Out With the Old and In With the New

Old:  replacing a cinder track with a tartan track.
New:  replacing a tartan track with a mondo track.

Old:  check cashing at McLanahan's. Risking a $5 bad check fee!
New: paypal on your cell phone. Accepting a 3% charge on everything.
Even Newer:  Bitcoin. Risking government men in black storming your dorm.

Old:  A 220 yard race on a straightaway.
New:  Huh?  (yeah, they used to run these on a straightaway!)

Old:   High jump heights measured with a stick (My dad for 40 years.)
New: Laser measured high jump heights.

Old:  Coach Groves scrawling workouts on a scrap of paper taped to the Rec Hall locker room door.
New: Texted workout instructions sent to your Dropbox account in the Cloud.

Old:  A phone call from your mom after practice you need to take in the dorm hallway.
New:  A text from the guy sitting next to you at the dinner table after your practice.

Old:  All cotton blues and grays. Workout clothes distributed by PSU Equipment Managers.
New:  What's cotton?  Under Armour compression everything made from petroleum products.

Old:  A Mashie on the fairway from 160 yards out.
New:  Paul Mundy's Beast from 350 yards out.
 
Old:  Cheating at the Coach Groves Golf Tournament.
New:  Cheating at the Coach Groves Golf Tournament (Some things stay the same.)