Is there a major sports body that is not completely corrupt and greedy? NFL, FIFA, ICC, BCCI, NCAA, F1, IOC are all of same blood. Is there any sport that’s not been ruined by overlords?

We downloaded a bootleg copy of SATLUJ and started watching it tonight; the Indian government took down the movie from streaming platforms both domestic and internationally because it’s a biographic film based on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra who investigated human rights abuses and disappearances during 90s Punjab. The movie carried great reviews before being taken down by govt so naturally we had to see it. One hour in, i… stupendous.blog/2026/07/21/916

The teen can’t catch a break. Was diagnosed with costochondritis. So after this week’s swim, no more swimming for her for 6-8 weeks until her rib cage feels. Good thing that summer swim is almost over and regular swim doesn’t start until mid September.

On the other hand I am looking forward to our summer trip after the summer swim’s over this week. Last nights volunteering was brutal – started at 5:30 and ended around 10 because it was a tri-meet and kids from 3 different clubs were summing. It was the last B meet and it was packed to brim – the meet continued well in darkness and by the end parents were visibly tired and annoyed. Thankfully it was the last B meet!

Thanks to World Cup and summer swim over last few weeks I am completely out of loop on what’s happening in India and the protests I keep reading about. I am not ready to come back to normal life just yet.