Why don’t they just give the ball to other kids more often, or put him on defense?
Excellence through mediocrity.
I’ve been to Malvern once... only once.
And at some schools, when you beat the other team your record shows the other team’s score, so you won’t try for a blowout.
If you win 25 to 7, the record shows your score as 7, so next time you won’t try so hard, sparing the feelings of the other guys.
If these kids ever go to war they will be shocked to find that their enemies, who have been beating each other up and throwing rocks at tanks since they were 4, don’t always play fair, and sometimes try to win with inappropriate fervor.
They could always “Harrison Bergeron” him...
http://escapetyranny.com/tag/demias-jimerson/
Video of the kid. Says he doesn’t mind as God is his #1 priority followed by grades.
Well good for the Principal! We certainly do not want to teach young children how to face and possible overcome stiff opppsition. It just is not fair. So she did just the right thing , you know like we do when we go to war. The first thing we do is to ensure that both sides of the conflict are equalized. Same sized and equipted military.
Or in business, or in getting good grades. . . Oh yeah we already have that.
Let him score all he wants and then tax and redistribute his points. It’s the American way.
Crappolla!
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.
It sounds more and more plausible every year.
The kid will do good at some of the colleges that regularly scores 50, 60, 70 points per game. Schools like Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida State, Miami, Florida on good years. Sheeesh, the object of the game, any game, is to WIN. Let them win. If the other team can’t stop it, so be it. It should make them better in the long run. Who wants to keep getting kicked in the teeth? Have opposing coaches come up with better game plans. Things like this won’t happen and these conversations will never come up.
He’s violating the ISO9000 rules by exceeding the standards of what school football athletes are supposed meet. Since he is far exceeding the standard it’s time to cut him down with a sickle and nail him down with a hammer. We’re trying to keep a level playing field here because we want everyone to be equal. Any standouts need to be considered defective to the group.
The 10 Rules of the Jante Law.
1. Don’t think you’re anything special.
2. Don’t think you’re as good as us.
3. Don’t think you’re smarter than us.
4. Don’t convince yourself that you’re better than us.
5. Don’t think you know more than us.
6. Don’t think you are more important than us.
7. Don’t think you are good at anything.
8. Don’t laugh at us.
9. Don’t think anyone cares about you.
10. Don’t think you can teach us anything.
Plus, there is an eleventh, unwritten rule.
11. Don’t think that there aren’t a few things we know about you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jante_Law
Letting the kid score three touchdowns when the team is already leading by 14 points? The school may be going about this a bit wrong-headedly, but I don’t see the problem. Good college teams “hold back” quite often so that they don’t completely humiliate the opposing team. It’s called having compassion.
The pussification of America continues apace.