That goes for the Sugar Mill Baseball Classic, even in a 17-0 rout.

That goes for the New City Nissan Goodwill Classic, watching Sarah Robinson as competitive in spirit as she was at states.

It even goes for the PIAA football combine held today at Saint Louis. Even without college recruiters, who are banned by the NCAA as of this year from attending combines. That's something paved with good intentions, but frankly, it's a dumbass rule. Why should recruiters from a university -- regardless of whether it has to do with football, biology or communications -- be withheld from seeing up close exactly what a prospect can do in real terms?

That would be like asking a university professor to avoid gaining complete information about a future doctor.

Anyway, the combine was fun to watch and interview a number of the kids was entertaining, even enlightening to a point. The student-athletes these days are savvy and well-spoken more than any time before. That's the power of media, particularly the internet. It's a good thing.

But minimizing the opportunities of local kids to get connected to potential recruiters ... that's blatantly anti-Hawaii. I hope Doris Sullivan, the Queen of Compliance at PIAA, follows through with the NCAA and sends in the request for an exception that would allow coaches to watch the combine up close.

My peeve aside, the pressure was definitely much lower than it was in the past when coaches from BCS conferences were on hand.

Just two months until fall camp begins. Two months. Holy crud.

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