Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Let's pity the next generation

How many games would he have been suspended?


I was out of town last week (went to game six of the playoffs thank you very much) but am back now and came across an embarrassing article. Apparently the football committee of the Connecticut Athletic Conference has passed a law that suspends any football coach that wins by more than 50 points. What has this country come to? I'm sure its in the name of protecting our children from self-esteem problems, but that is ridiculous. Please, all we are doing is creating future self-esteem problems. How about instead of protecting our children from feeling like a failure, making them learn early that winning takes hard work, and we all fail in life many times.? Character is built in a person whe he has to withstand the embarrassment of a 63 point drumming in football or a 40 point blowout in basketball. I have vivid memories of Drew Cleland and Robert Russ buddy ball team mercy ruling my team by over 20 runs when I was in the first grade. There was no feeling sorry for my team...it was get out there and get better.

I should have seen this coming the day cities and country clubs began removing high dives from the city swimming pools. In the name of being too dangerous, one of the great courage builders was lost. Who can forget vaulting off the high dive in sheer terror for the first time for no other reason than to avoid certain ridicule from fellow peers. That my friends builds character. Now, in the name of protecting children we take down diving boards, punish coaches that run up scores, outlaw dodge ball, and probably will eventually make football a non-contact sport.

Why should the scrubs that have worked their tale off in practice have to play half-speed when they finally get in the game? Those kids should be able to play their hearts out and not have to worry about their coach being suspended if they score a few touchdowns. If I was a high school principle I would give my coach a raise everytime he was suspended for running up the score.

3 Comments:

At 1:41 PM, Blogger Alex said...

God bless you......i'd work for you anytime

 
At 2:38 PM, Blogger Luke said...

Connecticut is full of liberal pansies and have never had a good football team anyhow...this is ludicrous.

 
At 9:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brian-

Just to let you know "Harkins the Florist" when I was 8,9, and 10 went something like 47-3 combined. It was the closest thing to a dynasty North Jackson Youth Baseball ever saw.

 

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