Presidential Ultimate

Which U.S. President would have been the best Ultimate player? In celebration of President’s Day (which by the way, deprived us of a day of Ultimate with temperatures in the 60’s!) I thought I’d give you my best presidential Ultimate Roster.

Okay, well the first guy I’m putting on the team is the first President, George Washington. C’mon, dude has height, will play in the cold (see Valley Forge), can wear a wig with style, and built a 2,250 square foot distillery (can you say team party?). Gerald Ford is also going to be on this team. Though he was caricatured often as clumsy, the guy was the center and linebacker on two National Champion Michigan teams so ‘nuff said there. Also, Ford is a “Spirit of the Game” kind of guy…please, anybody able to pardon Nixon? How about Zachary Taylor? His nickname was “Old Rough & Ready”. He gets points for being the first president born the in the self governed American Colonies and for being in the Whig party. John Kennedy is going to be on the team. I want somebody I can yell “Fitz” at. He was a PT boat sailor which is kind of close to Coast Guard small boats and we see all those pictures of him playing back yard football games. Also, he established the Peace Corps which probably drew from a similar demographic as Ultimate Players during its inception. We could use a good mountain climber on the team…so I’m taking Theodore Roosevelt (T.R.). Did you know he ascended Mont Blanc? He also gives our team half of the Rushmore presidents.

I’ll let you all debate over the two remaining roster spots. By the way speaking of presidents…There is a guy who has been serving as president since before any of us were born that has decided he “will not seek or accept” (sounding a little LBJish)…Fidel Castro. Maybe we should put him on the team too. That would be a particularly interesting team interaction, with JFK and Ford. But dude has some staying power…you have to give him that.

Hope everybody enjoyed their day off. See you out on the field.

Pull!