Huh? (a) The tragedy doesn't "belong" to anyone. It is an event, not a thing. (b) How we acknowledge it is up to us as a community.
(a) If you really want to get into the weeds of vocabulary, "belong to" in the sense that something... in this case, yes, an event... being a part of us.
(b) OH... well... then... we agree... it
is indeed a
community thing.
The uniform is worn by the players and if that is how they want to acknowledge it then I do think it should be their choice.
Huh? You just said it is a community thing.
So, you're asserting that because players wear the unis, they should get to choose on that basis?... after all, none of the alumni wear the unis.... none of the other fans wear the unis... none of the rest of the community wears the uni... so, it's left to the players exclusively.
That's your position, right?
They may not chose to do that every year and I would be fine with that as well. We haven't always done group runs to Spring Hill. We used to have a banner that hung in the south end zone that said, "from the ashes of tragedy, to the glory of Champions" that hasn't been there for a long time. Just because it is started doesn't mean it has to be there forever more. The only group that does that is the US Congress.
Indeed, it doesn't. That's not my point.
May I try again? My point is that you know that you're setting this up in a way that will automatically mean the 75 will be on the helmets forevermore, simply because no group of players is ever going to be that group of players who were so apathetic or unfeeling to be the ones who didn't want it on their helmet.
So, it's a rhetorical strategy on your part to hide behind this "let the players decide" premise. It's a thinly-veiled attempt to get things the way you want them in perpetuity, without wading into the substance of the argument that making something routine, by definition, makes it less than something special.