Guo writes:
Please further explain these sentences – He doesn't believe in fines; he believes in benchings. Guys make too much to care about fines, he says. Burying them gets their attention – from your column From the Old School (February 5, 2008). I don't quite understand what they're about, especially these words, "fines", "benchings" and "burying".
My comments:
These things you pick up by osmosis, or gradually – after meeting them time and again. This is where hobbies come into play.
"Fines, benchings and burying" are concepts of NBA basketball. If you're not a basketball fan and don't give a hoot about what Yao Ming is up to etc, close this window and read something else. On the other hand, if you are a basketball fan, you'll probably want to find out more about them. And you know what, if you follow the news, you are likely to see these words every once in a while. That's what I mean by saying you can pick up new words or expressions by osmosis instead of, say, having to look every word up every single time – and tire yourself out in the process.
Being a basketball fan and having just watched the All-Star Game, I find myself in a good mood to further explain these terms – fines, benchings and burying. So here you go.
When players don't observe team rules, a coach has a few punishment measures to mete out. He may fine them a certain amount of money. Or he may bench them, that is, to sit them on the bench instead of letting them play. The coach in the story being from the old school, he doesn't believe in fines. To his way of thinking, today's players make way too much money to care about fines. Shaquille O'Neal, for example, makes $20 million a year. Is he going to care if his coach fines him, say, 5,000 bucks for missing a practice? No, a few bucks lost is not going to catch his attention.
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