Some gotta win, some gotta pout

 Something really distressing is going on with young male athletes, and of course it comes right back to their raising.

We're talking about competitors refusing to shake hands. You see it in high school and college football games, where the captains meet at midfield for the coin flip before the game. One team's leaders will reach out their hands for a shake with their opposite numbers, and the other guys just lock their elbows, maybe shake their heads.

It's a trend...

See the guy in the Iowa wrestling uniform? That's Mikey Caliendo, up until now the pride of Geneva, Illinois. In the past weekend's NCAA wrestling tournament, Mikey lost again to Penn State wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink. Mesenbrink's record against Caliendo now stands at 9-0. But the really bad thing is that instead of congratulating Mesenbrink on earning his second individual national title on Saturday, callow Caliendo spurned the handshake he was offered by the winner, keeping his paws in his pockets and not even acknowledging Mesenbrink.  

If I could talk to young Caliendo, and right now I don't think I'd care to, I would tell him to pull himself up to his full 5'8" height and act like somebody. It might take decades, but the chances are he will grow up one day and look back with regret on the day he had the chance to be a man and instead acted like a petulant boy. Right now, he has the irritating countenance of a spoiled brat who has always been told he's the best and demands a recount if he loses, "because it was rigged." 

If I could talk to his coach, I would tell him that "Mikey" needs additional training in areas far off the mat.