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To: koan who wrote (530)	7/21/2024 12:52:53 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 617

For better or worse, you are talking about "human nature". The way I explain this to people is what I call the lifeboat example. Once you've made it on the lifeboat, you sure as heck are not getting off. Further, it's to your benefit and everyone else on said lifeboat to make sure you remain there and that the lifeboat remains seaworthy (i.e. there's a limit to who you allow to join you). It's also human nature to convince yourself you deserve to be on that lifeboat... or at least nobody else could possibly be more deserving. Team sports in general are completely subjective. Unlike the lifeboat example, the so-called clique you are talking about consists of the athletes who have ascended to the top of their sport over the past two decades. Was the NBA a clique when they rejected Dominique Wilkins, Isiah Thomas, Reggie Miller, and Clyde Drexler for the 1992 Dream Team? And these guys were not rookies, but bonafide Hall-of Famers! - Jeff Dominique Wilkins, Isiah Thomas, Reggie Miller, and Clyde Drexler Dominique Wilkins, Isiah Thomas, Reggie Miller, and Clyde Drexler