ORLANDO, Fla. — As we all deal with the destructive impact of Hurricane Ian, let us hope those sports administrators in this state who have decided to reschedule, postpone or even cancel games have more compassion and common sense than former LSU athletics director Joe Alleva.
I have been chronicling sports for a long time, but Alleva may go down as the biggest idiot I’ve ever covered based upon his juvenile, irresponsible diatribe after former Florida Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley’s decision to postpone a game with LSU back in 2016 when Category 4 Hurricane Matthew was closing in on the state.
Even though Matthew skirted the coast and didn’t directly hit the state, Foley’s reasoning showed a sense of prudence and perspective. Because of the uncertainty of the hurricane’s path and the havoc it would wreak if it hit the state, Foley didn’t want to risk the major undertaking of hosting a bigtime college football game and diverting the resources and massive amounts of manpower that might be needed for hurricane rescue and recovery.
