Know When You're Old....

E.J. · 03-15-2013, 12:14 AM

....When you play the kids... We play in our Alumni BB tourney every year. It is the longest running Alumni Basketball tourney in the US & a fun deal every Spring. We made it out of pool play, a feat in itself...& tonight ran into a class 21 years younger than us. OUCH.... They were younger, faster, stronger, jumped higher, were quicker and better looking.

We were awarded 21 points related to age, by rule, and still lost by 16. My pride is a little hurt right now. I have kids not terribly younger than these pups... Oh they crushed us.

We use to be the young kids & now the years are catching up... All that said, love seeing all these guys and getting out and competing a bit. Funny how after an hour or so, everything gets in perspective. I remember running "the old guys" back in the day and wondering how they kept getting guys to come back... Meh....yea, we're the old guys....but we're still ready to lace 'um up.

I have muscle pains, where I didn't know I had muscle....

03-15-2013, 12:14 AM	#1
E.J. I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,218 Trading: (21)	Know When You're Old.... ....When you play the kids... We play in our Alumni BB tourney every year. It is the longest running Alumni Basketball tourney in the US & a fun deal every Spring. We made it out of pool play, a feat in itself...& tonight ran into a class 21 years younger than us. OUCH.... They were younger, faster, stronger, jumped higher, were quicker and better looking. We were awarded 21 points related to age, by rule, and still lost by 16. My pride is a little hurt right now. I have kids not terribly younger than these pups... Oh they crushed us. We use to be the young kids & now the years are catching up... All that said, love seeing all these guys and getting out and competing a bit. Funny how after an hour or so, everything gets in perspective. I remember running "the old guys" back in the day and wondering how they kept getting guys to come back... Meh....yea, we're the old guys....but we're still ready to lace 'um up. I have muscle pains, where I didn't know I had muscle....