If I had to choose between having fresh drinking water and watching Duke women’s field hockey and having no fresh drinking water, I think I would choose the drinking water, but damn it would be close. Well, the administrators of Duke and UNC have that unbelievably difficult decision in front of them, and they are choosing women’s field hockey.
First and foremost, the universities are watering FAKE GRASS, or astro-turf, to make the surface “more-playable.” Second and second foremost, the grass gets watered before practice and games while the city has 69 days of water left before their supply runs completely dry. Third and third foremost, this is fake fricking grass, that doesn’t need water to live and it is getting watered in to make the field "more playable" for a sport that very few people besides the players and coaches actually care about.
But don’t worry, Duke’s field hockey coach Beth Bozman is doing her part:
"I drive a hybrid, and I recycle," Bozman said. "I’m as green as anybody. I understand."
Well la de da Mrs. Beth Gore, I am sure the fact that you drive a hybrid will be of great comfort to the residents of Raleigh-Durham when they are bathing in local streams and constructing cisterns to harvest rain water to drink. This is like when your buddy tells you, “I’m not racist, I used to work with three black guys,” after making a racially insensitive comment.
"We made a commitment that we would not water at our homes," she said. "We’re very empathetic to the needs of the community," said Bozman.
That’s fantastic that you have chosen to do that Beth, because the city of Durham has banned all outside watering for the entire population in the midst of this drought. While you may be empathetic Beth, I think you may be missing the big picture a little bit. Because while I am sure that the quality of this graceful game will decrease dramatically with an unwatered field, the 25 people at the game (a number that includes both teams and coaches) probably won’t even notice.
The Angry T
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