It’s my show this week at alligatorSports because our main editor Jonathan Czupryn is at his brother’s graduation.
I’ll admit, it didn’t seem like a good excuse when he told me where he was going to be for the first time. I’m sure he could watch it online or look at the pictures on Facebook — let’s be honest, graduations are boring.
But as I sit writing this on Memorial Day, his excuse for throwing me into the editorial fire couldn’t be more worthwhile.
His brother Nick will graduate from Army, and he may one day be deployed into combat and defend the freedoms we all hold dear. The most important one to my current situation? Freedom of the press, or in other words: the very reason you’re able to read these words, and the very reason I’m able to write them without fear of government censorship.
Nick and his graduating class are the next wave of men and women that need to be celebrated every chance we get, not just yesterday when we made barbeque and hung out with family.
I write about games, and wins and losses, but the moment he walks across the stage, Nick Czupryn will be a champion.
So as Jonathan sits in New York, I’ll be here holding down the fort in the office this week running around like a chicken with my head cut off — and I couldn’t be happier about it.
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