Posted on 07/30/2012 3:22:42 PM PDT by trailhkr1
"The next morning," Lakatos says, "swear to God, the entire women's 4x100 relay team of some Scandinavian-looking country walks out of the house, followed by boys from our side. And I'm just going, 'Holy crap, we'd watched these girls run the night before.'"
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It is totally dishonorable to act like animals. Especially if your are married.
They should all be zotted.
I agree. And they will be, some day. Believe me, I am not condoning this. It is shocking, sad and disappointing. But that is society.
I swear the next change in bikini wear will be little butt “vent” ovals showing off butt crack. Then after that, front side vent ovals. Then, bikini tops that only cover the areolas with strings around the back. Then, they will finally not even use clothing anymore, but will just spay on a template line or two to appear like they have something on but they won’t.
Laugh,that is what will happen. Whoda thunk we’d have the stuff we see now not too long ago?
The female “jocks” at my kids’ high school went to a party and got plastered during basketball season this last year. Almost the whole girls’ basketball team. Before they were totally plastered, though, they went around ordering the guys to pull off the girls’ shirts. They assumed that any guy would be willing to risk sexual assault charges for the chance to see their T&A. None of the guys would do it though, and the girls were mad, as if everybody should be eating out of their hands just for a chance at sexual favors from them.
That’s what it means to be a female athlete at the high school level, at least in this school. The guy jocks take turns doing it with the girl jocks, and the whole bunch of them assume (rightly, unfortunately) that they can do whatever they like and the community will wink because we all want to have a good sports program. By having attractive, skilled bodies they have EARNED the right to do whatever they want - and their families, community, and school play right along with that.
The whole thing reeks of entitlement, arrogance, and a total lack of discipline and respect.
I would have liked for my kids to be in athletics. They need to strengthen both their minds and bodies. But there was no place for them within this climate. They didn’t have the ATTITUDE it takes to belong to this kind of setting. And they pretty much decided that if that’s what it means to be an athlete they don’t want any part of it. So they play computer games...
The gangsta attitude is ugly. Maybe it’s different at different levels of athletics, but I suspect maybe not. Which is why somebody like Tebow or Lin stand out so much. I think those people DO make a good story, to the “normal” people out there like you or me or our kids. Just not to the people who ridicule the ideals of those players, and there are a lot of people in this society who would rather that we all live as if we were horseflesh.
One of my friends in high school was the high school jock. He could have had athletic scholarships in basketball and football to go to lots of colleges, but had always dreamed of being a Husker. He was torn about what to do but ultimately followed his dream and walked on at UNL in football. He did well in the training camp but in the end he gave it up because he was so disillusioned by what he saw. It wasn’t the same game as it had been in our small school. It was an attitude that disgusted him.
My boss’ son has a full football scholarship at UNL. He’s a good kid and I think he will do well; very skilled, strong, and smart. Like his dad and grandpa, who are also really good guys. He won’t have the culture shock that my friend had, because he’s been surrounded by that “Olympic” attitude his whole high school career. He doesn’t expect anything else.
That’s probably helpful to him but in a way that makes me sad. The same way the stories about the Olympic orgies make me sad. Most of these athletes don’t expect it to be otherwise - don’t expect to feel anything particular about cheating on their husband or wife for the sake of a 15-minute roll in the grass. It doesn’t mean anything anyway. And that makes me sad, because it could mean so much. Faithfulness could mean so much.
Well, the original Olympic athletes performed in the nude. What is old is new again, I guess.?
Well, the original Olympic athletes performed in the nude. What is old is new again, I guess.?
Were any of them women?
Sorry for the double post. I am struggling to get used to this new ‘smart’ phone.
Sorry for the double post. I am struggling to get used to this new ‘smart’ phone.
I have seen the arrogance of some jocks as well, and I agree with your post. My only disagreement is that you could get your kids into a sport that is less mainstream. Depending on where you live, maybe track and field or cross country. I played CYO basketball. (Catholic Youth Organization) It’s important to be in some type of athletics, for the body and mind. It helps instill discipline, hard work ethic, and of course physical health. You sound like a good parent, and that is a huge part of how children turn out.
Yes, and your point is???
Mark
I get a lot of double posts with mine also
I guess you've missed the last couple of "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" issues.
Mark
Interesting.... I remember the Greek girl that got expelled for the racial tweet. She was pretty good looking. Kind of interesting is the Australian married couple are not allowed to share the same room though.
When they were little they played soccer. Once you get beyond about 5th grade any of the rec leagues dominate a person’s whole life - which I’ve seen a couple of my nieces and nephews do. My husband is a pastor so we can’t do that. We don’t have the money or the time on the weekends to do that.
I think to get the kids in cross-country I’d have to run with them, at least at first; I don’t think they’d want to do it on their own. I’ll have to think about that. I agree with you on the importance of athletics. I’ve been playing tennis with the kids in the mornings before it gets too hot, but it’s not a training situation where you give it your all. That’s what I’d like my kids to experience because that really does stretch a person to grow.
My daughter who just graduated high school was in high school track but it was kind of a joke. Maybe it was because I was a runner and jumper as well as a thrower, but I busted my butt in high school. I ran with the sprinters because I was in the 4x100 relay and then later the 4x400, pumped weights with the throwers, and was always the last person to leave the field. I would dearly have loved to coach my daughter on the throwing techniques, but her coach had his way of doing things and I dared not interfere. I am a competitor; stubborn as all get-out and hard-working as a horse. My daughter just wanted me to not make waves.
My youngest is going into 7th grade and I would like to coach her in basketball. I was going to do that a couple years ago in the rec league but my dad had a stroke and we almost lost him right when the season was starting so that didn’t work out. Last year we didn’t even get a flier about when the league was starting, and I’ve also been really busy the past several years doing research on Obama’s eligibility.
That’s the thing that really hurts about the choices I’ve had to face: I have the choice of being with my kids in the present, or trying to preserve their chance at a future. All because the people who are being paid to safeguard their future are instead raiding my kids’ future for their own gain.
Remember the part in “Princess Bride” when Inigo Montoya has Count Rugen cornered and tells Rugen to offer him money. Rugen offers him anything he wants, and Inigo’s response is “I want my father back, you son-of-a-b!tch” and then stabs him.
What Obama has stolen from me can never be given back. I can never get back the time I could have been playing basketball with my kids or any of the other stuff. A mom isn’t supposed to have to choose between saving her kids’ future or seeing their present.
Great post. Whatever you decide, I’m sure things will workout for you. Good luck and take care.
P.S. I think I’ll throw on The Princess Bride now.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
Thomas Jefferson
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:^)
Come to think of it, I think I’ll watch “Princess Bride” too. I wasn’t feeling well earlier in the day so I put off putting the newspaper stuff together (my part-time job) and need to get it done now, but I can take my laptop along and watch a movie while I work, and I might even be able to get one of the kids to go to the office and watch it with me. =)
Wrong! AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea and a host of other STD's will travel home within the bodies of many of these "athletes" and they will go on to infect multitudes of other unsuspecting "partners" within their home countries. People are insane to think their immoral, feral, animal sexual behavior has no consequences to themselves or those they interact with.
Yeah but only the people right there in the immediate vicinity saw them, not a billion people via camera/broadcast networks.
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