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July 4th in the United States has passed, and the usual pomp and circumstance of cookouts, get-togethers and overall admiration for the founding of the country cappedy by fireworks the following days after went relatively fine. But in the SC high school sports Twitterverse (because that is a thing) a major discussion attempted to take place between Jim Baxter, who runs SC Varsity, and Coby Cornelius, a rising senior football player at Spring Valley in Columbia, SC.  In short, what could have been was a generational-crossing discussion between two people with two very different perspectives and life experiences, and how it helped shape their views, and, possibly, lead to personal growth for both, and those witnessing it. What happened was one man resorting to simplistic talking points, and an excercise in the freedom of speech and how it relates to consequence-free speech ensued.  In short, Baxter posted a harmless, love the founders type post typical on the day. Cornelius then posted t

Is it safe to come out? Are things back to normal? Yesterday I popped my head out to do my best  Punxsutawney Phil impersonation to see if the world had stopped burning. It had not.  So six more weeks of pandemic? What? It has been five months!?! Back in March I opined on how the Coronavirus had drastically effected the sports world. You can read it in the link below if you like (please). LINK: Coronavirus ends sports as we know it Back then, many sports leagues postponed or cancelled their seasons.  To be honest my initial thought was by the time fall rolled around things would be calmed down, people would have taken the proactive, recommended advice by doctors and scientists and things would be over by July. Apparently I highly underestimated many's goals of achieiving the coveted Darwin awards. With the school restart date looming, it is uncertain at this point if students will be able to go back at all in South Carolina.  And the first domino has fallen for that to become a rea