Posted on 09/30/2011 6:53:42 AM PDT by Immerito
Demias Jimerson of Malvern, Ark., is 11 years old — and he’s so good at football that “he’s going to score almost every time he touches the ball,” according to his intermediate school principal, Terri Bryant.
In other words, he’s so good he must be stopped. Because Jimerson runs circles around the other kids on the field, Bryant has decided he’s not allowed to score more than three touchdowns, provided his team has at least a 14-point lead.
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Let him score all he wants and then tax and redistribute his points. It’s the American way.
Crappolla!
Of the most enduring memories of my life came when I was 9 nine years old playing pee-wee football. Our suburban team hosted an all-black team from the city and they proceeded to beat our brains in. One kid in particular, who I remember being 15 feet tall and faster than a sports car, scored at least 7 touchdowns that day.
The thing I’ll always remember is busting my butt trying to catch that kid, even when we were losing by more than 60 points. Some (most) of the kids on our team quit, but some of us didn’t. And I guarantee you every one of us who didn’t found something in ourselves that day.
So, respectfully, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Life has a funny way of beating your brains in. You sooner you learn how to deal with that reality, the better.
Holding people back from their full potential is completely contrary to the principles on which America was founded.
Maybe the Vikings will sign him.
Must have some weak competition.
Anyone can be stopped by anybody, provided that they are in the right place and know how to make a tackle.
He got moved up to play with the older kids where he was challenged.
When he got to be a freshman in H.S. he played varsity.
Worked out great for everyone.
I like the idea of him switching sides every once in awhile. Maybe it will inspire the other teams to improve.
In our area, he would just switch to a “traveling” club team, with other intense players.
Good question.
So beating on little kids until you destroy any heart left in them is a good conservative value?
If you take a look at the video you’ll see he’s no bigger than any of the others, just a lot faster.
Guy told me a story about his high school football days in Long Island, NY. He played defensive back on his team. They played a team who had Matt Snell on it, NY Jets fullback great.
The guy says Snell broke through the line with and he was the only one between Snell and the goal line. Snell could have gone left or right but instead ran right over the guy telling the story. After he woke up he knew there were men and there were boys and his career ended on that note.
The kid in Arkansas will either make the others better or they find something else to do.
Perhaps after he turns 40 and his career is on the decline.
My 5th grade son has the math skills of a senior in high school. Should I force him, or allow the school to force him to hold back on doing well because he’s hurting other students by “throwing off the curve”? Or should I encourage him to do his best with his gift?
I’m sorry the other kids don’t have the gift, maybe if they had a reason to fight harder (to try to beat him), they could get better as a team and find a way to overcome.
“So beating on little kids until you destroy any heart left in them is a good conservative value?”
When it’s other little kids doing the beating, then yes it is. Children should be taught to win at sports and at life in general.
They should learn at an early age that loosing feels like crap.
Sure teaching kids to win and lose is important. Teaching them to do it with style is where the art comees in.
I coached a talented group of boys in gradeschool basketball. We would dominate other teams. I didn't want the kids to not play all out.
When we played very weak teams, I had different rules: Point players played post; post, point; and no defense out of the paint. Great skill development.
But this is why we have AAU sports, so the better kids play against better kids.
hardly a sound comparison
It sounds more and more plausible every year.
“So, respectfully, you have no idea what you’re talking about.”
respectfully, go jump in a lake
I figured you’d go bitchy from the tone of your first post. No worries.
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