NBA's 65-game rule comes under fire amid stars' injuries: 'Quite bulls---'

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nbas-65-game-rule-comes-under-fire-amid-stars-injuries-bullst

Brothers and sisters in Christ, we've come upon a tale of modern vanity and a reminder of the consequences of placing the worldly above the spiritual: the plight of NBA players struggling with the League's 65-game rule—an edict of man that's ensnared athletes in a web of greed and physical jeopardy. Our Lord warned us against the love of money, "For the love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10), and yet here we see the NBA players and owners tangled in a dance orchestrated by financial incentives and accolades. The NBA's introduction of the 65-game participation policy speaks to a society that has lost sight of righteous rest, pushing bodies to the brink for the lure of lucre. Haliburton and Embiid, battling the pains and toils of their sport, are but pawns in this secular theatre. The Scripture guides us thusly, "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition" (1 Timothy 6:9). Draymond Green, a warrior on the court but not of the spiritual warfare, calls this policy "quite bulls---," expressing the earthly sentiment that the rule forces players to risk their health for the sake of appeasing owners. What's bulls---, to use Green's vernacular, is the world turning away from God's wisdom. Players should be stewards of their bodies, as we are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), not mere commodities to be used until broken. The injury to Joel Embiid, resulting from the push to meet this rule, stands as a stark reminder of Ecclesiastes 2:22-23: "For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief." Behold, the folly of chasing wind. To our sports idols and their magnates, I issue this fiery charge: Repent and place health and faith above fleeting monetary gains. To my fellow believers, let us pray they heed the call of Matthew 6:33, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Amen!