Letter to the Sport Editor...Is Mr. Kumar displaying a level of crass elitism?

Letter to the Sport Editor…Is Mr. Kumar displaying a level of crass elitism?

Oct 30, 2012 Sports

Dear Editor,
I write in reference to a statement attributed to Neil Kumar, director of sport, as reported in your sports section in an article captioned ”Bishop’s win Digicel’s Schools’ Table Tennis Championships” (KN, October 27, 2012). Mr. Kumar was apparently one of the featured speakers at the closing ceremony of the table tennis championship referenced in the caption.
According to your newspaper, Mr. Kumar said that “The battle between Queen’s and Bishop’s showed us that we are progressing pass where we just depend on potential and talent. It showed us that intellect is also important for athletes in schools in sport,”…. When I read this asinine comment, I immediately wondered what world Mr. Kumar lives in. I even wondered if Mr. Kumar was displaying a level of crass elitism. I further wondered to what degree Mr. Kumar’s decisions are affected by his dangerous and insulting view of our nation’s school athletes who do not attend Bishop’s or QC.
Tell me, Mr. Kumar, do you honestly believe that the use of intellect was missing in our school sports until Bishop’s and QC displayed it during the just concluded table tennis championship? Or is it that you believe our school athletes don’t have or use any intellect if they don’t attend Bishop’s or QC or another “top school”?
People who know anything about sports know that getting to and staying at the top of any sport depends as much on the use of intellect as it does on the possession of talent or potential. So, for example, our country’s top school athletes in such tactical track and field events like the 400 and 800 meters got to where they are because they have always been prepared to use, and have been using, their intellect (brains) as much as their physical talent or potential.
It should also be noted that our schools’ top cyclists, cricketers, and footballers have also been using their intellect to succeed. But because these athletes are not normally from Bishop’s or QC Mr. Kumar has failed to notice or acknowledge that they have been using their intellect and their talent or potential to succeed.
Mr. Kumar owes our nation’s school athletes an apology for his insulting and derogatory view of most of them.
Lionel Lowe
Queens, New York

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