Football?

Still reading fences....and i have been noticing something very...stereo-typical....

Back when reading "Buried Child" by Sam Shepard, Tilden the "once golden boy" of the family...used to play football.
Now in Fences, Cory (troy's son) is of to collage playing football.
I haven't read alot of the play...but I sorta think that Cory is supposed to b the golden boy too.
A kawinkie-dink? I THINK NOT!
It seems to be apearing that throught literature the "golden boy" is always playing football!
I play football, and Im the goldden child! (ok, im the only child....but same diffrence)

Football is known to us as : "The male dominant sport". I think football is used to symbolize the dominant male. I mean....even though in Buried Child, Tilden was actually one of the more waeker characters...I think it still to symbolism that.
Tilden was ONCE the golden boy....he isnt anymore. Also just like he doesnt play football anymore. In fact, no one could remember what position he played! It resembles them forgetting who was dominant. who was in-charge...who was good, and pure. When falling from grace, its like taking mud an smearing it on your face. Its disgustiong. Nobody likes to watch it happen. nobody does anything about it. Nobody wants to. Thats why we foroget. We forget the good. We foroget the greatness of a person. We forget all the good deeds a person does, and we only remember the one bad deed.
I predict that Cory will sort of be the dissapiontment in the family. Tryo says that Cory wont have a future in football because of the color of his skin. (true...i was forced to watch "brain's Song"aka, WORST ACTING EVER. i hated that movie SOOO much. i would soon chop of my fingers than watch it).I think that It symbolizes Cory, WANTING to be in charge. to be dominant, but he never will be. Like Tantalus reaching for the apples in his pool of misery in the depths of hell. He will always reach for them, but when he gets close to his desire...they move out of the way. He is an dwill always be forver tortured by his wants and dreams, because he sees it..but he will never have it.

Hayley Michelle