The genie of YouTube and MySpace and FaceBook is so far out of the bottle that it will be impossible going forward to put it back, so that just about every kid who knows someone with a decent video camera and access to editing software can become an Internet legend, like Sam McGuffie, the Texas running back whose leap over an opponent is quite the rage.

But it doesn't necessarily make one an old fogy to wonder what effect all of this has on the college recruiting process, and by extension on high school sports, if every kid's highlight reel goes on the Web without any context about who these supposed miracles are being performed against. Even worse, what happens to the kids who don't have access to a Spielberg wanna-be with plenty of time on their hands and no shred of conscience?

By the way, one of the videos in the story linked here contains language that some may find inappropriate for themselves or for younger readers/viewers.