re: 8 year old scores touchdown, coach fined $500

Why is the coach getting fined? It was obviously this wild-cannon thug who couldn't follow the rules. I say fine the thug's parents and make him sit AT LEAST the rest of the season.

Dear Generation X,
You're raising a bunch of pussies.
Stop.
<3,
Zantrix.

BR has a beard policy, any 8 year old with a beard has to shave. That is the only fine.....

My sons second grade team beat a couple of teams 38-0 and one team 42-6, but nobody was complaining about running up the score thankfully. At this age, all it takes is two or three players to make a 2-10 team a 10-2 team, so for the most part teams have their up years and down years. The teams are separated by city (within Cincinnati area), but they allow children to play on the team in their city or a city directly adjacent. There have not been too many claims of "recruiting", but some defections to other cities have made for some interesting rivalries.

There is no single bigger issue facing kids today than the need by their parents to raise non-competitive cream puffs. It's okay to want to win, and it's ok to be pissed when you don't. I despise the notion of trying your best and having fun is the most important thing. You know what's fun...winning. This garbage is an insult to our children and their intelligence. How the league thinks it's wise to have a coach instruct kids to take a knee if they get a pick is beyond me. There is no mercy rule in life.

As a coach, neither side is fun to me. We have lost baseball games 26-3 and won 27-2. At some point in a blow out, you just want the game over.

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I wish that college kid who used to post his little brother's pee wee stats as recorded by his dad in Utah would give us some updates on his skillz.