There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
People will say I'm an idealist. I hope so.