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Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:38 pm to UL-SabanRival
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So wait, how did they get to a championship game if no one kept score? What was it the championship of?
I was thinking the same thing.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:32 pm to Taxing Authority
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The only people that fear competition are those that expect to be losers.
Sig quote-worthy.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 3:52 pm to Godfather1
yeah it's a good one
Posted on 8/20/14 at 4:21 pm to cwill
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I thought trophies for everyone would be more of a white liberal thing..
I agree. I seriously doubt minorities favor trophies for everyone. Let's keep it really real here. Poor minorities do not have the political cache to initiate policy change.
Keeping it really real poor minorities have more pressing things to worry about than everyone receiving a trophy. Plus they know life is not fair. They poor AND minorities.
Keeping it really, really real. Which group of kids is more likely to need participation trophies in sports. Suburban white kids or inner city black kids.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 4:34 pm to PrimeTime Money
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White men are independent, competitive, do-it-yourselfers.
That's why they are generally Republican and why they wouldn't support participation trophies.
I am a football coach in a large suburban high school. Do you know which sport I refuse to coach because of helicopter parents constantly complaining about their child not playing. The sport where parents write letters to the school board and initiate a witch hunt because the coach dared raise his voice at a player.....Baseball.
Coaching baseball in the suburbs is literally more catty than being the cheerleading sponsor. Forget whether the team wins as long as little Johnny gets his chance to play.
I guess it is because of all the minority kids and Democratic voting parents playing baseball.
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:35 pm to cwill
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:42 pm to mikelowery1911
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I am a football coach in a large suburban high school. Do you know which sport I refuse to coach because of helicopter parents constantly complaining about their child not playing. The sport where parents write letters to the school board and initiate a witch hunt because the coach dared raise his voice at a player.....Baseball.
Coaching baseball in the suburbs is literally more catty than being the cheerleading sponsor. Forget whether the team wins as long as little Johnny gets his chance to play.
I guess it is because of all the minority kids and Democratic voting parents playing baseball.
Nope It's because baseball, unlike football is a sport where you can't hide behind your teammates. When you go to the plate, it's you against the pitcher and no one else. Every eye is trained on you. Therefore, it's much easier to see success and failure for the average parent who in reality knows little to nothing about the sport.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:48 pm to geauxbrown
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Therefore, it's much easier to see success and failure for the average parent who in reality knows little to nothing about the sport.
If that were the case why would he say that in baseball he experiences more:
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helicopter parents constantly complaining about their child not playing. The sport where parents write letters to the school board and initiate a witch hunt because the coach dared raise his voice at a player
If they can plainly see their kid sucks why would they push for playing time over better kids?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:50 pm to mikelowery1911
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Do you know which sport I refuse to coach because of helicopter parents constantly complaining about their child not playing. The sport where parents write letters to the school board and initiate a witch hunt because the coach dared raise his voice at a player.....Baseball.
Coaching baseball in the suburbs is literally more catty than being the cheerleading sponsor.
My kids are still too young, but I work with a lot of baseball parents who's kids are in these insane travel leagues, play baseball year around. Their whole life revolves around the kids baseball life - their vacations are baseball, everything. I think it's insane as 99.9% of them will never play competitive baseball again after they graduate high school.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:59 pm to SlowFlowPro
I clicked on the link to view the entire poll rather than just what the writer wanted to editorialize about, and I got a poll about 9-year-old kids playing in parks. I'd be curious to know how Asians and Jews answered these questions. Was the writer not interested in their opinions or were the pollsters not interested in their opinions?
EDIT: Since Blacks and Hispanics are at the lower end of the income spectrum, the ethnicity poll is basically a reflection of the income poll. I'd like to see a poll that compares folks from all ethnicities in the same income range. In other words, do Blacks and Hispanics with a $100,000 income answer these questions any differently than Whites, Jews and Asians with a $100,000 income?
EDIT: Since Blacks and Hispanics are at the lower end of the income spectrum, the ethnicity poll is basically a reflection of the income poll. I'd like to see a poll that compares folks from all ethnicities in the same income range. In other words, do Blacks and Hispanics with a $100,000 income answer these questions any differently than Whites, Jews and Asians with a $100,000 income?
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 7:33 pm to geauxbrown
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Nope It's because baseball, unlike football is a sport where you can't hide behind your teammates. When you go to the plate, it's you against the pitcher and no one else. Every eye is trained on you. Therefore, it's much easier to see success and failure for the average parent who in reality knows little to nothing about the sport.
Now compare the race and family income level for the average baseball and football player. Baseball players are wealthier and whiter and the I whine/complian/want everyone to play exponentially more than football players who tend to be poorer and minorities.
The opposite of the OP
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:59 pm to trackfan
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, do Blacks and Hispanics with a $100,000 income answer these questions any differently than Whites, Jews and Asians with a $100,000 income?
doubtful there is much of a difference
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:06 pm to SlowFlowPro
All I know is the "everybody gets to be president" concept ain't working worth a shite so far.
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