behind and contenders.

In the NBA, the rise of the Golden State Warriors after years of mediocrity is because of 3-point shooting. If you’re good at it, you suck the defense out of the paint and open up scoring inside.

Why Golden State is so good at it isn’t the question. Why other teams have not been able to copy or defense them is the real question.

Is the Warrior dominance good or bad for basketball?

Other dominators

For years, the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. Millions of fans hated the Yankees so much they would have pulled against them if they were playing the Russians.

In pro football, the New England Patriots have become the NFL’s nemesis.

They are in danger of setting new records in almost any category you can name. But they aren’t unbeatable.

The L.A. Rams came close for 3 quarters this year and the Eagles won last year.

But is Patriot dominance good for pro football?

I don’t know. But football attendance and TV viewing are in decline.

The NFL has sought parity with a player draft that lets the poorest teams pick first. Has it worked. Perhaps a little.

Do fans want parity? I’d say most of them do.

They want a team they can pull for that has a chance.

What’s your thinking?

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