Maybe We're Learning Again
The Brendan Sorsby decision reminded me why rules, reality, and community still matter in a world increasingly built on clicks and chaos.
The NFL’s decision not to hold a supplemental draft for Brendan Sorsby struck me as good news.
Not because I dislike Brendan Sorsby. I don’t know him. Not because I don’t believe in second chances. I absolutely do. But because somewhere along the way, we must have some semblance of order. The NFL didn’t ban Sorsby from football. They didn’t end his career. They didn’t tell him he could never play in the league.
They simply said something remarkably simple:
Not now.
The league cited the integrity of the game and the fact it had virtually no time to properly evaluate the situation. That’s not cruelty. That’s governance. I say, thank goodness.
Frankly, it feels like something we’ve been missing.
For the better part of the last decade, it has felt like every institution, every rule, every standard, and every boundary has been challenged. Sometimes for good reasons. Sometimes not.
Not just sports but like everything. Every aspect of life from school to work and church, etc. The result is a world where many people no longer know what to believe. Every day we’re bombarded with information. Headlines. Clips. Tweets. Videos. Outrage. Conspiracies. Half-truths.
The internet has become the greatest communication tool ever invented. It has also become the greatest misinformation machine ever created. EVER! It is creating so many people walking amongst who are literally brainwashed by bullshit.
Look around. That statement is hardly an exaggeration.
People often talk about elderly Americans being scammed out of their retirement savings. I don’t think that’s much different from what happens online every day.Instead of stealing your money directly, many bad actors steal your attention.
They steal your trust. They steal your reality. The currency isn’t dollars at first. It’s clicks. Engagement.
