Teaching the Wrong Lesson
Two private high schools were set to have a football game on Friday. But one of them forfiet. Because the other team was too big. Story here.
So what we learned today, kids, is that if the opposition is too big, if they are too scary, you shouldn't even try. Because you will lose, and could get hurt.
Excellent. Please continue with the wuss-ification of our kids. Thanks.
(Note: I asked Lewis how you spell wuss and he said, "what ever that private schools name is. that's the new spelling of wuss.")
So what we learned today, kids, is that if the opposition is too big, if they are too scary, you shouldn't even try. Because you will lose, and could get hurt.
Excellent. Please continue with the wuss-ification of our kids. Thanks.
(Note: I asked Lewis how you spell wuss and he said, "what ever that private schools name is. that's the new spelling of wuss.")
Comments
But if I was the coach and I looked at my puny kids (who are probably not winning a lot of games this year anyways) and I fear for their safety, I would be absolutely wrong to run them out to get hurt.
With all the appropriate concern that concussions have had in the last year or so in regards to football, it is prudent to take player safety seriously. It appears the difference in size was substantial, so I side with the coach.
Now either one team needs to move up to a more advanced league or the other needs to drop down a division.
The talk of making sure football players don't get concussed is stupid. Gee, the guy weighing 400lbs is tackling me as hard as he can until I fall to the ground, smacking my helmetted head on the hard dirt in the process. And we are all SHOCKED! SHOCKED I tell you! When we discover how many have concussions.
It's like boxing. What parent in their right mind would let their kid box?
I think if you're going to protect kids than you should take the tackle out of the sport to begin with, or not have school age kids playing football. But if you are going to let them play, then they should play.